Junaid Khan: I wanted to study economics before becoming an actor – Exclusive Filmymeet

Post his debut in Aditya Chopra and Siddharth P Malhotra’s Maharaj, Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan already has two films lined up. One is with Sai Pallavi, marking her debut in Hindi films and another is with Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s daughter Khushi Kapoor. But not many are aware that acting was not Junaid’s first choice as a career.

In an exclusive interview with ETimes, debutant Junaid Khan discussed his career choice, stating, “I wanted to be an actor only when I turned 16 or 17.Before that, I was interested in studying economics—not the statistics, but how people respond to incentives. Acting, for me, is the ultimate study of human behavior, so I made the pivot.”
Junaid also recalled the first day of shoot for Maharaj, he said , “So, the first day of shoot was quite a hectic day of shoot. Actually the second half of the day was more hectic which made the first half go very smoothly. We were shooting those post-Holi scenes in the second half.”
Also not many are aware that the introduction scene that was shot for Junaid actually didn’t make it to the film. Junaid will be facing the audience next in a few months as he gears up for his play in September.