A crash course in professionalism

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It’s not for nothing that Aamir Khan is known as Mr Professional. Despite having stayed away from the day-to-day making of Delhi Belly, Aamir pulled his weight during post-production, and even designed a crash course for the youngsters to follow. To ensure that his prime protagonists got the plot, language, setting and milieu just right, Aamir and director Abhinay Deo came up with a 100-hour long crash course.
“Delhi Belly was always going to be a fun film for the audience. For the actors, however, it was a lot of hard work. This included spending 100 hours preparing for the film,” informs a source attached to the film. Accordingly, Aamir got his own hands dirty and worked non-stop with Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapoor.
“Unlike the readings and workshops that are held before most films, Delhi Belly focussed more on planning and scheduling,” said a member from the production team. “It was a 10-day crash course, and all actors would be holed up in a room for up to 10 hours at a stretch along with the producer and director.”
The focus on these meetings would be on ensuring the trio of actors got their gaalis right, and react naturally to the adult humour. Since it hadn’t been planned before and Delhi Belly also depended a lot on the camaraderie between the trio, Aamir designed the crash course.
Confirming the news, Vir Das says, “Yes, it was just the five of us for up to 10 hours a day, 10 days in a row. Aamir’s biggest strength is his planning.”