Aamir Khan Posts First Look Of Secret Superstar

New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan has tweeted the first look of his new project Secret Superstar, revealing that the film's trailer will release on Wednesday. Secret Superstar is produced by Aamir, 52, who also makes an appearance in the film. The lead role is taken by actress Zaira Wasim, who co-starred with the actor in his last outing, the massively successful Dangal. The poster of Secret Superstar features a young girl, presumably Zaira, with her back to the camera, wearing school uniform and weighed down by a backpack. Sheet music fills up the distance - the central character is a teenager who dreams of being a singer. Details of Aamir's role haven't been announced but speculation suggests he will play a mentor-like figure, as he did in Taare Zameen Par.

With his customary reticence, Aamir Khan tweeted this, minus a caption:
 

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— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) July 31, 2017

Secret Superstar, directed by Advait Chandan, will release this Diwali.

Zaira Wasim, who is 16, got her big break in Dangal playing the younger version of wrestler Geeta Phogat, on whose family the film is based. Aamir Khan delivered a career-best performance as Mahavir Singh Phogat, former wrestler and father of Geeta and Babita, who trains his daughters to succeed him in his sport. Zaira won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress this year for her performance as the young Geeta.

Dangal was not only reviewed well, it was also a blockbuster hit, not so much breaking records as trampling them to smithereens underfoot. The film did fantastically well at home, where it opened in December, and then continued to rake it in after releasing in China this year. Dangal had made nearly Rs 2,000 crore worldwide at last count and has been placed fifth on Forbes' list of top-earning non-Hollywood films globally.