According to reports, actor Aamir Khan wanted to make a film on KM Nanavati but shelved it after actor Akshay Kumar’s Rustom was announced. Read:Rustom reviewRead: Aamir Khan is all bulked up to play a young Mahavir for DangalThe actor’s team had started intense research on the film. “Some of us, who were researching for the project, are disheartened after seeing Rustom. It’s one of the most important cases of our times and deserved to be brought to celluloid with some responsibility,” DNA quoted a source as saying. After the director helmed the true-life account in Neerja effectively, Aamir felt Madhvani was the best filmmaker to piece together the intricate jigsaw pieces of the real-life Nanavati case,” DNA quoted a source as saying.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2016 02:15 UTC