Come February, Aamir Khan will kick-off two new production ventures. First will be Sitare Zameen Par, which sees him return to face the camera after a year-and-half’s hiatus from acting. The actor-filmmaker has reportedly been preparing to play the protagonist in director RS Prasanna’s adaptation of the 2018 Spanish film, Campeones. Aamir is said to have participated in quite a few reading sessions with his co-actors and also finalised his look in the social dramedy. Apparently, he has allotted about two-and-half months for the movie, which is slated to go on floors early next month. Around mid-February, Lahore: 1947, his collaboration with director friend Rajkumar Santoshi and starring Sunny Deol, begins filming. Sources claim that work on building the set at a Mumbai studio for the period drama based around the Partition has already begun. While Sitare Zameen Par is being planned as a Christmas 2024 release, Lahore: 1947’s date with cinemas will be finalised after they have complete shooting a substantial portion for the movie.  

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