'PK' completes nine years: Aamir ate 100 betel leaves in one day in the film, took training to speak Bhojpuri

Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer comedy film 'PK' is one of the most successful films of his career. In the film, his character was always shown eating paan. During an interview, Aamir had told that he was not in the habit of eating paan. According to the requirement of his character in the film, he had to eat a lot of paan. Many times he had to eat 100 paan in a day. The requirement of paan in the film was so high that a paan seller was always present on the set.

Actually Aamir could have acted that scene even without eating paan. But Aamir wanted to give real touch to that scene. For this reason he actually had to eat a lot of paan.

PK was released in 2014

Anushka Sharma was also seen with Aamir in PK. Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput was also seen in a supporting role. The film was released on 19 December 2014.

pk's life time collection

The film PK had a box office collection of Rs 340.8 crore. The film had earned Rs 769.89 crore worldwide.

Aamir's career beginning and filmography

Aamir Khan entered Bollywood as a lead actor in the year 1988 with the film 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'. Aamir was liked by the audience right from his first film. Aamir has been in the film industry for the last 35 years. Over the years he has seen many ups and downs. No film of Aamir has been released in 2023.

He was last seen in the film 'Lal Singh Chaddha' released in 2022. Which could not perform well at the box office. Aamir's first film to cross Rs 100 crore was 'Ghajini'.

PK was directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The story of the film was written by Abhijat Joshi. Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani were its producers. Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt were seen in the film. PK is the story of a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth and tries to find the meaning of religion. PK is one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. The film also received praise for showing such a sensitive topic with comedy.

Aamir Khan learned Bhojpuri for PK

Aamir has been seen speaking Bhojpuri language in the film. He took training to speak and learn Bhojpuri. To get the remaining details right, he was trained by Bhojpuri TV writer Shanti Bhushan. He was always present on the set during the shooting. The result of this is that he can be seen speaking fluent Bhojpuri in PK.