Updated On: 07 December, 2025 07:19 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Actor Zaid Khan who was present with Aryan Khan in the video where the latter is seen flashing his middle finger to the crowd, has now stepped forward to defend the Ba****ds of Bollywood director

Aryan Khan
Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is no stranger to controversies. The filmmaker, recently caught in a fresh controversy after a video of him from a pub in Bengaluru on November 28 went viral. After the video, showing him flashing his middle finger at the crowd, went viral, a complaint was filed against him for his allegedly "obscene" gesture Now, politician Zameer Ahmed`s son and actor Zaid Khan, who was accompanying Aryan there, has now come in Aryan`s support.
While talking to TV9Kannada, Zaid mentioned that the gesture was not meant for everyone present there, but for 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.”