So Salman held a special screening of Veer for his close friends. Specially invited for the screening was Aamir Khan, who flew all the way from Los Angeles especially, to watch Veer.
Well, Salman arranged the special screening for Aamir, only so that he can fly down and watch the film. "Aamir was flying off to LA on Wednesday night, so Salman kept a screening only for him at Ketnav in the afternoon. There was no way that Salman was going to let Veer release without asking Aamir what he thought about it, since Aamir is known to have a keen sense of scripts and commercial cinema," says the source close to Salman.
As usual everyone is keen to know whether Aamir liked the film or not? So, when contacted Aamir, he said "He has done a great job. It was not an easy job to do but they have done some fabulous shots. I think Salman should have become a writer as he has written it very well," said Aamir.
The source added, "Today Aamir's opinion on films is valued by everyone in the film industry. After watching Veer, Aamir told Salman, that though he loved the film he wouldn't have been able to do a film of this scale and magnitude. Veer wasn't his kind of film as it was commercial and larger-than-life with its massy, dramatic scenes and fights."
That wasn't all. The source informs, "As Aamir had to leave in a hurry because he had another event to attend, and he called up Salman later and spoke to him for about half an hour on Veer. Aamir told him the aspect he loved particularly in Veer, like the father-son relationship. Aamir felt that the relationship was autobiographical as Salman had inculcated several aspects of his own life. When Salman told him Veer was inspired by the Russian novel Taras Bulba, Aamir appeared to be impressed."
Aamir also told Salman to write more scripts and stories added the source, "He felt that Salman was a writer who had a fine sense of storytelling. Aamir thought that what came across from Veer is that Salman loved writing and he should write more often, especially on topics that inspired him."
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