India, July 17 -- A few hours after Aamir Khan denied knowing climate activist Sonam Wangchuk during the making of 3 Idiots, a viral video of Sonam has been doing the rounds on social media. The clip shows the activist speaking about meeting Aamir in 2008, a year before the release of 3 Idiots.

In the clip, Sonam talks about meeting Aamir in 2008 during an event in Mumbai and how he discussed a movie focused on the Siachen conflict with the actor.

He said, "I told him, 'Can you make a film on the tension in Siachen, where countries are fighting over a piece of ice while spending nearly Rs.7 crore every day? Can we show that ordinary people from both countries solve the problem and that money is instead used for education?'" Wangchuk sai...