Fardeen Khan

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Fardeen Khan
फ़र्दीन ख़ान

Born

March 8 1974 (age 34)
Image:Flag of India.svg India

Occupation

Actor

Years active

1998 - present

Spouse(s)

Natasha Madhwani (2005 - present)

Awards
Filmfare Awards
Best Debut: Prem Aggan (1998)

Fardeen Khan (Hindi: फ़र्दीन ख़ान, Urdu: فردین خان, born 8 March 1974) is a popular Indian actor.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Filmography
- 2.1 Playback Singer
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Fardeen Khan is the son of Sundri Khan and famed Indian actor/director Feroz Khan, who is originally from Bangalore. While he was brought up in India, he studied abroad. Fardeen Khan is a Muslim by birth.

Fardeen completed his education in business management (B.A) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the USA. His family background is of Afghan (Pathan).^{[citation needed]}

Khan made his debut in 1998 with Prem Aggan which was directed by his father. Though the film did not do well, he received the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his performance. His second film Jungle (2000) was a hit and established him as an actor.

This was followed by many films that went un-noticed, though he gained acclaim for his roles in Om Jai Jagadish (2002) and Khushi (2003). He finally had another hit with the 2003 film Bhoot and gave a critically acclaimed performance in the film Dev (2004) which also starred Amitabh Bachchan.

In 2005 he starred in the multi-starrer comedy No Entry which was one of the year's highest grossing films. Since then, his succeeding films have not done well. His recent 2007 release was Heyy Babyy which has taken an impressive start at the box office and could look set to be one of the years biggest hits.[1].He is currently working in a film directed by muddassar aziz which also stars Shahrukh,sushmita sen in pivotal roles.

[edit] Personal life

Fardeen Khan comes from a distinguished film family; his father is actor and director Feroz Khan and his uncle is actor Sanjay Khan. His cousins are actor Zayed Khan and designer Sussanne Roshan, who is married to Hrithik Roshan.

He is married to Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of former actress Mumtaz and business tycoon Mayur Madhwani. The two were engaged in a private ceremony in London on May 6, 2005. The marriage ceremony took place on December 14, 2005 via a registration service. The ceremony itself was conducted according to Muslim and Hindu rites.

On May 4, 2001 Fardeen along with drug pedaler Naseer Abdul Kareem Khan were arrested after the former attempted to purchase cocaine from the latter at an ATM centre Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme, a Mumbai suburb. The police caught Naseer and Fardeen with 9g of cocaine.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1998	Prem Aggan	Suraj Singh	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
2000	Jungle	Siddharth "Siddhu" Sharma
2001	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	Jai
2001	Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega	Rahul Khanna
2001	Hum Ho Gaye Aapke	Rishi Oberoi
2002	Kitne Door Kitne Paas	Jatin
2002	Kuch Tum Kahon Kuch Hum Kahein	Abhayendra Singh
2002	Om Jai Jagadish	Jai Batra
2003	Khushi	Karan Roy
2003	Bhoot	Sanjay
2003	Janasheen	Lucky
2004	Dev	Farhaan Ali
2004	Fida	Vikram Singh
2005	No Entry	Shekhar 'Sunny'
2005	Shaadi No. 1	Raj
2006	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena	Arjun Verma
2006	Pyare Mohan	Pyare
2006	Aryan		Special appearance
2007	Just Married	Abhay Sachdeva
2007	Heyy Babyy	Ali
2007	Darling	Aditya Soman
2007	Dulha Mil Gaya	Shashank Oberoi	Post-production
2007	Subway		Announced
2008	Kurbani	Pooja	Announced