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Aamir Khan Returns To Play Gulshan Kumar in Mogul

MUMBAI: Actor Aamir Khan has reportedly returned to star in the Gulshan Kumar biopic after director Subhash Kapoor quit the film following sexual abuse allegations.

Actor Aamir Khan has resumed work on his new project and is said to be losing weight for it, according to a new report. After the debacle of his big budget film Thugs of Hindostan, the actor has reportedly returned to play the lead in the Gulshan Kumar biopic. The film is titled Mogul and will be made under the banner of T Series, produced by the music mogul’s son Bhushan Kumar. According to a report in Cineblitz, the casting process of the film is in its final stages and Bhushan Kumar is looking for a new director to helm the project.

The actor had walked out of the film after #MeToo allegations surfaced against director Subhash Kapoor. A source is quoted as saying,

“Aamir on his part too was keen to play the music mogul and so they have now once again decided to collaborate. Of course, they will now rope in a new director and they are on the lookout. The film will roll as soon as they can finalise the director.”

Actor Geetika Tyagi had accused Subhash of molestation and abuse in April 2014. The allegations again resurfaced as part of India’s #MeToo movement.

Aamir and wife Kiran had then issued a statement that read, “At Aamir Khan Productions we have always had a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour of any kind.

Two weeks ago, when traumatic #MeToo stories began emerging, it was brought to our attention that someone we were about to begin work with has been accused of sexual misconduct. Without casting any aspersions on anyone involved in this case, and without coming to any conclusions about these specific allegations, we have decided to step away from this film.”