Ronjita Kulkarni takes a look at the fresh faces, who have shone the brightest.

Cast and crew of Aamir

The relatively small-budgeted film Aamir deserves a standing ovation for creating brilliance on screen with mostly new hands on board. The film's main players were all newcomers -- from the director, Rajkumar Gupta, to music director Amit Trivedi to cinematographer Alphonso Roy to lead actor Rajeev Khandelwal.

The film traced a day in Aamir's life, which started like any other in his unassuming life, and would have stayed that way, if not for a little change -- his family had been kidnapped by a terrorist group, and if Aamir wanted them alive, he would have to blow up a crowded bus.

Gupta, with Roy's help, created a Mumbai we had never seen before. The film was shot in real places in Mumbai. As Roy admits, it was quite a challenge to shoot in a dilapidated chawl, and its reeking public toilet, a slaughter house and the small bylanes of Mumbai.

Amit provided some great music, while Rajeev put in a superb performance.

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