Tuesday,
October
16,
2007
Faisal
Khan's
recent
allegations
against
elder
brother
and
renowned
Bollywood
actor
Aamir
Khan
have
left
him
stunned
and
very
upset.
Aamir
is
so
disturbed
that
he
had
cancelled
his
plan
of
coming
live
and
chatting
with
fans
on
his
personal
website
on
Saturday
at
8
pm
IST,
citing
personal
problems.
The
note
on
the
site
from
the
"Lagaan" actor
says:
"Sorry
everyone,
but
due
to
unavoidable
personal
reasons
I
will
not
be
able
to
chat
live
with
y'all
today
8
pm
IST
as
I
had
earlier
mentioned.
Will
fix
a
new
date
and
time
for
my
chat
and
keep
you
posted.
In
the
meantime,
please
continue
to
post
your
comments
and
reactions
to
the
curtain
raiser
of
TZP
("Taare
Zameen
Par")
in
the
blog
space.
Regrets.
Aamir".
His
blog
also
adds:
"Sending
all
a
warm
hug.
May
we
invest
more
in
peace,
happiness
and
in
the
wellbeing
of
all
humanity.
Eid
Mubarak".
On
Friday,
Faisal
spoke
to
the
media
and
publicly
accused
Aamir
of
mentally
torturing
him
and
forcibly
locking
him
up
in
a
flat
for
almost
a
year.
He
added
that
Aamir
wanted
to
prove
that
he
was
suffering
from
mental
illness
and
Aamir's
bodyguards
had
been
forcing
him
to
take
medicines.
Even
Aamir's
father,
film-maker
Tahir
Hussein,
stood
by
his
younger
son
and
provided
in
writing
that
Faisal
was
completely
healthy
in
all
aspects.
Faisal
and
Hussein
were
spotted
visiting
Mumbai's
K.E.M.
Hospital
for
check-ups,
the
results
of
which
Faisal
might
use
to
prove
his
fitness
and
to
reaffirm
that
his
statements
against
Aamir
were
not
a
result
of
his
alleged
unstable
mental
state.
A
very
close
source
said:
"Aamir
was
overjoyed
by
the
response
his
website
had
generated
and
was
extremely
excited
to
see
the
reactions
to
the
first
promos
of
"Taare
Zameen
Par",
his
debut
directorial
film.
He
had
planned
to
be
present
online
to
know
the
reactions.
But
after
his
brother
and
father
went
on
record
with
their
accusations
on
Friday,
he
was
extremely
upset
and
hurt."
In
July
2000,
Aamir's
lawyer
had
posted
a
notice
in
several
trade
magazines
severing
all
professional
ties
between
the
actor
and
his
father.
The
notice
read:
"Mr.
Aamir
Khan,
a
cine
artiste,
is
not
associated
with
the
business
of
production
of
cinematographic
films
of
his
father
Mr.
Tahir
Hussain
Khan..." and
that
anyone
who
got
involved
in
Tahir's
company
"shall
do
so
at
his
own
risk
and
my
client
shall
not
be
liable
for
any
such
dealings".
Industry
insiders
had
speculated
that
the
rift
was
a
result
of
Aamir's
disapproval
of
his
father's
reported
involvement
with
a
newcomer,
a
much
younger
actress
whose
work
Tahir
intended
to
showcase
through
his
production
company
.
A
few
had
claimed
that
Aamir
was
reacting
to
news
that
his
father
had
been
raising
funds
by
trading
on
his
son's
name
and
reputation.
On
February
9,
2005,
the
Mumbai
police
had
reportedly
persuaded
Faisal
to
get
admitted
to
a
hospital
for
psychological
treatment.
Aamir
had
filed
a
petition
with
the
police
claiming
Faisal
had
been
sending
threatening
letters
to
him
and
other
family
members.
When
neither
Aamir
nor
any
other
family
member
were
able
to
persuade
Faisal
to
get
admitted
to
a
hospital,
the
"Rang
De
Basanti
" star
approached
the
Khar
police
station
with
the
letters
and
sought
help.
An
industry
source
said:
"Faisal's
acting
career
never
took
off
and
he
was
in
a
major
depression
with
no
help
coming
from
any
corner.
This
led
him
to
troubling
his
elder
brother
Aamir."
Aamir
had
set
up
Faisal's
acting
debut
in
"Madhosh"
in
1994
under
their
home
production
company
T.V.
Films.
But
the
Vikram
Bhatt-directed
film
flopped
at
the
box-office.
After
that,
no
good
offers
came
Faisal's
way.
Aamir
then
convinced
Dharmesh
Darshan,
with
whom
he
had
delivered
one
of
his
biggest
hits
of
1996
"Raja
Hindustani",
to
work
on
a
project
starring
Faisal
and
him
together.
The
film
"Mela"
too
was
a
box-office
washout
of
2000
and
Faisal
went
on
to
do
Bollywood
C-graders.
Gradually,
Aamir
too
distanced
himself
from
his
brother.
Faisal's
accusations
came
the
same
day
Aamir
presented
his
first
directorial
venture
"Taare
Zameen
Par" to
cinema
screens
worldwide.
Aamir's
mother
has
sided
with
him
and
is
his
pillar
of
support
against
his
father
and
brother.
Earlier,
there
were
reports
that
Aamir
parents
had
parted
ways
and
were
no
longer
staying
together.