Darsheel Safary on Aamir Khan: I consider him to be my guru

‘Taare Zameen Par’ actor Darsheel Safary is all praises for Aamir Khan. He marked his debut in the film industry in Aamir Khan's directorial debut. The actor said he considers Aamir Khan his guru and he takes career advice from Aamir Khan.


The actor said, “I recently met Amole Gupte ji on a TV show and was so happy to see him. As usual, he was surprised at the fact I’ve grown up. It was a happy reunion. My dad is in touch with Aamir uncle. There’s always an occasional text here and there. Also that we’ve taken advice from him regarding the projects I choose, as I consider him to be my guru.”


The actor said it was difficult to play his role in ‘Taare Zameen Par’, he also said the Aamir Khan and Amole Gupte helped him, “Looking back now, it would be one of the toughest roles ever, but probably because I was young and there were a lot of similarities between Ishaan and Darsheel, it was easier... The fact that I had Aamir uncle and Amole uncle around helped me even more.”


Darsheel recalls his first shoot, “My first scene was the one where I’m walking through the hallway of my school. It really didn’t feel like Aamir uncle was directing for the first time. I remember it because I’ve never had more fun walking around the hallway so many times!”


Talking about his first experience he quipped, “The thing is that he’s such a calm person that he never let me feel the pressure or stress. The first time I met him was in his office when he came in shorts and a cap. I realised that it’s going to be a lot of fun shooting for the movie with him!”


As initially Amole Gupta was the director of the film but then Aamir Khan took over later, talking about his experience about working with both, “Wow, this has become stuff of legend. Yes, that did happen and honestly speaking I was nine then, and I didn’t know what was really going on. So I decided to focus on my rubik cube and have fun. I can tell you one thing for sure that there was superb teamwork between Aamir uncle and Amole Gupte as he had written the film and Aamir wanted to figure if he was working according to it.”