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Junaid Khan, who made his debut in 2024 with the Netflix film Maharaj, recently opened up about getting diagnosed with dyslexia when he was around 6 years old. Junaid, who is the son of Aamir Khan and his first wife Reena Dutta, shared that his parents realised that he needs some help after they heard the script of Taare Zameen Par, a film that features a child with dyslexia. He added that he received a lot of help early on, and this was primarily the reason why his parents were never particular about him scoring good marks at school.
In a chat with Vickey Lalwani on his YouTube channel, Junaid was asked if his parents were strict about his studies, and he shared that this wasn’t the case in his house. “Neither of my parents were particular (about my results)… I was also diagnosed with dyslexia very early on. So, I think they were mindful of that especially in schooling,” he shared.
When the interviewer wondered if Junaid’s diagnosis prompted Aamir to make Taare Zameen Par, Junaid said that it was actually the other way around. “Actually I think it was a little bit the other way around. When they heard the script of Taare Zameen Par, they were like, ‘Ek second… We have seen this in our lives’. And actually it was at that point that they took me to a specialist and I was diagnosed with dyslexia.”
Junaid continued, “It was very early. I must have been six or seven years old. And I received a lot of help very early on so it didn’t affect me as much growing up but… So in that sense, I think I was lucky.” Junaid is now looking forward to his next film with Khushi Kapoor, titled Loveyapa. Later this year, he will also be seen in Ek Din with Sai Pallavi.
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