Laapataa Ladies: Aamir Khan Was Rejected For Role Played By Ravi Kishan Despite 'Good Screen Test'

Laapataa Ladies: The Kiran Rao directorial has been selected as India's official entry to the Academy Awards 2025. The film was screened at the Asian World Film Festival where Aamir Khan shared a lesser-known trivia about it. The actor claimed that he was rejected for a role in the film which is directed by his ex-wife and produced by him.

'She didn’t trust me as an actor,' says Aamir Khan about ex-wife Kiran Rao 

Aamir Khan has produced the drama film Laapataa Ladies. At the screening of the film, the actor shared that he had given a screen test for it but was rejected by director Kiran Rao. He shared that he wanted to play the role of the policeman which is ultimately played by Ravi Kishan in the movie.
 

Aamir Khan asserted, “I tried to play a character in the film; she (Kiran) didn’t let me. I wanted to play the cop and even did a screen test for it, but I was rejected. I was really keen on playing that role, but Kiran and I discussed it. I think my screen test was very good, but we decided to go with Ravi Kishan. Both of us took that decision.”

Why did Kiran Rao reject Aamir Khan for a role in Laapataa Ladies? 

Sharing the real reason behind her rejecting Aamir Khan for a role in Laapataa Ladies, the director Kiran Rao shared, “Obviously, his screen test was good, and he really wanted to play that role. But I felt that the balance of the film would have tipped a little. Now, everyone knows that the character does a flip in the end, even though he stays kind of grey throughout the film. It shows that he has an empathetic side to him. But with Aamir, you would have expected him to do something like this in the end because he is Aamir Khan.”
 

However, to her response, Aamir Khan quipped, “She didn’t trust me as an actor. She didn’t trust that I would convince the audience that I am a very grey person.” Produced under the banners of Aamir Khan Productions, Kindling Pictures, and Jio Studios, Laapataa Ladies stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, and Sparsh Shrivastava in lead roles.