Mumbai: After music composer Ismail Darbar said he won’t tolerate daughter-in-law Gauahar Khan work and that his son Zaid Darbar has every right to stop her from working, the actress dropped a wise note about being a mother to a son.
In a recent interview, Ismail praised Gauahar for being an amazing mother but said he does not support her continuing with her career after marriage.
However, unfazed by her father-in-law’s comments, Gauahar took to her Instagram handle on Thursday to share videos of her work and a note about raising a boy amid the controversy.
“Raising a boy is a beautiful kind of chaos. He runs instead of walks, climbs instead of sits, and shouts instead of whispers- yet he still pauses to kiss your cheek, grab your hand and call you beautiful with peanut butter on his face,” Gauahar’s post read.
“Amid all the noise and mess, his softness makes you feel like you’re his whole world,” the note further mentioned.
Along with the note, she wrote, “Allahumma baarik.”
Gauahar also shared clips of her new music video with Ankita Lokhande’s husband, Vicky Jain. However, she refrained from reacting to her father-in-law’s statements.
During a chat with Vickey Lalwani, Ismail had said, “All I know is that she (Gauahar) has a wonderful relationship with Zaid, and that she is a wonderful mother. There is no harm in being honest about this.”
He continued, “However, the greatest thing my wife Ayesha did was stop working for her child’s sake.”
Asked if he watches his daughter-in-law’s work, Ismail said, “Look, I come from a backward family. We used to turn away whenever a sensuous type of scene would come in a movie. This happens in our house even today. Gauahar is a part of our family now, we are responsible for her reputation.”
“But I can’t tell her not to work; that right only Zaid has. So I don’t indulge in activities that might bother me… I’m not one to mince my words. I know that I will not be able to tolerate what I see, and if I am not able to tolerate what I see, I will confront them,” he added.
Gauahar and Zaid got married in 2020 and welcomed their first child, a son named Zehaan, in 2023.
Earlier this year, the couple welcomed their second son.
