“Firstly, the economic logistics of bringing Aamir and Salman together in the same film are mindboggling. However, it is unlikely that the sequel to AAA would bring Aamir and Salman together again. One of them is about Amar and Prem married and their life thereafter,” he said. But the demand for a sequel to AAA is unbelievable. “I don’t believe in creating a franchise by doing sequels or building my own brand. Now Santoshi plans a sequel to AAA, but strictly by public demand. People remember each and every dialogue of AAA, just as they remember every dialogue of Mughal-e-Azam and Sholay,” he said. But over the years, the film has acquired a cult status. “It was very badly marketed and distributed. And Aamir’s exclamation Aila! and Salman’s Oui Maa! were also my idea,” said the director.Ĭuriously, AAA got a lukewarm response from the audience when it released April 11, 1994. But their names had nothing to do with Shakti Samanta’s film. “People think Aamir and Salman decided to call themselves Amar and Prem to celebrate the movie Amar Prem. He says all the jokes and gags were worked out beforehand. We had to stop the shooting and let the laughter subside,” he recounted. “The camera would shake along with the cameraman. There was so much laughter that the cameraman would be shaking with mirth while shooting the scenes.” We would be rolling with laughter on the sets.

And during the shooting, they became even better friends.

After Aamir came on board, Santoshi brought Salman into the picture. It was decided that Santoshi would script a laughathon about two warring buddies, human avatars of Tom & Jerry. We decided, why not a comedy? Little did we know that AAA would turn out to be such a riot during shooting and after release,” Santoshi said. He suggested we do something different with Aamir. Vinay-ji used to look after Aamir’s work. “I still remember when the producer, Vinay Sinha, had come to me with the idea of doing a film with Aamir Khan. The film, starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon and Shakti Kapoor, didn’t fare well when released, but its funny one-liners, entertaining drama and melodious songs have managed to add to its list of fans over the years. “Has that film really completed 20 years? Wow! Its reach, appeal and impact have been beyond anything I ever expected,” Santoshi said. It’s been 20 years since Rajkumar Santoshi’s Andaz Apna Apna (AAA) hit the screens, and the director says the movie’s reach, appeal and impact have been way beyond expected.

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