Aamir Khan who has been in the industry for over three decades also has a deep know-how about the history of Indian cinema. His father Tahir Hussain was a well-known producer, director and his uncle Nasir Hussain has made movies like ‘Caravan’, ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’, ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ among others. Thus, Aamir also has a lot of stories to share most times.In a recent interview, he recalled an incident where his uncle Nasir Hussain and Dev Anand got into a huge fight at Sadhna’s engagement party. He said in an interview with Mashable India, “Nasir was very close to Vijay Anand and Nasir was also friends with Dev Anand. So Teesri Manzil was being made with Dev Anand originally. Dev was acting and Nasir was directing Teesri Manzil.”He shared that originally, Dev Anand was supposed to be a part of ‘Teesri Manzil’. “Dev Sahab was acting, Nasir Sahab was directing Teesri Manzil. In the same year, he was making a film called Baharon Ke Sapne with Rajesh Khanna, who was a newcomer that time. Vijay Anand was directing that film,” he said.At this party, Nasir heard Dev Anand complaining that he gave a small film like ‘Baharon Ke Sapne’ with a newcomer. But he himself is directing a big film like ‘Teesri Manzil’. So, they got into a fight after getting drunk at this party. “Nasir saab said there is no such thing as a small or big film. They started fighting and were hitting each other,” Aamir recalled with a laugh and added that he later confirmed this story with Sadhna, who said, “Haan haan, dono daru peeke jhagda kar rahe the (Yes, they were both drunk and fighting.)”Later, Nasir told Vijay Anand to direct ‘Teesri Manzil’ while he said he will make ‘Baharon Ke Sapne’. Aamir added, “However, Nasir said, ‘Dev nahi hoga film mein. He’s out.” So eventually, Shammi Kapoor came on board for ‘Teesri Manzil’.
