Aamir’s TV shoot in Sikkim

BIJOY GURUNG

Aamir Khan at Bulbuley on Wednesday. (Prabin Khaling) Gangtok, Feb. 15: Sikkim will feature in Aamir Khan’s upcoming television series with the actor spending the past two days in the Himalayan state shooting at different locations. “We have been touring different parts of the country for the television project. We are doing the tele-series on the celebrated thought of the country, Satyameva Jayate. We did some shooting here yesterday and today for the project,” said Aamir. The actor was talking to journalists after a two-hour shoot in the forest of Bulbuley, 15km from Gangtok. He had visited Kashmir and Udaipur last week. Certain sequences of the serial were shot at Sangmartan, 25km from the state capital, yesterday. The star had denied yesterday that he was in Sikkim scouting for locales for shooting. “I have come to Sikkim just for sightseeing… I heard that Sikkim is very beautiful and people here are fond of music,” he said after landing at Burtuk helipad in Gangtok yesterday. Aamir, the face of Incredible India campaign of Union ministry of tourism, today sent out an “All Izz Well’ message to tourists as the hilly state looks forward to a summer season. “Sikkim is a beautiful place for tourists to visit. I found Sikkim very fascinating. Natural calamities are not under anybody’s control. They happen everywhere. People should come to Sikkim to see its beautiful hills and receive hospitality from the wonderful people as All Izz Well here,” said Aamir. Tourism industry in Sikkim had suffered a jolt following the earthquake on September 18. The actor’s visit has boosted the confidence of tour operators, who kicked off the two-week-long Sikkim Snow and Cultural Festival yesterday to lure the visitors back to the state. Aamir cited a cloud burst in Ladakh to tell tourists that they should not shun Sikkim. “There was a big incident in Ladakh (two years back). But when I went there, it was safe. Tourists can come to Sikkim also as it is a safe place,” said the actor. After wrapping up shooting at Bulbuley, the crew proceeded to Lingdum monastery at Ranka, 25km from Gangtok. Aamir will leave Sikkim tomorrow.(Telegraph)