Best Aamir Khan Films Of The Decade

Aamir Khan, often referred to as the ‘Perfectionist’ of Bollywood owing to the amount of work he puts into owning a character, is one of the top Bollywood actors.  Over the years, he was a part of many memorable films, be it as a young engineering student, a freedom fighter, or an art teacher. As the decade comes to an end, let us look at some of his best work over the last ten years.

Best Aamir Khan films of the decade

Dhoom 3

This film was released in the year of 2013 and went on to become the eleventh highest grossing Indian film of all time at the time.  This movie was the third instalment of the Dhoom series, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra as Jai and Ali respectively.  Aamir Khan essayed the role of the antagonist in this film and played a dual role.  The movie follows the story of how Sahir (Aamir Khan) takes to robbing banks after his father commits suicide due to being unable to repay a loan.  The rest of the story is about how Jai and Ali, who are police officers, try to pursue Sahir and hold him accountable under the law. Aamir Khan learnt parkour, ballet and aerobics to prepare for the role of Sahir.  Dhoom 3 won the award for Best Visual Effects at the Filmfare Awards.

PK

This film was released in the year of 2014 and went on to become a big hit.  PK explored the story of an alien, played by Aamir Khan, who is on a mission to Earth and ends up losing a remote to his spaceship.  This leaves him stranded with no means out. The story follows how he tries to find his remote back after befriending a journalist.  The plot had a lot of strength, with a satire on the dogmas in the society like religion and relationships. The movie went on to win the Best Screenplay and Best Dialogues awards at the Filmfare Awards.

Dangal

This film was released in the year of 2016 and is based on the lives of Geeta and Babita Phogat, who are two of the six Phogat sisters.  All the Phogat sisters are wrestlers. The film narrates the story of how Mahavir Singh Phogat (Aamir Khan,) who was a national level wrestler, makes a vow his son will win a medal for the Country one day in the sport of wrestling since he could not.  However, he is disappointed when he becomes the father of four daughters. The rest of the film revolves around how he realises the potential of his daughters to become wrestlers and how he coaches them. They go on to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.  Aamir Khan gained a lot of weight to play the role of an older Mahavir Phogat and later lost the weight to play the role of a twenty year old Mahavir Phogat. Dangal won four Filmfare Awards, with Aamir Khan winning the Best Actor award.

Secret Superstar

This film was released in the year 2017 and Aamir Khan played the role of a music director in the film.  The film followed the story of Insia Malik, a teenage girl who aspires to be a singer. However, she is not able to go forward with it because of her abusive father.  She uses a niqab and records a video of her singing and uploads it on YouTube with the name of the singer as ’Secret Superstar.’ The video makes her an overnight sensation, following which, Shakti Kumar (Aamir Khan) reaches out to her to have her sing a song for him.  The rest of the story follows how Insia manages to become a singer and resolves the issues with her abusive father. This film went on to win three Filmfare Awards.

Aamir Khan is currently filming for Laal Singh Chaddha, an Indian adaptation of the Hollywood film Forrest Gump.  Aamir Khan continues his perfectionist attitude and we look forward to more impressive films of his in the future.

Read about Shah Rukh Khan’s best films of this decade here: Best Shah Rukh Khan Films Of The Decade

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