The lover who defies family opposition: This is a role Aamir has played over and over again. In Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Aamir and Juhi Chawla battle the disapproval of their warring families - sadly, there is no happy ending in store. In Afsana Pyar Ka, Aamir and Neelam fight parental opposition. In Dil, Aamir and Madhuri Dixit are forbidden to see each other by their fathers. In Daulat Ki Jung, Aamir and Juhi escape their furious fathers and end up on a treasure hunt. In Ishq, Juhi's powerful father almost proves to be the undoing of Aamir. In Raja Hindustani, Karisma Kapoor's stepmother succeeds in creating a rift, temporarily, between the couple. In Dil Chahta Hai, he shows up to claim Preity Zinta on the eve of her wedding, from under the noses of her foster family who are marrying her off to their son.
The slacker: Many years before Satyamev Jayate, Aamir much loved for playing no-good idlers - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar's Sanjaylal Sharma, Andaz Apna Apna's hilarious Amar, Rang De Basanti's bike-riding DJ. Even in Ishq, his character Raja does very little other than goof around with his best friend.
The revenge-seeker: In both Raakh and Ghajini, Aamir's character becomes a vigilante of sorts, exacting deadly justice to avenge the rape of one female friend and the murder of another. In Rang De Basanti, Aamir's group of friends take the law into their own hands with tragic consequences after the government blames the death of an Air Force officer friend on 'pilot error.' Revenge is also the motivating factor behind his crimes in Dhoom: 3.
The student: Aamir has been cast as a college or high-school student in several films - QSQT, Dil, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Parampara, Love Love Love, Daulat Ki Jung. In Rang De Basanti he plays DJ, who repeatedly fails college. He was 44 when he played engineering student Rancho in 3 Idiots.
The righteous cop: Aamir has been in uniform more than once. In Baazi, he plays Inspector Amar Damjee pitted against the corrupt underling to the Chief Minister. In Sarfarosh, he plays ACP Ajay Rathod who uncovers cross-border terrorism while investigating illegal trafficking in weapons. In Talaash, he deals with the murder of a prostitute and subsequent blackmail.
Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, opens this Friday.
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