Rabia Khan is a former Indian actor and writer known for her work in Hindi films. |
She is originally from Agra, Uttar Pradesh. |
Rabia pursued her acting dreams by moving from Agra to Mumbai. |
Tahir Hussain, Aamir Khan's father, discovered her in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. |
She then moved to Mumbai to live with the Khan family and learned acting skills and Urdu language from Zeenat Hussain. |
After her acting career, Rabia worked as a scriptwriter for a UK-based TV series and as a concept writer for the BBC. |
She later married Indian-American businessman Ali Rizvi Khan and moved to the United States, where she gave birth to Nafisa Rizvi Khan (Jiah Khan). |
In late 1989, Rabia and Jiah relocated to London, UK. |
Rabia then married Thomas Puppendahl and has two daughters with him, Karishma and Kavita Khan. |
She believes her daughter Jiah Khan's death was a murder and has named Sooraj Pancholi as the main suspect. |
Rabia approached the Bombay High Court, seeking a CBI inquiry into Jiah's death. |
She consulted British forensic expert Jason Payne James, who stated Jiah's death was not a suicide. |
Rabia later requested a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to handle the case in the Bombay High Court. |
In April 2023, Sooraj Pancholi was acquitted in the Jiah Khan suicide case by the special CBI court in Mumbai. |
Rabia Khan has announced plans to challenge the verdict in the high court. |