Even as the marketing machinery around Aamir Khan's next big release Thugs of Hindostan backed by YashRaj Films begins to slowly move into action, the actor has reportedly started working on his next biggie. It's known that Aamir likes to focus on a pet project at a time and the actor hasn't signed on any film after Thugs of Hindostan. Aamir's last full fledged feature film was Dangal, which released in 2016 (he played a small role in Secret Superstar (2017) which he also produced). While there was talk of Aamir possibly conceptualising a mega Baahubali-esque adaptation of the Mahabharata in a series of films produced by Reliance, that's been put on the back-burner for now.
What Aamir has reportedly given his nod to is a series on Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela.
Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt Team Up With Netflix India
According to a source close to the development, Aamir Khan will of course play the controversial godman while Alia Bhatt has said yes to playing Ma Anand Sheela and the project will be produced under the actor's own Aamir Khan Productions banner for Netflix.
While Sacred Games has helped establish Netflix's Indian originals identity, they're looking to scale up their reach and increase their subscriber base in the country by a huge margin with a much more massy and mainstream project - and what could be better than a feature with Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt revolving around Osho's life?
Advocate Anjali Awasthi
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