Originally posted by: Dexterphile
He's neither a perfectionist nor over confident.
He just knows how to do business. He has a company and he runs it to maximize his profits while keeping quality and credibility intact. If he wanted he could follow suit and make nonsensical NRI based romantic sagas and still make the same amount of money. But he does not, he introduces new talent and new stories. Are these movies the best I have ever seen? No. But would I chose his movies over the other big shot wannabes? Yes. He tries to attempt different things, sometimes he fails, sometimes not. I loved Dhobi Ghat and the character driven plot. I loved Peepli Live. These were movies that dealt with issues that Indians IN India face. The farmers suicide is a huge issue in India. The upper-lower society divide is also a very huge, unspoken issue. Had Aamir not used his star power and money to fund these movies, would people even be aware of these things? Probably not. I do give him credit for using his star power and money to bring light to lesser known issues.
Amen to that.
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