Superstar Aamir Khan entertained the fans as a young, curious engineer in 3 Idiots but this wouldn’t have been possible, had he listened to his parents, who wanted him to pursue engineering. “Chacha jaan (Nasir), abba and ammi felt it was such a volatile profession,” the 51-year-old said during a panel discussion at the 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival. Actor Aamir Khan with his mother Zeenat Hussain during the book launch of, Music, Masti, Modernity - The Cinema of Nasir Husain at the 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai film festival in Mumbai. I never wanted Nasir sahab aur abba jaan to ever feel that ‘Now it is our responsibility to launch Aamir’. I didn’t want to come close to it.”Indian Bollywood actors Aamir Khan (L) and Mamik Singh attend the ‘Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival’ Movie Mela for Hindi film ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’ directed by Mansoor Khan.

Source: Hindustan Times October 23, 2016 10:07 UTC