Aamir Khan reportedly rewrote the climax of his son Junaid Khan’s film Ek Din, says director Mansoor Khan, revealing the reason behind the change.
While conversing with Variety India, the 3 Idiots star’s cousin and filmmaker Mansoor Khan revealed that Aamir had reservations about the film’s climax, which eventually led to him rewriting it.
Upon asking whether he had any difference of opinion with Aamir over Ek Din, Mansoor said, “Today, I’m not that clued in, as I don’t watch films. But I still have my sensibilities intact. I believe in dealing with certain scenes with restraint rather than going over the top.”
Khan continued, “I have a fairly good sense of story. I told them: I have come to help you. What I feel strongly about, I will tell you.”
He further added, “Like we shot a song towards the end of Ek Din in Japan. Aamir saw the rushes and said that the girl was crying in the earlier song and in the last one as well. He said he wanted a song about her falling in love with the boy all over again. But I knew what Sunil had in mind and backed him instead. Aamir jokingly said, ‘If you guys make a mistake, I’ll send you back to Japan.’ But when he saw the song, he agreed with us. Similarly, Aamir had reservations about the climax scene. He rewrote it. We agreed he was right. That’s the collaborative spirit we share.”
Directed by Sunil Pandey and produced by Mansoor Khan, Aamir Khan, and Aparna Purohit under Aamir Khan Productions, Ek Din stars Sai Pallavi and Junaid Khan.
The romantic drama is a remake of the 2016 Thai film One Day, about a young man whose wish to spend a day with his crush unexpectedly comes true.
