Overview

• In the on-camera interview, the music director said he does not support Gauahar Khan continuing to work after marriage and motherhood.
• He asserted that only her husband Zaid Darbar has the right to tell her not to work, not him.
• He said he avoids watching her performances, calling himself from a "backward family" uncomfortable with sensuous scenes and warning he would confront them if he could not tolerate what he saw.
• He cited his second wife Ayesha as an example, saying she stopped working despite earning about Rs 5 lakh a month to focus on family.
• Excerpts circulated widely across outlets and social platforms, where many users condemned the stance as misogynistic.