There were speculations in Bollywood that Aamir Khan would star in Dhobi Ghaat, which would be his wife Kiran Rao’s directorial debut. According to Aamir’s blog, “The reason we kept this under wraps is that she didn’t want to attract much attention to her film. She wanted to make this film on real locations with a tiny crew, very guerrilla style. So we had to do it very quietly. And for once we managed to keep a secret from the media, at least until we finished the shoot.”

Aamir had penned in his blog that he refused to disclose more details about his role in Dhobi Ghaat because he and his wife did not want to attract too much attention to the film.