Actor Aamir Khan, whose disguise and disappearance stunts to promote his new film 3 Idiots have been hogging the limelight, was today denied permission by the defence ministry to visit the Army's Chennai-based Officers Training Academy (OTA) to spend a day with the cadets.
Sources said here that the movie star had requested that he be allowed to spend time at the OTA, but permission was not granted to him.
However, they said the reasons cited by the ministry for denying permission to the actor were not known.
Khan had wanted to spend a day at the OTA to observe the lives of cadets and to interact with them.
The OTA churns out nearly 500 Short Service Commissioned officers annually, including women officers.
Sources said it was not clear if the actor wanted to visit the OTA in connection with the new release or for a future project.
The movie, 3 Idiots, releasing on Friday is about three friends and their college life, and it marks Khan's return to the big screen after a year.
The actor, known for innovating marketing blitzkrieg to promote his films, has been visiting several towns and cities in disguise in the last few days, and his travels have found space in news columns in several newspapers.
