Aamir Khan Reveals Why He Didn’t Shower For Days While Shooting For Rangeela Opposite Urmila Matondkar

Ram Gopal Varma’s 1995 romantic comedy Rangeela is undoubtedly one of the finest films Bollywood has ever seen. Not only did it boast of a unique story-line and spectacular performances by Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar, but also marked the Bollywood debut of A. R. Rahman. While Urmila aka Mili won our hearts with her killer dance moves, Aamir left us in awe with his character Munna, for which he prepared by spending time with actual taporis in the slums of Mumbai.

During a reunion panel discussion for Radio Nasha, Aamir confessed that he would avoid taking showers for many days to look like a tapori. He shared, “It is true actually that I would not have a bath for one-one week. I was supposed to look a little gruffly. If I remember it correctly, I used to not have baths for days. I don’t if Ramu remembers it but all the clothes that were bought weren’t any designer’s clothes or anything. We used to see it on someone or on street and then I used to start collecting all these clothes. The only outfit that we stitched was the yellow one.”

Well Aamir clearly went an extra mile while preparing for his role in the film and it definitely paid off in the end. Rangeela’s Munna was a turning point for him and turned out to be a special milestone in his very successful career. The film completed 25 years this month and we can confidently say that the cast couldn’t have been better.