Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan says the makers of the forthcoming film “Dangal” will apply for tax exemption.

In the biopic, Aamir will play Mahavir Singh Phogat, father of wrestler Geeta Phogat, who won India’s first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

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“I think ‘Dangal’ falls in the line of tax exemption. We will be applying for tax exemption, but I am not someone to decide on that. It will be the decision of each state government. We will try to make it happen before the release, but it is a process. It may or may not happen,” Aamir said here.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the sports drama is set to release on December 23.

Asked if demonetisation will affect the box office collection of the film, Aamir said: “I hope not.”

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Aamir Khan is all set to take the box office by storm this Christmas with his wrestling drama, Dangal. The versatile actor is playing a role of Mahavir Phogat, a wrestler, and a middle-aged father, on whose life the movie is based upon.

The Dangal star spent countless hours with Mahavir Phogat, while staying at his house. He had to gain a lot of weight to play the wrestler’s character in the movie. But, according to Aamir, it was worth it, as the script of the movie left him moved, and inspired, at the same time.

“When I read the script I was moved, as it made me laugh and cry,” Aamir said. “It is a very inspiring story. I had done Dhoom 3 and PK in which I had to look slimmer and younger.”

“For Dangal, I had to play a 55-year-old, which is closer to my real age,” he added. “I was worried playing an older man and thought I would rather do this film after about five-six or eight-ten years.”

Getting into the character was a challenge for even someone like Aamir. He had to build a physique like Mahavir, who has raised multiple wrestlers, including Rio bound Babita Kumari and Vinesh Phogat, in his household.

“I felt practically I shouldn’t do the film at all,” Aamir revealed. “But I gave it a second thought, which indeed came from my heart, and I called director Nitesh to come over and narrate the story again to me.”

Shah Rukh Khan has no intentions of exploring the wrestling genre like his Bollywood co-stars Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. Salman’s wrestling-based Sultan is currently in theatres, while Aamir is coming up with Dangal, which is releasing later this year.

The Badshah insisted that he doesn’t look like a wrestler anyways, so let his counterparts handle that genre. SRK, who has previously worked in a sports-drama Chak De India, said he will stick to romance and has no plans of changing the genre.

“Let Aamir and Salman handle wrestling. Two of them are enough to handle wrestling,” Shah Rukh said in a media interaction. “Above all I don’t look like a wrestler from any angle. I am a romantic hero and I don’t know wrestling.”

Shah Rukh’s next release is Raees, which was pushed to next year for averting clash with Salman’s Sultan. Raees was slated to hit the theaters, alongwith Sultan, this Eid.

SRK said, alongwith his injury, limited screens was also the reason behind postponement of Raees. Now, the movie will hit big screens on January 26 next year.

“When two films release at the same time, we don’t get the big theatrical release we want,” SRK pointed out. “Budget of the film suffers if the movie is not releasing on 4,000 screens.”

“One needs to have 8,000 to 10,000 theatres for two movies to release at the same time,” he added. “I don’t think two big films can release at the same time.”