'Ship of Theseus' assistant director sails into Aamir Khan's 'Dangal'

Maxima Basu who was an assistant director on Danny Boyle's Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire and Ship of Theseus, and who designed the costumes for Peepli (Live) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela, has now bagged another much-coveted project.

She will style Aamir Khan for his upcoming production, Dangal, which has him playing a retired wrestler who coaches his two daughters to glory.

The Nitesh Tiwari directorial had earlier roped in Manoshi Nath and Rushi Sharma who had done the costumes for two of 2015's biggest hits, PK and Queen. Manu-Rushi, as they are fondly called, have had a long association with Aamir, having worked with him in Talaash,Dhoom 3, Satyamev Jayate and more recently PK.

"The duo had started work on the film but Aamir who is also the film's co producer was not happy with the remuneration they quoted which didn't fit the financial framework of the project," says a source close to the production.

He wanted someone who was easy on the film's budget and also had a more realistic touch. "Maxima who had worked extensively on Peepli (Live), which was also an Aamir Khan production, and Ship of Theseus presented by wife Kiran Rao has now been roped in. AndDangal which is in pre-production, is sailing smoothly," adds the source.