Aamir bowled over by snake boat on Kerala visit

Kochi: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was spellbound seeing the famous snake boat used during the boat races in Kerala here today. Khan, 46, who is on a three day visit to Kerala in connection with the promo shoot of 'Bharat Dharshan' - a project being planned by Aamir Khan productions, saw the snake

boat with 120 rowers and Pulinkunnu in Alapuzha this morning.

"Seeing school children in a small fishing craft, Aamir got into a similar boat and was very excited," T M Rafeeq, of Pakka Pakka Ad films, which is doing the promo shoot, told PTI.

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  Here's a sneak peek in to the much awaited 'Talaash'.

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  'Taalsh' just released its teaser trailer on January 26th.

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  The movie is jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Aamir Khan Productions.

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  The tentative release date is June 1, 2012.

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  Kareena and Rani Mukerji play the female leads in the movie.

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  As the story goes - In an interview Kagti revealed that prior to casting Aamir Khan as the film's main protagonist, she had initially approached him with another project.

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  After 'Sarfarosh' Aamir is going to be seen again in the role of a cop.

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  That project however did not work out - but 'Talaash' clicked for them.

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  Finally on November 11, 2011, Khan confirmed that the film was titled Talaash.

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  The movie is supposed to be a psychological thriller which is written by Reema Kagti as well.

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  'Talaash' is directed by Reema Kagti.

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  The movie stars Aamir Khan in the lead role.

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  Apparently, prior to the start of principal photography, the actors were required to attend acting workshops and sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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  The screenplay is by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar.

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  Since the pre-production, the project has faced several speculations regarding its title.

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  Ram Sampath is the music director for the movie.

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  The under water scene has been shot in a water studio in London.

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  The movie has been primarily shot in Mumbai and parts of it in Pondicherry.

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  'Talaash' is one of the most awaited 2012 films.

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  Initially a poster of 'Talaash' was leaked and it went viral.

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  The poster was very similar to the 'Mission Impossible 4' poster featuring Tom Cruise.

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  'Taalash' released its first look poster on January 25th and it is the first digital poster in Bollywood.

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  Aamir and Reema Kagti dismissed the poster calling it fake.

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Briefly interacting with media personnel at Alapuzha, Aamir Khan said would love to do Malayalam films.

Khan was experimenting with a new project and its test shoot was going on now with the actor, he said. The project is reportedly about the life of people in various states in India.

The '3 Idiots' star also examined the Chinese fishing nets in Fort Kochi near Kochi, which are in use for the last 500 years, and tried his hand at operating them, sources said.

These famed nets are fast vanishing from the Kochi coastline due to huge maintenance cost and poor catch. Called 'Cheena Vala' in local parlance, the huge cantilevered fishing nets are believed to have been brought by Portuguese from Macau, once a Portuguese colony.

"Keralites are very friendly people," said the actor, who is visiting the state for the second time.

Seeing the huge crowd of spectators at Fort Kochi and Alapuzha, he said he did not know he had so many fans in the state.

Khan, who arrived here yesterday, shot for a while at the Alapuzha beach. He played cricket with kids at the beach as part of the shoot. Seeing a huge crowd, he waived at people and obliged the autograph hunters.

Briefly interacting with media personnel at Alapuzha, he said would love to do Malayalam films. "I would love to if the role is such that the person does not know the language," Khan quipped.

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