4 min readMumbaiUpdated: May 17, 2026 05:14 PM IST Aamir Khan has been holding test screenings for his films ever since his 1988 breakthrough, Mansoor Khan’s hit romantic drama Qayamat Se Qayamat. But he confesses that he isn’t a great audience for other filmmakers’ test screenings, particularly when they are held only a week or a few days before the movie’s release. The actor-filmmaker also revealed that, despite being part of the film industry, he is not much of a movie watcher. “I see very few films, which is very odd. But that’s been the case since my childhood. I’ve never been a watcher. But I read a lot, so that kind of compensates,” Aamir said in the recently held Screen Academy Masterclass at Whistling Woods International. “One of the reasons I don’t see films is I don’t know how to lie. If someone asks me how the film is, I’ll say, ‘Bahut bakwas thi yaar. Pakk gaya main. (It was too awful. I got bored to death).’ It’ll show on my face,” confessed Aamir. …