Did Aamir Khan choose 'Dhoom 3' over 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'?

Did Aamir Khan choose 'Dhoom 3' over 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'?

The promos of Dibakar Banerjee's 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!' with the Kolkata of 1943 as the backdrop have grabbed much attention. The trailer introduced the eponymous under-cover investigator, played by Sushant Singh Rajput, but the identity of the bad man is still under wraps. While the makers remain tight-lipped about it, the grapevine is buzzing with rumours that Aamir Khan was their first choice to play the villain.

Says an insider, "Around the same time when Aditya Chopra narrated the story of Dhoom 3 to Aamir, Dibakar had approached him with his script. Both were challenging, negative roles for two YRF films. He was in a dilemma, but then finally decided to take up the 'Dhoom 3' offer."

Dibakar confirms the report, stating: "I wanted to make 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!' after 'Khosla Ka Ghosla'. I was in talks with the studio and we thought the best guy to play the baddie was Aamir. We narrated the script to him. I didn't know that 'Dhoom 3' was on the slate next with Aamir as the villain. He passed on my script. Two years later, we met after the Byomkesh teaser released and he said he loved it. I guess YRF's gain was YRF's loss."

The filmmaker, however, refrained from revealing the villain's identity.

Originally posted by: wAnNaBeReBel

A small role in a Sushant film Vs The Biggest Indian Franchise

Tough call

Originally posted by: RockChicGirl

🤣Why is Dibakar even making a fool of himself and mentioning this?

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Perhaps he wants people to know that Aamir too sometimes gives up a good script for a movie which would make money...can't blame Aamir though...after all the stardom is measured by how much money ur movie earns😆...#Irfan&Nawazagree.

Originally posted by: RockChicGirl

Even if the script was good...I why would Aamir do a second fiddle role to a newbie?

Originally posted by: blue-ice

What makes u think that a Khan would play a second fiddle to anyone??😆 They would have changed the script had Aamir accepted it...see how the whole face of D3 was changed for Aamir😆

Originally posted by: blue-ice

What makes u think that a Khan would play a second fiddle to anyone??😆 They would have changed the script had Aamir accepted it...see how the whole face of D3 was changed for Aamir😆

Originally posted by: RockChicGirl

We will know for sure that villain is second fiddle or not on DBB once its released. But I would imagine he is since the titular role is that of the hero. Dhoom series has been about the villain since the second edition. Plus its the biggest franchise. So no brainer anyone would pick that over this.