Dance gives him a high-Amir's interview

He is soft-spoken and well-mannered. What's more Ekta Kapoor finds him good-looking and talented. They had worked together in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki more than a year ago. But Ekta always wanted to work with Aamir Ali again. As she says, "After Kahani I wanted to work with Aamir and I am glad that he is doing my new weekend show Kya Dil Mein Hai." It is anybody's guess whether Ekta has cast Aamir in her show because he did not participate in Anuj Saxena's Gold awards in Mauritius. "She is too big a person to stoop to such a level. I don't think she even thinks along those those lines," says Aamir for whom the last one-and-half months have been very hectic thanks to Nach Baliye and Kya Dil Mein Hai. "Shooting for the show during the day and rehearsing for Nach at night has been really tough. I have been working for 18 hours every day and have also lost a few kilos because of my schedule," he reveals. Talking about his role in Kya Dil Mein Hai, Aamir says he plays a press reporter who attends a Bengali wedding and changes the course of life in a family.

"Anurag of Kya Dil Mein Hai is a cocky and one-liner kind of guy who tries to change things in a family. He is a kind of guy girls would love to hate," he elaborates. Is it a negative character? "Not really. But he is a mysterious kind of guy. Anurag's persona will be revealed from the third episode onwards. Kya Dil Mein Hai is a lovely one-hour mini-series. The story moves quite fast," he says. Certainly the character is quite unlike Aamir Ali. "I am a shy person and can't express a lot of things, especially to girls," he adds. He also couldn't express his feelings for Sanjeeda but admits that Nach Baliye has brought him closer to her.

"Working together helped us in understanding each other. Over the last three months I have been able to understand Sanjeeda a lot better," says Aamir who has improved as a dancer and is thankful to his ladylove for the same. "Sanjeeda is a fabulous dancer whereas I was a non-dancer. But I agreed to do the show because of Sanjeeda. I love her a lot," he reveals. But it's not been an easy journey for him. "I have worked quite hard on my dance. Being a weak dancer, matching Sanjeeda's steps and dancing in sync with her has not been easy. But I am glad that I have done reasonably well and as a couple we have done very well," he says.

He is also happy with the fact that as a couple they have got good marks from the jury and audience has voted him in huge numbers for over eight weeks, so much so that they have not landed in the danger zone even once. "It's only two years since I entered this industry but I am happy with my career so far," he adds. Aamir says doing Kya Dil Mein Hai is like a homecoming for him. If that's the case then why did he leave Balaji? "There were some issues then. But let's not go into the past," he ends.

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