MUMBAI: Famous actor Omi Vaidya, who played Chatur Ramalingam in the movie 3 Idiots, recently shared some behind-the-scenes tales from his time spent working on the movie's sets. He recalled how Aamir Khan, who was described as "extremely competitive," would invite the cast to hang out at the IIM Bangalore campus after filming. They would play Scrabble together.

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In a conversation on the Enigmatic Horizon YouTube channel, Omi disclosed that the actors from 3 Idiots lived on the campus of IIM Bangalore while the film was being shot.

He said, “I was a no-name actor on this film. So, I didn’t think I would hang out with these people and that I would be kept separate. The good hotels were one hour away from IIM Bangalore, so Aamir suggested that we stay in the faculty residences of the college that were empty. We all had our own rooms and bathrooms, but it was like living in a dorm. Every night, Aamir’s assistant would come and ask us if we wanted to hang out with him. I was surprised because I am not from there, I don’t speak the language, I am not from Bollywood. We would talk about philosophy and play some board games.”

During the film's Ladakh shoot, Omi Vaidya revealed how Aamir Khan became fiercely aggressive when playing Scrabble.

He recalled, “Once, when we were in a village in Ladakh, we were playing a board game as there was nothing to do. We would get one hour of electricity in a day. We would eat Maggi because there was nothing else to eat. We were living in tiny rooms of the biggest house in the village. At that time, Kareena was also shooting with us, and Saif had come to visit her. Somebody had brought Scrabble with them, and I think I was playing with Madhavan, Aamir, and maybe Kareena or Saif. I have a very good English vocabulary, so I put down a word that nobody knew, and they challenged me, but it was a word. As soon as I went to first place, you could see on Aamir’s face, he became extremely competitive and did not want to lose. By the end, he won by one point.”

He added, “He was competitive but in a good way. He would play chess with these brilliant IIM students and beat them also. He was very competitive and focused.”

Even though Omi Vaidya interacted with Aamir Khan and the other actors frequently, he would frequently withdraw himself before a scenario that called for him to be rude to them. “I didn’t get friendly with all the other characters because they were my enemies in the film. I stayed separate, especially if I had a scene with them where I had to be really mean and angry with them,” he said.

Rajkumar Hirani directed and Abhijat Joshi co-wrote the movie 3 Idiots. In addition to Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, and Omi Vaidya in key parts, the film's main cast included Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi.

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Credit- The Indian Express