Anmol Ahuja: ‘Wouldn’t ridicule their experience by casting actors’

Updated On: 27 August, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Sitaare Zameen Par’s casting director decodes how he steered clear of actors and scouted 12 individuals with intellectual disabilities, to stay true to their depiction

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Genelia Deshmukh and Aamir Khan lead the film

Working with Aamir Khan can be a learning experience as well as a heartening reminder of one’s love for movies, says casting director Anmol Ahuja. As one of the founders of Casting Bay, Ahuja collaborated with Khan on Secret Superstar (2017), and now on two of his upcoming projects—Lahore 1947 led by Sunny Deol, and Sitaare Zameen Par that stars Khan and Genelia Deshmukh. “From his company, I’ve learnt the essence of meritocracy. If you are good, you’ll make it and if you aren’t, you won’t. They cast for the character,” says the casting director.

Anmol Ahuja