Aamir Khan to step into the shoes of Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump Hindi remake?

Written By Nayandeep Rakshit | Updated: Aug 20, 2018, 06:05 AM IST

Aamir Khan

The superstar and his team have been in advanced talks with Paramount Pictures to procure a deal. It seems they have finally managed to make a breakthrough.

After Hrs was the first to tell you that Aamir Khan has shown a keen interest in a Hollywood film, which he wants to remake. The superstar and his team have been in advanced talks with Paramount Pictures to procure a deal. It seems they have finally managed to make a breakthrough.

Reveals a source, “Aamir wants to make Forrest Gump in Hindi, which he will star in. He wants to play the lead role that Tom Hanks had essayed in the original. It has been on his wishlist for some time.”

The Dangal actor has finally acquired the rights to the 1994 Hollywood film too. “Scripting is currently underway. Aamir wants his team to rework the whole narrative, setting it in the Indian context,” adds our source. 

The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama, who witnesses several defining historical events in the 20th century in the United States.