It was Aamir, Shahrukh and finally Aamir in Dhoom 3

In major news that took place at the beginning of the week, it was confirmed that Aamir Khan would be donning the cap of hugely anticipated role in upcoming Dhoom franchise. There were two things that were evident after the first promo of Dhoom 2, one, it would be a runaway success and the second that Hrithik would be occupying the limelight in the film. For the attention of viewers both happened. Hrithik was catapulted into the big league and the series one assumed would definitely continue.

Dhoom 2 was one of the most expensive films that Yashraj has made till date. The film’s collections were double than expected and it did break all records of Yashraj’s films in terms of revenues that were garnered with in few weeks.

The question that would have aroused in Aditya Chopra’s mind after the enormous success of Dhoom 2 is who, who would he cast as the villain/baddie in the next franchise. It was clear in Adhi’s mind that Aamir would be the perfect choice and there were reasons attached to it. They include Aamir’s hugely successful films off late and the way that his film Ghajini broke records of all previous Bollywood films in terms of collections with in weak or two of its release. At the same time the think tank of Yashraj would have thought that Aamir would be a better choice than his best buddy, Yashraj’s hero Shahrukh considering Aamir’s portrayal of lesser grey character’s than SRK.

But the most important point that Adhi would have focused to rope in Aamir is that the “Moolah” Yashraj can generate with Aamir in the lead than say SRK for the first few weeks. It was a clear example for Adhi during his film’s release “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, which clashed with Aamir’s Ghajini with in a week difference. The Moolah that Ghajini raked in was talked all over but one never uttered about Adhi’s film revenue; even though it did a good business. Keeping this in mind he would have went to Aamir to narrate Dhoom 3 script. As usual the perfectionist Khan who goes through everything of a particular script must have raised some objections to which Adhi one suppose didn’t had any answers.

Media were all over the place in reporting the incident that Aamir would be the next baddie in Dhoom franchisee. Irked by one would say Aamir’s objections, the script would have went to Yashraj’s family hero SRK.

Since more than a year there were speculations, is Aamir roped in or SRK. Mind you SRK would be playing one good baddie considering his track record in Baazigar and Darr. Adhi was in a dilemma to choose whom. One can easily understand that Adhi would have made some changes to make SRK compatible to the role. But all was not well with regards to Adhi’s thinking and after much deliberation, with the assistance of Victor [Vijay Krishna Acharya], Aamir was narrated a perfect script with out any loopholes.

Off late Yashraj films are having a bad run at the box-office, which is not as one expects. Films like Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Aaja Nachle, Tashan, Roadside Romeo, Dil bole Hadippa have faired miserably at the box-office. The last major blockbuster they had, going by the records is “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”.

In order to gain back the lost reputation and money with regards to one film, Aamir was pulled in, as who can forget the Moolah that 3 idiots collected. Mind you if one guy who can break his own collection records, it is Aamir and it was evident when Ghajini’s records were surpassed by 3 idiots.