Aamir Khan gets emotional at Satyameva Jayate Season 3 launch

Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan unveiled the promo of Satyamev Jayate: Season 3 in Mumbai on Wednesday. The hugely appreciated and successful talk show's season 3 will go on air on September 21 and will run through entire October every Sunday on Star Plus.

The superstar got teary-eyed, talking about the show which highlights various issues and social problems that afflict the nation. Also for the first time, Aamir disclosed what got him into doing a show like Satyamev Jayate.

Talking about the genesis of Satyamev Jayate, Aamir went back to his childhood days when his friend Satyajit Bhatkal (who is now the director of Satyamev Jayate) and he were very good friends. Those were the days when both studied at Bombay Scottish school in Mumbai. Aamir recalls, "Satya was a very good student and used to always stand first in the class while I was an average student. He was also more popular than me."

Both Satyajit and Amir passed out of school and went to college. While in college Satyajit got interested in Social Work. He event studied Law and went to help people through his legal knowledge. Meanwhile, Aamir became an actor. Soon the scales changed. Now Aamir was more popular than Satya and the actor saw that while he was working for himself Satyajit continued to work for others through social work. Recalling the old days Aamir said, "Seeing Satya's work I used to always think how is that I can also be helpful to people. It was something that used to always prick me. As I became more successful in my profession it began to prick me even more."

The actor adds, "I would make donations towards various causes but it still not give me that feeling that I was craving for." Around the same time India began to experience a boom in television with advent of satellite TV into our homes. "I realised that TV was a very powerful medium and I should exploit it to do something for the society. I told Satya about doing a TV show and he readily agreed to partner with me and be a constant help to me," Aamir maintained.

Satyajit was more than happy to work with his childhood friend Aamir Khan again. He had worked with Aamir on documenting the Making of Lagaan titled Chale Chalo. He told Aamir, "I have been working for so many causes for the last 25 years. Nobody listens to me. May be they will listen to you. So let's do it." This is how the concept of Satyamev Jayate finally came about.