Actor Naga Chaitanya, who will be making his Bollywood debut with 'Laal Singh Chaddha', said he rejected offers of Bollywood films because he was insecure about his Hindi.
"I grew up in Chennai...shifted to Hyderabad...my Hindi has not been the best," he added.
Naga stated, "Aamir Khan was...comfortable...because I'm being cast as a South Indian boy who goes up north."
Laal Singh Chaddha is the official remake of Tom Hanks’ Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump. Chaitanya’s character Bala is loosely based on Bubba from the original.
The film will hit the screens on August 11 but Chaitanya has seen it quite a few times already, courtesy the special screenings Aamir has organized.
“For Aamir sir, this is his process. He screens the film to a number of people from all walks of life,” says Chaitanya.
One of these screenings was rather special for Chaitanya as it had his father, veteran actor Nagarjuna in the audience, along with Chiranjeevi and filmmakers SS Rajamouli and Sukumar.
Chaitanya says, “We are not used to such screenings. I have never sat in a room with all of them together, watching my work. And they had some very helpful inputs that I think Aamir sir applied to the edit. More than anything as an actor, it was a really memorable moment being in the room. It was a magical moment that will stay with me.”
