Overview
- Aamir Khan said in a recent interview that Reema Kagti, then a second assistant director, scolded him for not being ready within the 15‑minute breakfast slot during Lagaan.
- He said the rebuke hurt his feelings and he briefly stopped eating breakfast on set before giving up the protest after a week due to fatigue.
- Khan explained that Kagti managed call times, meal breaks, and hair and makeup for a large ensemble, which required strict rules to keep filming on track.
- Assistant director Apoorva Lakhia has described the same shoot’s discipline, recalling a moment when a transport bus nearly left without Khan because he was late.
- Khan later worked with Kagti on her directorial Talaash, and Lagaan, released in June 2001, earned an Oscar nomination and won eight National Film Awards.