Mumbai, Jun 16 (PTI) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was rejected as a voiceover for 'Lagaan' by Ashutosh Gowariker because the director felt that Big B's voice was too familiar to transport the audience to the 1893 where the film was set.
This was revealed by actor-producer Aamir Khan last night at a party to celebrate 10 years of 'Lagaan' and completion of a decade of his production house Aamir Khan Productions.
In the presence of Bachchan, Aamir recalled that after initially getting a positive response from the megastar that he would dub for the movie as a narrator, Ashutosh felt that the Bollywood legend's voice was too familiar to the audience and his aim of taking the audience to the period of 1893 would fail from the first scene itself.