Aamir Khan watches Kidnap!

In keeping with his past (the Yash Raj tradition of absolute secrecy) director Sanjay Gadhvi has not shown his latest film Kidnap to anyone except for Aamir Khan who has seen the final cut. He was the first to view it. The action thriller stars Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Minissha Lamba.

It is learnt that Aamir came down specially to watch the film at Gadhvi's Lokhandwala home. Khan arrived alone for the screening. Apart from Gadhvi and Aamir, Kidnapproducer Raj Mehta (Ashtavinayak) was the only other person present. Aamir arrived at around 7 pm and after chatting for a while saw the film and was there till 2 am discussing it.

Says Gadhvi, "Yes, it's true that Aamir has seen Kidnap. I called him over especially for it. He was invited not because his nephew Imran is part of the project. But because I believe he knows what is good cinema. I consider him as a well-wisher."

After the screening, Aamir SMSed Imran about his performance and praised him. "Yes, mamu has seen Kidnap. He messaged me saying he liked the film and that I had done a good job. For me it was a big compliment even better than Jaane Tu where mamu had just said 'not bad'.