Shadaab Khan is an Indian actor, director, writer, and author. |
He is the son of the late Bollywood actor Amjad Khan. |
Born and raised in Bombay (now Mumbai). |
His family lineage is of Afghani Pashtun descent. |
On 20th September 1973, Amjad Khan signed the film Sholay on Shadaab Khan's birthday. |
In the movie, Amjad Khan played the iconic role of Gabbar Singh. |
Amjad faced financial difficulties and received help from Chetan Anand when his mother was in the hospital. |
At 12, Shadaab Khan appeared in the film Pyaari Bhabhi as a child artist in 1985. |
He made his debut as Shekha in the film Betaabi at 24 years old in 1997. |
Shadaab was initially going to debut in Vinod Khanna's film Himalay Putra in 1997. |
In Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat in 1997, he starred alongside Rani Mukerji as Raj. |
In Hey Ram (2000), he portrayed Altaf Tailor, and in Refugee the same year as Shadab J. Mohammad. |
In 2002, he appeared as Aslam Marzban in Bharat Bhagya Vidhata before taking a 17-year break from films. |
Shadaab Khan returned to cinema in 2019 in the film Romeo Akbar Walter, playing Nawab Afridi. |
He authored a book named Shanti Memorial in 2013. |
Shadaab wrote a crime novel titled Murder in Bollywood in 2015, based on his father's life. |
After Amjad Khan's passing, only a few in the film industry returned the money they had borrowed from him. |
Despite constraints, Shadaab's family did not accept help from a gangster to retrieve loans. |