There was constant friction between Deepa Mehta and her leading man Aamir Khan during 1947: Earth. “He felt I wasn’t allowing him to interpret the role properly. Today after the release of Water, there’s a huge revival of interest in Earth”, she said.
“John surrendered to my interpretation of his character unquestioningly. Aamir wasn’t happy doing the role the way I wanted to. Aamir’s performance is being widely noticed. I think Earth came too soon,” opines Deepa.
One of the first persons to call Deepa after Water made it into the Oscars’ short-list was John Abraham. “He was as excited as a school kid, Frankly I’m also ecstatic”
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