Summary Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s production house has reportedly rejected 200 scripts in 12 months.
MUMBAI (Dunya Web) - Aamir has not green-lighted any project since Talaash, which was announced in 2010. This makes it the only A-list production house with no film on the floors. It is also unlikely that any film will go on the floors this year.
According to reports, Aamir s team has carefully evaluated around 200 scripts in the last 12 months. There are 15 submissions every month, and Aamir has declined to put his money into any one of them.
An insider at Aamir s production house explained that the apparent tardiness is because of the lengthy process that has been put into place for evaluation of scripts. "We receive anything between 10 to 15 scripts a month. Now, we have set up a system to evaluate them. First, the script is subjected to a round of initial scrutiny to see if it should move to round two. If we accept the script, we give the filmmaker a signed letter from Aamir saying that he has accepted the script and that if he finds it good enough, he will get back to the filmmaker," explained the source.
The selected script then goes through a three-stage evaluation process. "There is a screening again and only a couple of them are forwarded to Aamir. He has a few sounding boards (including his wife Kiran). They go through the scripts that have come for review. A maximum of two to three eventually reach him. He reads them in his free time, and there is no saying when he will get back. It could be six months, or more," says the source. Since 2010, no script has been able to make the cut.
