Aamir Khan wants Indian media to stop obsessing over the Khans of Bollywood

Aamir Khan is disappointed with the Indian media for talking only about the three Khans whenever there is mention of stardom in Bollywood.

He was speaking at an event for the launch of his upcoming film Secret Superstar in Mumbai.

Khan said it was unfair of the media to single out the three actors, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and himself, as there are many other "talented stars" contributing good work to the Hindi film industry.

When asked if it was because the trend among cinema-goers was changing and/or if content-driven cinema compared to star-studded movies did better at the box office, Aamir said: "To say that the trend has changed is a very big statement. I think there are ups and downs in every creative person's life."

"We all try our best to do our work, we try to make sure that everyone likes the films that we make," he said, adding that sometimes films fail and other times they succeed. "We should not get fazed by that. We should continue to do what we believe in."

"And I think whenever you (media) talk about stars, it's wrong to mention just the three names (SRK, Salman and Aamir). I think there are many talented stars who have a huge following. Akshay (Kumar) released a new film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha which is being loved by everyone."

"I don't think it should directly reflect on the immediate stardom of a person," the Dangal actor added.

Secret Superstar will be releasing in October on Diwali. The film also stars his Dangal costar Zaira Wasim.

The film is slotted for release in the same week as Ajay Devgan-starrer Golmaal Again, creating a buzz around the competition between the two stars and their movies.

"I think Diwali is a day which has a bandwidth to take two releases. So that was never a concern for us. You will see Diwali always has two releases... It is very rare that there is only one release [on the occasion]," Khan said, adding there is enough "space" to release the two films on the holiday.

"Also, the genres of both the films are very different. Golmaal Again is an out-and-out entertainer and Secret Superstar for us is a very important story.... I don't think there is any clash," he added.

"We were trying to release in August at first. But there was a lot of work we still wanted to do and we wouldn't have finished it in time, so we pushed it forward," Khan explained.

"Usually, it is said that people are so engrossed on Diwali with the celebration that they don't really go to watch the films on that same day, and according to producers and distributors, it isn't the right day to release the film," he said.

"But for us, the box office collection isn't that important. We wanted to release the film on a day which is emotionally important to us."