Why did Aamir decide not to cast his son Junaid but himself in Laal Singh Chaddha?

“I told Advait in advance that it is a difficult film and while you have done a great job with Secret Superstar, it is a very intriguing film and I am not sure if I will give it to you as a director then. until you show me a test. So, I said you shoot 6-7 scenes, which I’m going to choose – I told them to make your own little crew, shoot us, edit Show me how you can handle this stuff by putting tempo and music in it. He said, ‘Yes I will do that’. And that time Junaid was back.” Amir said.

The actor further said, “I told him (Advaita) not to cast me in the role of Lal because I want you to do this exam without me, not with me. So, you take Junaid and do it. Two weeks ago like this Do rehearsals and shoot the test. First, Kiran (Rao) and I watched the test. And when we saw it, we were blown away. We were shocked because Junaid’s performance was very good. He was red. After that, I thought I was only watching Lal. My chance is gone because I can’t play Lal. There would be a crisis that was on time.”