Updated On: 23 March, 2025 01:18 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Aamir Khan, who played the role of Mahavir Singh Phogat in the Nitesh Tiwari-directed movie, said it was Amitabh Bachchan who immediately noticed the flaw

Aamir Khan. Pic/AFP
Bollywood star Aamir Khan says he considers "Dangal", the blockbuster 2016 sports drama, the finest film of his career, even though there was a single shot where he slipped out of character. The actor, who played the role of Mahavir Singh Phogat in the Nitesh Tiwari-directed movie, said it was megastar Amitabh Bachchan who immediately noticed the flaw in his performance. "It is difficult for me to say which is my favourite film. `Dangal` is my best-acted film. There is only one shot in the film, which I did wrong, and Mr Amitabh Bachchan is so sharp that he got that shot. I asked him, `How did you find the film?` and he said, `Very good but in one shot you were out of character.`
"The particular scene is during one of the wrestling sequences in the film I get up and say, `yes`, so that shot I got wrong because the character of Mahavir Phogat can never say yes. He could`ve said, `waah` or `shabhash` because `yes` is a very English or Mumbai thing. That didn`t get cleared in editing. So, in every film I`ve done something wrong, no film`s perfect," Aamir said. Aamir was speaking last evening at the Red Lorry Film Festival, where his 1988 film, "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" was screened.