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From the moment, her wet scene was aired on the television channels in Nishabd’s promo news started to spread about Jiah Khan. The most sensational of them all is that Jiah is the step sister of Amir. Is it really true? In an interview with India FM she denied it. I am quoting from the interview:

Great! Who is your father?

I attach very little importance to my father. He’s an American Indian Muslim. He left my mother when I was three months old. I know his name – Ali Rizvi Khan – I even know where he lives in New York. He has never bothered to meet me, neither have I.

That would have hurt if he had left at an age when I even knew how l-i-f-e is spelt. I don’t have any memory of what he looks like… but it does bother me that I still have his name on my passport.

You never wanted to meet him in New York?

The thought did cross my mind… when I was a bit bored…

All men who desert their daughters should be shot

Is this Mr. Ali Rizvi a wealthy man?

He’d better not be. Then I’d really make sure that he gave us maintenance money because he didn’t. Look, all men who desert their daughters should be shot. From what I know, it was with another woman. This irritates the hell out of me… perhaps if I was a boy it would have been different. I would have missed him, we girls are tougher.

My stepfather deserted us too in London. My sisters were two and four years old, I was seven.

What about your sisters… your stepfather?

My stepfather deserted us too in London. My sisters were two and four years old, I was seven. He took every penny out of the bank, also our house. We were homeless. Mum hopped around from house to house… subsisting on low rents. Before this, she’d hosted lavish parties… her friends vanished into thin air. We lived on McDonald’s burgers…which were fun for us kind… but how long could this go on?

Why don’t you mention your mother’s name?

Rabia Amin. She writes.

Scripts for television in the UK and concepts for BBC.

Didn’t she act in Tahir Hussain’s Dulha Bikta Hai?

Yes and in Ankush, Locket, Vijay Anand’s Hum Rahe Na Hum and Subhash Ghai’a Meri Jung in a special appearance with Anil Kapoor. She had longer hair than mine and a super sexy voice.

What about the insistent reports that you’re Tahir Hussain’s daughter?

If such sick stories are spread, so be it. Look, my mum was an orphan. She was a Christian girl who came from Agra to Bombay to act. He discovered her when she was in Dehra Dun. She was then housed with Aamir’s family, Aamir’s mother Zeenat aapa taught her how to conduct herself as an actress and to speak in Urdu. Mum converted to Islam. Honestly, I’m not related by blood to Tahir Hussain’s family. I’m not his daughter.

If you read the interview you would feel like Jiah Khan has prepared herself well to face these kinds of situations. Whether Jiah Khan is or is not Amir Khan’s step sister I am not getting into that debate but this is true that “Filmi Dunya” or “Movie World” may appear very colorful to all the people but below the light it is all dark. Along with name fame and money, one also receives gossips, rumors, and scandals, and new addition on the list; dirty MMS clips. Actors and actresses do not get much private space. All the time, some journalists are sneaking upon them. The more famous an actor/actress is, the more juicy becomes the scandal. This is the price for name and fame.

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