MUMBAI: Aamir Khan personally called Naga Chaitanya to offer Laal Singh Chaddha

MUMBAI: Naga Chaitanya has talked about
how he bagged Laal Singh Chaddha. The Telugu actor will be making his Bollywood
debut with the Aamir Khan film. 

Telugu
actor Naga Chaitanya is set to make his
Bollywood debut with Aamir Khan’s Laal
Singh Chaddha. While the actor had shared a picture with Aamir and his ex-wife
Kiran Rao from their shoot in Ladakh, Chaitanya has now opened up about how he
bagged the role. 

Laal
Singh Chaddha is the Hindi adaptation of Hollywood film Forrest Gump. The
movie, which released in 1994, starred Tom Hanks in the lead. 

Speaking
with Deccan Chronicle, Chaitanya revealed that he received a call from Aamir
himself. “I got a call from Aamir Khan. After discussing the initial modalities
of the script, I went to Mumbai for final discussions and was quickly on board.
It was like magic! Aamir said he’d watched some of my performances and trailers
of my film and was very impressed and that he felt I’d be apt for the role,” he
said. 

Chaitanya
said hat while he was amazed by Aamir’s excitement and energy levels on the
sets, he also shared that Aamir was up-to-date with the developments taking
place in the Telugu film industry. “He’s a music lover and wanted me to play my
ANR and NTR’s old classics, apart from current film songs,” he said. 

It was
previously reported that Chaitanya would essay the role of Aamir’s best friend
in the film. Laal Singh Chaddha had roped in Vijay Sethupathi as well. However,
the actor had to bow out of the project owing to scheduling issues due to the
Covid-19 pandemic. 

Speaking
with News Minute, Vijay said, “Covid happened. It ransacked all our plans.
After the lockdown I had five Telugu projects in various stages of production
to complete. I just couldn’t accommodate Laal Singh Chaddha in my
schedule.” 

Laal
Singh Chaddha also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Mona Singh in pivotal roles.
Aamir and Kareena were recently photographed in Mumbai shooting for the film as
well.