David Dhawan’s Aankhen, featuring Govinda, Chunky Panday, Ritu Shivpuri, and Raageshwari Loomba in the lead roles, was released in 1993 and turned out to be a huge hit at the box office. Fans loved Govinda's double role in the film while the song O Laal Dupatte Wali too became a rage. However, did you know Aamir Khan disliked the film? Yes, you read that right! During an interview at that time, he even criticized Aankhen for being "too crude" and "vulgar".

Aamir, who is also called 'Mr. Perfectionist', is known for choosing scripts that earn critical acclaim as well as box office success. Also, he never thinks twice before sharing his honest opinion about a film. In the 90s, he did the same in the case of Aankhen as well. 

In an interview with a Vancouver-based media portal, the Ghajini star opened up about Govinda's Aankhen and said, "David Dhawan jo film ke director hain, he’s a close friend of mine, and film mujhe personally pasand nahi aayi. Shayad David ko ye baat maloom bhi hogi, aur kyun itni badi hit hui ye main bhi nahi jaanta. Meri ye feeling thi ki, the film was too crude, for me it was vulgar, some of the scenes, toh isiliye mujhe pasand nahi aayi. But maybe the audiences liked it, I don’t know".

After hearing this, the interviewer shared, "Ho sakta hai numerologically and astrologically unka waqt sahi hoga," to this, Aamir Khan answered, "Uske alawa ek cheez hoti hai audience ki psyche. Aksar kya hota jaise aap dekhein India mein, there was lot of troubled times that time, riots hue the, Bombay mein bomb blast hue the toh mahaul bohot hi tension ka ho gaya tha. Usme ek aisi utt pataang type ki film ayi toh audience totally freaked out". 

He concluded by saying, it's my theory and I might be totally wrong as well but these things happen. 

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For the unversed, Aankhen was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1993 and also featured Kader Khan, Shilpa Shirodkar, and Raj Babbar in pivotal roles. Later, in 1995, it was remade into Telugu as Pokiri Raja. 

Coming back to Aamir, he will next be seen in Laal Singh Chaddha co-starring Kareena Kapoor Khan. Directed by Advait Chandan, the much-awaited movie is the official Hindi remake of Tom Hanks' classic Forrest Gump. While Govinda is not too active on the Bollywood front now. 

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