Every film is ultimately judged on its own merit, reveals Aamir Khan!

This year numerous content-driven movies are reigning at the box office than the flicks which were of a higher budget and had megastars. Flicks namely Bareilly Ki Barfi, Newton, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Trapped and more were content-based and it absolutely enthralled everybody including the viewers and the critics.

Lately, during a media communication, Aamir Khan was questioned if viewers in today’s time has started accepting content-driven movies over the commercial ones. To which Aamir specified, "I don’t think that this observation is applicable to Secret Superstar. Unusual films were made even earlier and they will be made after this as well. This film will succeed only if it is a good film. Just because it’s unusual doesn’t mean that it would succeed. You can make a very bad unusual film. Every film is ultimately judged on its own merit. It’s not as if a big mainstream film would not do well henceforth. A well-made mainstream film will always do well. I think Judwaa 2 is doing well very at the Box Office."

Lately, during an interview, Aamir disclosed that Secret Superstar is a bigger movie than Dangal. When questioned about the same, Aamir responded, "I am not talking about the Box Office as that is something I don’t enter into. For me, it is a much bigger film than Dangal because I think the film is trying to say something that is much bigger. Both films are about the empowerment of the girl child. It is trying to put a spotlight on the issue of gender equality. The difference is, in Dangal, a lead character is still a man. It is Mahavir’s dream that is being fulfilled. It is when he decides – Beta nahitoh Beti kar sakti hai... It is his decision. Not the daughter’s decision. However, Secret Superstar is driven by a female character. It chronicles the story of a 14-year-old girl from Baroda (in Gujarat). There are lakhs of girls from small towns in India with a lot of dreams and aspiration. Dangal spoke to parents that do not have a difference between girls and boys, whereas Secret Superstar talks to the teenagers about their dreams, aspirations, challenges and constraints. So, in this film, the attempt is much larger."

Aamir ended conversation by telling, "In the trailer, you might have seen Shakti Kumar helping the girl, but in reality, the girl uses him. She is a 14-year-old girl who is very spunky. She doesn’t need help from any man. Zaira was the first choice for Secret Superstar. She first tested for Dangal and then I told Advait about her and then we checked her for this movie. And then we selected her. She became that character in the auditions."