New Delhi: Aamir Khan, whose film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ was released on August 11, has postponed his trip to Assam till after Independence Day at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s request. Sarma asked Aamir to push back his visit so that the “focus” does not get diverted from the Independence Day gala.   


“Aamir Khan wanted to come here and had spoken to me about it. But to ensure that the focus of Independence Day doesn’t get diverted, I urged him to come after August 15,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of a program. 


“We don’t want the focus to shift from the Tiranga on Independence Day,” he added. 


Sarma said that he is regularly in touch with Khan over the phone and the actor will visit the state “whenever I (Sarma) ask him”. 


“We will fix the date later,” the chief minister added. 


The actor had donated Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in June this year when the state was reeling under devastating floods. 


Often called Bollywood’s ‘Mr. Perfectionist’, Khan had last visited the state nearly 10 years ago and had stayed in Tezpur in the northern part. 


On the work front. Aamir’s film 'Laal Singh Chaddha’ has opened to a disappointing start at the box office. The Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor starrer collected Rs 11.50 crore on its opening day, according to Box Office India. This is the lowest opening for Aamir Khan in the past 13 years. Despite the festival opening and featuring megastars, the film has done very poorly on its first day.    


Apart from the box office numbers, the film is also being review-bombed on IMDb.  The rating site shows an average rating of 4.2/10 with most users giving 1-star reviews to the film. IMDb ratings have many times created headlines for being tampered with. According to the site's 'Laal Singh Chaddha' page, 56,000 votes have been cast out of which a majority of them have given a 1-star rating. 


Directed by Advait Chandan, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is written by Atul Kulkarni and is an official adaptation of Robert Zemeckis’ six Academy Awards winner 'Forrest Gump' starring Tom Hanks. The film also marks the Bollywood debut of Naga Chaitanya.     


(With input from PTI)