Chaand sifarish jo karta - Aamir!

Chaand sifarish jo karta, Aamir ki karta! The moon is on Aamir Khan’s mind a lot of late. The 40th anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon is all he can seem to watch on telly. That’s what his last entry on his blog is all about.

Does he find it exciting? Oh, yes! “To actually get into a rocket, shoot off into space, watch the earth receding, and the moon getting closer, and then actually land on it and walk about. Wow!,” he says on his blog.

He has, however, one doubt in mind. Did the moon landing actually happen or was it just a hoax? Were we just fooled to think that the landing happened, with the help of trick photography and creative photography, or were the footage and photographs for real?

“Have heard so much about the conspiracy theory that surrounds the moon landing,” Aamir writes on his blog. He is now researching what the Internet has to say about it. He found a lot of stuff on the net, both for and against the landing. “While going through some clips I ran into this most interesting documentary. It’s called ‘Moon Landing A Fake or Fact?’, at least that’s what you need to type,” he says. He urges readers to watch this documentary and write about what they think about the subject – whether it actually happened or was just a con?

He goes on to write about his recent meeting with Hillary Clinton. “What I would like to say is that it was a real pleasure to meet with her. I found Sec. Clinton to be an extremely warm and charming person. And she has such sharp and clear thinking, and expresses herself so well. Quite a privilege to meet with her,” he says. About the controversy surrounding what he wore for the event, he says, “I didn’t think much about it. I don’t usually give much importance (to) what I am wearing, so I’ll stay away from that discussion.”

As a parting shot, he gives his fans two new films of his to watch out for: Dhobi Ghat with his wife Kiran as well as 3 Idiots. Speaking about his role in Dhobi Ghat, he says, “I am playing one of the leads in Kiran’s film Dhobi Ghat. The reason we kept this under wraps is that she didn’t want to attract much attention towards her film. She wanted to make this film on real locations with a tiny crew, very guerilla style. So we had to do it very quietly. And for once we managed to keep a secret from the media, at least until we finished the shoot.” As for 3 Idiots, the principal photography for the film is complete, and only one song is pending, which they plan to shoot in September.

Aamir has ‘butterflies in his stomach’, with so much on the agenda. “But this time I will NOT smoke. No matter how nervous I get,” he quips.