Mumbai: Aamir Khan’s brother Faissal Khan ‘revealed’ in a recent interview how the family and Aamir mistreated him over the years.
On Sunday, Aamir and his full family said in a statement they are distressed by recent comments made by Faissal.
The statement reads as:
“We are distressed by Faissal’s hurtful and misleading portrayal of his mother Zeenat Tahir Husain, his sister Nikhat Hegde, and his brother Aamir. As this is not the first time he has misrepresented these events, we feel it necessary to clarify our intentions, and reaffirm our solidarity as a family. It is important to share that every choice regarding Faissal has been taken collectively as a family, in consultation with multiple medical professionals, and has been based on love, compassion, and a desire to support his emotional and psychological wellbeing. For this reason, we have refrained from publicly discussing the details of a painful and difficult period for our family. We request the media for empathy, and to refrain from turning a private matter into salacious, inflammatory and hurtful gossip.
Family Members: Reena Datta, Junaid Khan, Ira Khan, Farhat Datta, Rajiv Datta, Kiran Rao, Santosh Hegde, Seher Hegde, Mansoor Khan, Nuzhat Khan, Imran Khan, Tina Fonseca, Zayn Marie Khan, Pablo Khan.”
This was in response to shocking statements made by Faissal in an interview with Pinkvilla.
Faisal’s allegations
“They were saying I’ve got schizophrenia and I’m a mad person. I can harm society. Ye sab baatein ho rahi thi (All this was being talked about). I was looking at myself ki yaar main iss chakravyuh se kaise niklu. Chakravyuh ho gaya tha mere liye. Main usme fass gaya tha kyunki saari family mere khilaaf jaa rahi thi. Mujhe pagal samjh rahe the (How do I get out of this trap? It was a trap for me. I was stuck in it because my family was against me. They were thinking I’m mad),” Faissal said.
Faissal, who was married to his second wife at that time, recalled he would pray for help and hoped his father would come to his rescue.
“He was away from family politics. Lekin unn tak main pahuchu kaise? Unka number bhi nahi tha mere pass. Aur Aamir ne mujhe qaid kar diya tha ghar me ek saal. Mobile le liya, main bahar nahi jaa sakta. Bodyguard mere room ke bahar. Dawaiyan de rahe hain (How do I reach him? I didn’t have his number. And Aamir had locked me inside the house for a year. My phone was taken, I couldn’t go out. There were bodyguards outside my room. I was given medicine),” Faissal stated, adding that after a year Aamir let him move to another house.
Interesting, Faissal, who acted in 15 Bollywood films, starred in the 2000 Dharmesh Darshan-directed film ‘Mela’, with Aamir and Twinkle Khanna.
Aamir shared a rocky relationship with Faissal over the years. Faissal once moved court against the family after being asked to relinquish his signatory rights.
