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Aamir Khan chose ‘Dhoom 3’ over ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’

Aamir Khan in 'Dhoom 3'
Aamir Khan in ‘Dhoom 3’

Aamir Khan was offered Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’ but chose ‘Dhoom 3’ instead.

According to reports, Khan was expected to play the negative role in Banerjee’s upcoming film but decided on the villain role in ‘Dhoom 3’.

A source said, “Around the same time when Aditya Chopra narrated the story of Dhoom 3 to Aamir, Dibakar had approached him with his script. Both were challenging, negative roles for two YRF films. He was in a dilemma, but then finally decided to take up the Dhoom 3 offer.”

Banerjee said, “I wanted to make Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! after Khosla Ka Ghosla. I was in talks with the studio and we thought the best guy to play the baddie was Aamir. We narrated the script to him. I didn’t know that Dhoom 3 was on the slate next with Aamir as the villain. He passed on my script. Two years later, we met after the Byomkesh teaser released and he said he loved it. I guess YRF’s gain was YRF’s loss.”