Imran Khan clears air on working with Ash issue
Mumbai: As Bollywood actor and nephew of Aamir Khan, Imran Khan readies for the release of his film Luck, CNN-IBN catches up with the star on matters he wishes to talk on. Speaking to Rajeev Masand, Imran fields questions with ease and pours out his heart. Here are the excerpts:
Rajeev Masand: I know you have heard this and it is really an extension of what you have said. "Imran is very much like Aamir, opinionated and controlling but he is yet not Aamir."
Imran Khan: Yeah. I am not as famous or as successful. I think that is what people like to say at that time: "You know, you are not aamir Khan, so you cannot have so many thoughts and ideas." I don't know, man. I still have ideas.
Rajeev Masand: Okay. What's the most foolish thing you have done or said in public?
Imran Khan: I think I have been pretty good about that. I don't think I have...there are always times when you answer a question honestly and they find a way to turn it into something 'great'. The current popular one is about how I refused to work with Aishwarya. '.
Rajeev Masand: Yes, I read that.
Imran Khan: Yeah, that was a good one.
Rajeev Masand: What did you say to that, that got...
Imran Khan: Someone asked me, who is the actress that you would really like to work with? I said that I have already said that Kareena is an actress that I really like.
Rajeev Masand: Right.
Imran Khan: I admire her work and I'd really like to work with Kareena. He asked, not Aishwarya? So I said, yes, why not. So he asked, why did you say Kareena first? I replied that because I really like her. So they wrote - "Imran does not want to work with Aishwarya. So to see how that kind of thing was pieced together in front of me was perplexing. So I figure now that the really only safe thing to do now is that when someone asks you who are the actresses you would like to work with, I should name every living actress. So I will compile a list of them and posssibly every director. I would like to work with...I would probably just read down that list.
Rajeev Masand: And pray that you have not forgotten anyone.
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