Aamir peeks into Big B's new look in Paa

Aamir Khan has always been lucky. He�is an expert�not just�in the art of movie-making, he�also takes pains to learn how movies are made in Bollywood. To cut a long story short, he was one of the lucky few who was allowed to have a sneak peek�at Big B's new look in Paa.

Aamir barged into�Film City where the shooting of Balki's (R. Balakrishnan's) Paa was in progress. Immediately, he was ushered into the Amitabh's make-up van where he got a good glimpse of Amitabh in the refreshingly-new, never-before-seen look. The make-up, which takes about four hours�complete, is�by Stephen Dupuis, who did Robin Williams' make-up in Mrs. Doubtfire. (Yes, that was the film which inspired Kamal Haasan's Chachi 420 (Hindi) and Avvai Shanmughi (Tamil).)

Though Aamir has been lucky�enough to catch a glimpse of Big B's new look,�others have�been less lucky. Sanjay Dutt met Amitabh without his 'unique' make-up, while Ranbir Kapoor was reportedly turned away with just a photograph of Bachchan's look.

Director Balki, all worried about the new look being leaked out, takes all precautions to prevent�this from happening. Expressing his views on this, Balki, who worked with Amitabh in Cheeni Kum, says, “We don't allow a single visitor, not even close relatives or friends of crew members on the set. Phones, of course, are a complete no-no. The next thing you know the look will be splashed on the Net. Aamir, of course, couldn't be turned down. But yes, we did swear him to complete secrecy almost like a Boy Scout's cross-your-heart kind of pledge.” So Aamir Khan�also has been sworn into secrecy.

However, the director's�logic for this secrecy�are obvious. “We really can't take any risk about Mr. Bachchan's look. Once people get to know what he looks like, the plot will be given away. That's why we are immediately shifting location to Malaysia, not because we require a foreign location, but because we need to shoot without the fear and embarrassment of visitors. In any case, Aamir is a man who understands the exigencies of cinema. He will hardly be expected to leak the look.” As we opined in the beginning, Aamir Khan has indeed been lucky.