Actor Aamir Khan has addressed the long-standing belief that his 3 Idiots<\/em> character, Phunsukh Wangdu, was inspired by Ladakhi engineer and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk. Speaking during a question-and-answer session at London’s British Film Institute on July 16, Aamir said the claim was incorrect and stressed that neither he nor the film’s writers knew about Wangchuk in the course of the making of the film.<\/p>\n Aamir Khan clarifies 3 Idiots wasn\u2019t inspired by Sonam Wangchuk: \u201cThat could be a misconception\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Calling it a misconception, Aamir said the team behind 3 Idiots<\/em> had no knowledge of Wangchuk on the time.<\/p>\n Responding to the claim, Aamir said: “No, that isn’t true actually. That could be a misconception. I didn’t learn about Mr Sonam at the moment after we were doing the film, 3 Idiots<\/em>. I saw a video of Chatur only recently, and he said that. But he’s mistaken. Perhaps that’s what Chatur was pondering, but I would like to let you know that neither Raju nor Abhijat (Rajkumar Hirani or Abhijat Joshi), who’re the 2 writers, we didn’t learn about Mr Sonam.”<\/p>\n Today at @BFI<\/a> I asked Mr Amir Khan about @Wangchuk66<\/a> and his fast. Here is his response: @abhijeet_dipke<\/a> @CJP_2029<\/a> @Cockroachisback<\/a> @SauravDassss<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jkeKFssrDX<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Aamir](\"https:\/\/stat4.bollywoodhungama.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aamir-Khan-on-Sonam-Wangchuk.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n\u201cThat could be a misconception,\u201d says Aamir Khan<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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