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DNA Top 50 - THE INFLUENTIALS


His Own Man
Aamir Khan's footprint over Indian cinema is unique. His dedication to the entire process of filmmaking, as an actor, producer and even director, is now industry lore. He's been on a terrific winning streak in 2008 — Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and Jaane Tu Ya Jane Na — and there's no reason to doubt that his forthcoming Three Idiots will raise the bar even further. But there's another side of him that's gaining sharper definition with time: Aamir the activist. His association with children and education is not restricted to celluloid alone. His meeting with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in July 2009 was an offshoot of that involvement and is another sign of his engagement with society, something he had shunned for years, to the extent of having a cold war with the media. It doesn't take a crystal-ball gazer to see that bit by bit, step by step, Aamir is building up into a future legend of Indian cinema. His competition, at this point in time, is only with himself.