Kamlesh Pandey, one of the screenwriters of 'Rang De Basanti', revealed in an interview with Raavya Sarda that actor Manoj Bajpayee was initially signed to play the role that Aamir Khan played finally. "The moment Aamir heard the script...he told us that he wanted to do it, and he even got AR Rahman to come on the project," Pandey said.