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."
