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Aamir Khan suffers from death anxiety

Many celebrities harbor phobias but very few come out in the open... Read More
Many celebrities harbor phobias but very few come out in the open to actually talk about it in public. Aamir Khan certainly falls in the latter category as the actor recently confessed to having a death anxiety while shooting for his films.

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Aamir Khan's 'Dangal': The making

Death anxiety is also referred to as thanatophobia (fear of death) which is a specific fear of dead or dying persons and/or things. In his latest interaction, Mr. Perfectionist spilled the beans on having this peculiar tendency of fearing death while he's shooting for a film. So, to prevent any disruptions in the ongoing proceedings of the shoot, Aamir makes a note in which he clearly specifies the dos and don'ts if anything happens to him.

During '

Dangal

's' shoot, Aamir had a 5-month break between his schedules and he told

Niteish Tiwari

, the director of the film that if anything happened to him in the meanwhile, everything would still be on and that the director would just have to find a person to play the character of young Mahavir singh Phogat. He is said to have even suggested the names of Varun Dhawan, Shahid Kapur, Raveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor.
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