“Family Wanted Me to Marry My Aunty” – Faissal Khan’s Explosive Confession
By Staff Writer | Field Diary Blog | August 19, 2025
Mumbai doesn’t pause. Not for scandals, not for heartbreak, not even for families tearing each other apart. But last night, when Faissal Khan — yes, Aamir Khan’s brother — stood up and let words tumble out, it felt like the city blinked for a moment.
He said it so casually you could almost miss the weight:
“Family was pressurising me to marry my aunty. Meri mummy ko gussa aa gaya tha ki maine unki cousin se shadi nai ki.”
I scribbled it down twice in my notes, just to make sure I hadn’t misheard.
A brother’s storm
In a way, it was less about marriage and more about suffocation. He spoke of 2002 — a marriage, a divorce. Then silence. Then family pressing him to wed his own mother’s cousin. A tradition so tangled, it almost felt medieval.
“To be honest,” he said, “I never wanted that. I stayed away. My mother got angry I didn’t marry my aunty.”
And there it was. A sentence carrying decades of hidden family pressure, cultural weight, and rebellion rolled into one.
The other cracks
What shook me more wasn’t just the marry-your-aunty revelation. It was the letter he said he wrote. A messy document of family secrets: his sister’s marriages, Aamir Khan’s affairs, even talk of an illegitimate child.
“I was declared mad. They misled the public,” Faissal muttered, half to the crowd, half to himself. It wasn’t a Bollywood script. It was a man bleeding words in real time.
A mirror in Animal
He drifted suddenly, almost like a boy remembering a fight that still stings. He mentioned Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal. Said the violence, the family fracture, the son-father war — all of it felt too close.
“I went through something similar with my sister and brother-in-law.”
The press room shifted. Pens scratched faster. Because here was Bollywood news that didn’t sound rehearsed. It was messy, unpredictable, and painfully human.
Choosing peace, somehow
And then — the uneven flow again. From rage to calm. From accusations to healing.
He admitted he still takes anxiety medication. That some nights are still heavy. But then he smiled, faintly:
“I’m at peace now. I’ve cut ties. I’m moving on.”
Almost like he had to say it aloud to believe it himself.
What this really means
This wasn’t just another celebrity outburst. It was a rare glimpse into how Bollywood families — the ones we imagine as glossy, picture-perfect — fracture under the same weight as ours. Maybe worse.
Faissal Khan might forever live in the shadow of Aamir Khan, but in that moment, he wasn’t the “younger brother.” He was just a man fighting old ghosts, trying to breathe in a house that kept shutting its windows.
Final thought
I left the venue with my notebook smudged, coffee stain on the corner, heart thudding.
Because, in a way, Faissal’s story isn’t only about Bollywood. It’s about the families we’re born into, the rules they force, the anger when we don’t obey. His words — “family wanted me to marry my aunty” — may sound outrageous. But the pain underneath? That felt familiar.
And maybe that’s why it stings so much.
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