Aamir Khan talks about Junaids dyslexia, says he was like Ishaans father in Taare Zameen Par: I used to scold him

Jun 04, 2025 06:45 PM IST

Aamir Khan talks about Junaid Khan’s dyslexia prognosis, revealing how he was like Ishaan’s father from Taare Zameen Par at first

Back in February this yr, throughout the promotions of his first theatrical launch Loveyapa, Khushi Kapoor’s co-star and fellow star child Junaid Khan revealed that he was identified with dyslexia in his childhood. In a viral interview clip, when requested how he overcame the problem, Junaid stated his mother and father Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta had been very supportive. The star child went on to level out that his actor-filmmaker father even made Taare Zameen Par, the 2007 movie which helped elevate consciousness about dyslexia. Well, forward of the movie’s sequel Sitaare Zameen Par’s launch, Aamir opened up about Junaid’s dyslexia prognosis for the primary time at a fan-meet.

Junaid Khan and Aamir Khan together with a scene from Taare Zameen Par

Aamir Khan, who’s at present selling the much-awaited Sitaare Zameen Par co-starring Genelia Deshmukh, shared how the story of Taare Zameen Par hit him very laborious when he first heard it. This was as a result of the actor had been by means of the identical when his son Junaid Khan was rising up. But was Aamir as supportive as his character Ram Shankar Nikumbh was to his pupil Ishaan Awasthi, performed by Darsheel Safary? Well, not at the start. Aamir revealed, “I was like Nandkishore Awasthi in the beginning (the father from Taare Zameen Par). I used to scold Junaid.”

Aamir went on to recollect, “So I would tell him, ‘Junaid, how can someone write so badly? No one can even read this. What is it? You can’t even write an A? What’s going on?’ I genuinely used to ask him. And when he used to read, he would say ‘from’ instead of ‘for’. Whenever he saw an ‘F’, he would just guess the word- of, from, for. He couldn’t read properly. So I used to try to explain things to him, and I would get confused too — how can he not understand such simple things? Then later on, we found out he has dyslexia. And of course, we helped him with that. But when I heard the story, it felt like my story. It was so close to me.”

Aamir grew as a father through the years, alongside his son Junaid. We want all of them the happiness as we eagerly look forward to Sitaare Zameen Par to reach in theatres on June 20.

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