Aamir Khan Hosted A Party After Laal Singh Chaddha Flopped At Box Office, Reveals Co-star Mona Singh

Aamir Khan led the Indian adaptation of Forrest Gump- Laal Singh Chaddha which failed to impress audiences on the big screen. Also starring Kareena Kapoor, the drama movie was able to mint only ₹61.36 crore at the domestic box office. Despite the lukewarm response, the actor was in high spirits and threw a party to acknowledge the efforts put in by the cast and crew of the film. 

Mona Singh recalls Aamir Khan throwing a party on Laal Singh Chaddha's flop 

In a recent conversation with Instant Bollywood, Mona Singh shared how each person who worked on Laal Singh Chaddha responded to the film's failure. She shared that even though they felt disheartened by the film's box office response, they were relieved to see it do well upon Netflix premiere. She then recalled Aamir Khan throwing a party to celebrate the movie that they had made. 

 

She recalled, ‘Aamir sir is the only actor who could throw a party after a flop to honour everyone’s efforts. He said, ‘What if the film didn’t work? It shouldn’t stop us from celebrating.’ He invited everyone from the crew to the actors. He took responsibility for the film’s failure, and that’s why I have immense love for him. Everyone was happy because it was doing well on Netflix, and people started forming Facebook groups asking why it didn’t succeed in theatres." Mona, who has also worked with Aamir on 3-Idiots also recalled him feeling hurt that the film did not do well despite their efforts. She added, "Dukh toh hua. Humne itne din shoot kiya, itni acchi bonding huyi, itni acchi picture bani, theatres mein woh response nahin mila (It definitely hurt. We shot for so long, bonded well, and made a beautiful film, but it didn’t get the desired response from the theatre audience). We were all a bit broken. It saw new life on Netflix. Suddenly, people started talking about the movie, and there was so much appreciation and love pouring in. I knew there was disappointment in theatres, but in hindsight, I believe it will achieve cult status in the years to come."

Mona Singh calls herself ‘lucky’ for getting to work with Aamir Khan twice 
 

In the same conversation, Mona Singh also shared how she used to be intrusive and question Aamir while shooting for the film. She recalled him keeping his cool and called him an ‘intelligent’ actor. She shared, "I don’t call him when I’m troubled or ask him what to do, but when we are on the sets, I am very inquisitive and keep asking him bizarre questions. ‘Why is this important in the script? Why is something this way?’ He is so intelligent; he knows it all. He’s clear and sorted. I really respect him a lot. I feel I’m one of those lucky actors who got the chance to work with Aamir twice in two decades. I feel lucky and fortunate."