Having forayed into movies in 1994 with Madhosh, Aamir Khan's brother Faissal Khan struggled to find a foothold in the industry. Aamir's attempt at boosting his career with Mela (1999) was met with little success. Since then, Faissal has been seen sporadically in films.

The actor recently made some shocking revelations. He alleged that his family forcefully gave him medicines and kept him under house arrest for one year. Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, the actor said, "When the family felt that I was depressed and had paranoid schizophrenia, they kept me under house arrest for one year and gave me forceful medication. It is illegal but I was taking all this quietly because I thought that the family will realise at some point, that if I am mad, I will show it in some way. I thought I should be patient till they come to their senses that they are troubling me for no reason.”