00:00So, here's the story about two brothers in Bollywood. One, you definitely know, Aamir Khan.
00:10The other, Faisal Khan, who was in the same industry but never quite achieved success.
00:23On 10th August, Faisal was seen making serious allegations in a podcast.
00:28He said, Aamir and the family allegedly locked him inside their Mumbai home for more than a year,
00:34took away his phone and even put a guard outside his room.
00:37They told him he had schizophrenia and was unsafe.
00:40The family sees it very differently.
00:41Aamir, his mother and sisters put out a joint statement on 11th August saying the claims are hurtful and misleading.
00:48We are distressed by Faisal's hurtful and misleading portrayal of his mother, Zeena Tahir Hussain,
00:52his sister, Nikhat Hegde and his brother, Aamir.
00:54As 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.
01:02Faisal also said he was sent to JJ Hospital for 20 days, sharing a ward with psychiatric patients while doctors ran tests on him.
01:09He called it a truck review, like being stuck in a maze with no way out.
01:12This isn't new territory either.
01:14In 2007, the case went to court.
01:16Faisal challenged the family's claims about his mental health and the magistrate said he was fit to live on his own.
01:22It's worth remembering they weren't always on opposite sides.
01:25In 2000, Aamir even tried to launch Faisal with the film Mela.
01:28They acted in it together, but the movie tanked and while Aamir's career took off, Faisal's never recovered.
01:34Now, more than two decades later, it's no longer about a film's fate.
01:38It's about two brothers, the same family and clashing accounts of what Faisal allegedly went through.
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