What’s Aamir doing in Berlin?

Guess where Aamir Khan is? Not holidaying with son Junaid and daughter Ira in the UK. But in Berlin, screening Taare Zameen Par! Yes, the actor who air-dashed to Mumbai on April 30 to cast his vote, then took a short detour from his “vacation with the kids’’ and flew to Berlin on Sunday to be at Audrey Hepburn’s 80th birth anniversary celebrations. Aamir, a big Hepburn fan, told BT, “I was pleasantly surprised when Sean Hepburn Ferrer sent me an email asking me to screen TZP at the birth anniversary celebrations. I told the kids that I had to take a short break and flew from London to Berlin.
The Bollywood superstar, who counts Hepburn’s films Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady among his favourites, was keen to adapt Roman Holiday and make it in Hindi years ago. What impressed him about Hepburn apart from her being a stunning and fabulous actress, is the fact that she was also a great humanitarian who was recognised worldwide for her work. Hepburn, who embarked in 1988 on her second (and what she considered her most important) career as UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador, continued this service until her death in 1993.
In 1994, her family created The Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund in order to continue her work. Aamir was overwhelmed at the number of Germans who showed up for the screening of TZP. “I’m touched and flattered that the film got this kind of a response here,’’ he said. TZP was chosen because it dealt with the sensitive issue of dyslexia, and Hepburn’s family felt it addresses the same sentiment that was important to the actress in her lifetime.