With every movie, Bollywood's much-loved hero sports a new look and makes a new style statement.
While
Taare Zameen Par sees
Aamir Khan as an art teacher (sleeveless sweaters and a mohawk), his summer 2008 venture
Ghajini remake, has him working out to get a six-pack.
Lets have a look on some of
Aamir's most popular getups:
Tapori cool: The jazzy costume with a cap in
Rangeela (1995) was followed by tight T-shirts and a heavy, scary looking ring on every finger in
Ghulam (1998). Whether it was
the famous train run or the
Aati Kya Khandala track,
Aamir made
tapori-giri look super cool.
Rebel with a role: In
Lagaan,
Aamir had the dusky complexion of a peasant.
For
Mangal Pandey The Rising, he had long hair and a thick moustache.
In
Rang De Basanti, he sported wild, curly locks, carelessly falling on his forehead.
"All three characters were revolutionaries leading from the front. But while
Lagaan and
Mangal Pandey were set in the pre-independence era,
RDB's
DJ had to exude as much power for a similar cause, but in the 21st century. He got all three looks bang on," says stylist
Gouri Kapur.
Double act: "
Fanaa was not a fashionable film. So we had to make sure
Aamir maintained a cool, normal, hip look, while a dark, stone-hearted terrorist lurked in the shadows," says
Mamta Anand, who styled the actor in
Kunal Kohli's flick.
And since the film was set in Delhi in winter,
Mamta gave
Aamir vibrant mufflers, wristbands and bracelets and a red chilly locket.
"I'd given
Aamir different layers, in keeping with his dual character. We were also aware that he would wear only one costume throughout the second half. So, his dark image is spotted only once, when he's dressed in black with this hair gelled back," says
Mamta.
Head to toe: Aamir's goatee in
Dil Chahta Hai became a rage among college boys!
"Almost every guy in his late teens or early 20s has sported a small goatee post
DCH," says
Gouri. Most actors stick as close as possible to their original styles, but not
Aamir, says
Mamta.
"The perfectionist that he is, he doesn't care what others think. And if he is confident that his director and stylists know what they are doing, he gets really comfortable and is all the more willing to experiment," she says.
Gouri adds, "For
Aamir, his character is not just about his dialogues and expressions. He has to look the character from head to toe and he lives it throughout the film's making. He is versatility personified."
Brand Aamir: "He is an ever-changing entity, constantly re-inventing himself. He has grown from being a boy next door to a mature actor," says brand expert
Harish Bijoor.
"He is the 'elder statesman of younger actors'.
Aamir is very passionate about his work. And this is evident even in the products he chooses to endorse. Even his ads stand out from the rest.
Brand Aamir is one of the most talked about success stories," says
Harish.
Next, fab abs: It's official.
Aamir is going bald for
AR Murugadass's Hindi remake of
Ghajini!
He has even lost 11 kgs to achieve a lean, mean physique for the role.
Aamir has been given a tailor-made diet program by his nutrition consultant.
Watch out for his six-pack abs!
