Imran Khan Compares Himself To Aamir Khan, Reveals Their 'Khandaani Bimaari': 'In My Family...'

Actor Imran Khan has not been seen in a film for a while now. Although the actor had a chance to remain in the spotlight by making public appearances, he refused to do so and revealed that he has turned down more money than he has received. Drawing a comparison with his uncles Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan, Imran said that it is his family’s tendency to only focus on films and maintain a certain disengagement from public life otherwise.

In an interview with Zoom, Imran said, “From the moment I entered the business with Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, I have turned down more money than I have accepted. You can show up at events and they will pay you. You can walk the ramps and they will pay you. You go to the launch of a shopping mall, you cut a ribbon and they pay you. I never accepted those things. The number of people who would call and say come and cut a ribbon and take so much money. For me, I would always tend to pull away from those things. Truthfully, I have turned down more money than I have accepted.”

He added, “That is kind of a family tendency — Aamir or my uncle Mansoor. Mansoor, famously after making four films, left the city, moved to Coonoor. I could say, yeh thodi khandaani bimaari hai (it’s a family ailment). A little bit of disengagement and disenchantment with which a lot of people hold such value, for us, in my family that is what I have seen and that is how I have been raised that don’t put stock in these things. This comes and goes like a tide. You don’t put your stock in that. You put stock in your craft, you put stock in your film. Film is forever.”

Imran Khan is preparing to make his Bollywood comeback after a nine-year break, marking a significant moment in his career. Although it was earlier reported that Imran would star in Vir Das’ directorial debut, Happy Patel, he quickly dismissed the rumours. He told Times Entertainment, “It’s not true. Vir Das is directing and starring in Happy Patel. I am not in the film. They have just used a photograph of me as part of an in-film joke.” This left Imran Khan’s fans disheartened, who are eagerly awaiting his comeback after a long gap. He was last seen in Katti Batti in 2015.