Imran Khan, who stepped away from the limelight to prioritize his mental health, has been sharing glimpses of his life away from the media spotlight on social media in recent years. His posts often focus on his experiences as a father to his daughter, Imara. In a recent appearance on the We Are Yuvaa YouTube channel, Imran opened up about the complexities of parenting and expressed his strong disapproval of corporal punishment in schools.
Imran, who separated from his wife Avantika Malik in 2019 after eight years of marriage, discussed the challenges he faced growing up within the Indian education system. He shared how the use of corporal punishment was rampant during his school days, particularly at Bombay Scottish in Mumbai, where even minor infractions like wearing the wrong color socks or forgetting a book were met with caning, “I have been to a number of schools. I started off in Bombay Scottish in Bombay. At that point, they believed that all behaviour could be corrected with caning. So, you wear the wrong colour socks to school? Caning! You forgot to bring a book to school? Caning! You haven’t done your homework? Guess what? Still more caning! The regularity with which the teachers used to beat us had really started to get to me,” he shared.
He recounted the regularity of these beatings and how deeply it affected him as a child. Now, as a father, Imran finds the idea of such punishment intolerable. He expressed his protective instincts, saying, “As I think about it today, I was an eight-year-old, nine-year-old kid. Younger than my own daughter. And, if I imagined a teacher today to raise their hand and hit my child, I would see red. I would be driven possibly to commit murder, to witness someone assaulting my child like that. So, yeah, I was not able to manage the school system.”
Imran Khan was last seen in Katti Batti with Kangana Ranaut. However, the film did not do well, and the actor has been on an indefinite break from the screen since then. A year back, Imran mentioned that he had been reading scripts. The actor stated, “I don’t have a clear answer, but I am reading scripts and having creative conversations with filmmakers. So, hopefully, next year,” as quoted by Instant Bollywood.
Imran’s performance in the critically acclaimed film Delhi Belly was widely acclaimed. He also appeared in the film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, alongside Ali Zafar and Katrina Kaif. The film was a success at the box office. It was written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. He is also known for his roles in I Hate Luv Storys and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu opposite Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor respectively.
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