‘Gyaan mat baato’: Director Rahul Dholakia’s harsh jibe at Aamir Khans IPL commentary earns followers’ ire, he deletes tweet

Jun 04, 2025 09:29 AM IST

Aamir Khan was within the commentary field for the IPL 2025 closing as a part of the promotions of his upcoming movie, Sitaare Zameen Par.

The Indian Premier League 2025 got here to an exciting finish on Tuesday night time as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Punjab Kings (PBKS) to win their maiden title. The IPL closing at Ahmedabad noticed numerous Bollywood presence, too. Preity Zinta, co-owner of PBKS, was current to cheer for her group, whereas Anushka Sharma cheered on for husband Virat Kohli’s RCB. And within the commentary field, celebrity Aamir Khan added some flavour whereas selling his movie Sitaare Zameen Par. (Also learn: IPL Finals: Aamir Khan says he thought of Sachin Tendulkar as a perfectionist, now its Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah)

Rahul Dholakia tweeted about Aamir Khan’s IPL commentary stint earlier than deleting the submit.

Aamir Khan in IPL commentary panel

Aamir arrived on the stadium on Tuesday, sharing the commentary field with Suresh Raina and Aakash Chopra for a 20-minute stint within the Hindi commentary panel for the IPL 2025 closing. Fans had combined reactions to Aamir’s commentary. Some praised his information of the sport, whereas others have been miffed with him being partisan in direction of Virat Kohli and RCB. The actor praised Kohli for being a ‘perfectionist’, a tag that’s usually related to Aamir himself. He additionally added that profitable the IPL can be an amazing swansong for a legendary profession like Kohli’s.

Rahul Dholakia’s now-deleted tweet about Aamir Khan’s commentary.

Rahul Dholakia on Aamir Khan’s commentary

Among those that weren’t followers of Aamir’s commentary stint was Raees director Rahul Dholakia. The filmmaker took to Twitter (now referred to as X) on Tuesday night time and posted, “Yaar picture ka promotion karo gyaam mat baato (Promote your film but don’t sermonise). I want KOHLI to win this year and Zinta to win next year! Both these passionate people deserve to win- for their sheer persistence!” While he didn’t title Aamir, the timing of the tweet had followers satisfied it was for Aamir, who was within the commentary panel as a part of promotions for his upcoming movie Sitaare Zameen Par.

Fans react

Aamir followers didn’t take kindly to the cruel jibe, calling Dholakia names within the responses. “This is such a cheap shot,” learn one tweet. Another wrote reasonably curtly, “Gyaan baato, isn’t that what you and SRK did the entire Raees promotions?” Within hours, the tweet had lots of of replies, many roasting Aamir and others criticising Rahul Dholakia. Later within the night time, the filmmaker deleted the tweet.

Rahul Dholakia is a National Award-winning filmmaker recognized for Parzania, Mumbai Cutting, and Lamhaa. He had his largest business success with the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees in 2017. Meanwhile, Aamir is returning to the large display screen with RS Prasanna’s Sitaare Zameen Par, his first movie because the debacle of Laal Singh Chaddha three years in the past. The movie releases on 20 June.

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