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‘He didn’t show it to people’: Zaid Khan defends Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan amid obscene-gesture controversy

After a complaint was filed against Aryan Khan for allegedly flashing the middle finger at the public, actor Zaid Khan has come forward in his support.

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 7, 2025 04:27 PM IST

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A complaint has been filed against Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan for allegedly flashing the middle finger towards the crowd during an appearance at a Bengaluru pub on November 28. Now, actor Zaid Khan, son of politician Zameer Ahmed, who was with Aryan at the venue, has come forward in his support. In a conversation with TV9 Kannada, he clarified that Aryan’s gesture was not directed at the people present, but at his manager.

Zaid said, “I have known Aryan Khan for many years. We both learned acting at the same place. He had messaged me that he was coming to Bengaluru. So we went to an opening ceremony. There were more people there than we thought.”

The actor added, “Aryan said that if there were so many people, I wouldn’t be able to do it. His manager (also a friend) went to disperse the people. He didn’t come for a long time. Then we went to the balcony to see what happened. Then he showed Aryan to his friend-cum-manager. He didn’t show it to the people.”

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According to news agency ANI, following the incident involving Aryan Khan, advocate Owaiz Hussain S, a resident of Sankey Road, filed a complaint with the DGP, the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, the DCP (Central Division), the Inspector of the Cubbon Park Police Station, and the Karnataka State Women’s Commission. He stated that several women were present at the venue when Aryan allegedly made the gesture, and that they felt insulted by it.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Aryan Khan recently made his directorial debut with the Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood*, featuring Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Sahher Bamba, and Bobby Deol in key roles.**

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