Aamir's advice to Salman to write more scripts after watching Veer

Salman Khan had a special screening for close buddy Aamir Khan who flew off to Los Angeles for the screening of his home production Peepli Live at the Sundance film festival -- and even advised him about Veer

Salman Khan had a special screening for close buddy Aamir Khan who flew off to Los Angeles for the screening of his home production Peepli Live at the Sundance film festivalu00a0-- and even advised him about Veer.

Says a source close to Salman, "Aamir was flying off to LA on Wednesday night so Salman kept a screening only for him at Ketnav in the afternoon. There was no way that Salman was going to let Veer release without asking Aamir what he thought about it since Aamir is known to have a keen sense of scripts and commercial cinema.

Aamir Khan at the trial of Salman's Veer in Ketnav.u00a0 PIC/ Yogen Shah

Today Aamir's opinion on films is valued by everyone in the film industry. After watching Veer, Aamir told Salman that though he loved the film he wouldn't have been able to do a film of this scale and magnitude. Veer wasn't his kind of film as it was commercial and larger-than-life with its massy, dramatic scenes and fights."

That wasn't all. The source informs, "As Aamir had to leave in a hurry because he had another event to attend, he called up Salman later and spoke to him for half an hour on Veer. Aamir told him the aspect he loved particularly in Veer like the father-son relationship. Aamir felt that the relationship was autobiographical as Salman had inculcated several aspects of his own life. When Salman told him Veer was inspired by the Russian novel Taras Bulba, Aamir appeared to be impressed."

Aamir also told Salman to write more scripts and stories. "He felt that Salman was a writer who had a fine sense of storytelling. Aamir thought that what came across that Salman loved writing and he should write more especially on topics that inspired him."

Salman's take on Veer and his writing

"I showed the story to my father and the biggest fear was what he was going to say. But he said it's a good story. I had written the story 20 years ago, but at that time it wasn't possible to make the film. I thought now is the right time to make it, so I did. There was a time I wanted to be a director so I had a few scripts in mind. Everything I had written was larger-than-life. When the time came to realise my dream project, Veer was the first choice. So far, there are only three classic period films which I feel are par excellence. Mughal-e-Azam, Dharmveer and last, but definitely not the least, Veer. My father is a real Veer as he has always faced tough times with courage. I salute him for that."