Aamir Khan’s Family Responds to Faissal Khan’s Allegations, Calls Them “Hurtful and Misleading”

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s family has issued an official statement expressing “distress” over recent remarks made by his brother, Faissal Khan, about their mother and family relationships.

The statement, signed by multiple family members, addresses Faissal’s claims from a recent interview in which he alleged years of mistreatment. “We are distressed by Faissal's hurtful and misleading portrayal of his mother Zeenat Tahir Husain, his sister Nikhat Hegde, and his brother Aamir,” the family said. They further stated, “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.”

The statement emphasized 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.” The family also noted that they had avoided sharing public details about what they described as “a painful and difficult period” to protect privacy. They appealed to the media “for empathy, and to refrain from turning a private matter into salacious, inflammatory and hurtful gossip.”

In the Pinkvilla interview that sparked the statement, Faissal alleged that his family accused him of having schizophrenia and described him as “a mad person” who could “harm society.” He claimed that “Aamir had locked him up for over a year” at his Mumbai residence.

“They were saying I've got schizophrenia and I'm a mad person. I can harm society. Ye sab baatein ho rahi thi. 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,” Faissal said, recalling the period as deeply isolating.

He added that he hoped his father would help him but could not reach him. “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,” he alleged. According to him, Aamir eventually allowed him to move into another house after a year when he insisted.

The brothers have had a strained relationship for years, including a legal dispute over Faissal’s signatory rights. Faissal previously revealed that he underwent a 20-day mental health evaluation at JJ Hospital, after which doctors declared him mentally fit. The two were last seen together on-screen in the 2000 film Mela, alongside Twinkle Khanna.