Actor Girija Oak, who shared the screen with Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par, shared how the actor is ‘hyper-aware’ when he is on a movie set.

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is addressed as ‘Mr Perfectionist’ for his eye for perfection. His passion for his work is also often applauded. Recently, actor Girija Oak, who shared the screen with him in Taare Zameen Par, shared how Aamir is ‘hyper-aware’ when he is on a movie set. She also narrated how despite being injured severely on the Taare Zameen Par set, he barely cared about it and focused on the next scene.

Girija, who was recently seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, said that she found Aamir and Shah Rukh’s ‘passion’ for work similar. “Aamir and Shah Rukh are different people temperamentally, but I feel their passion for their work is almost similar,” she told Lallantop.

Recalling the shoot of the 2007 film Taare Zameen Par, Girija Oak narrated, “Aamir is a hyper-aware person. He was also directing the film for a short span. But my portion was all directed by him. So, there was a sequence where we were chatting while planting a seed. While doing it, the corner of the sickle pierced through his hand, and it started bleeding profusely.”

Aamir barely cared about his injury, while others on the set panicked after looking at his bleeding hand. “Someone held his hand and was doing the dressing. But Aamir was busy with deciding the next scene. He wasn’t bothered with that cut, but everyone else was quite scared,” shared Girija.

While the dressing of the hand was being done, Aamir was engrossed in managing the next scene that he was supposed to shoot. Girija continued, “After the dressing was done, he asked to resume the shoot. I was amazed how, despite being hurt badly, he was at the seventh level of awareness. He was running around and checking the monitor for camera angles, he was do

Taare Zameen Par, also starring Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Vipin Sharma and Tisca Chopra, was produced by Aamir Khan. The film was appreciated by critics and audiences alike.

Aamir announced last year that he would be taking a break from films to spend more time with his family. However, now he has resumed work and is working on a film called Sitaare Zameen Par.