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| name         = Shadaab Khan
| name               = Shadaab Khan
| image       = https://images.app.goo.gl/Dr3FWXQJDUCHq5jr9
| image             = ShadaabKhan.jpg
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|09|20}}
| caption            = Shadaab Khan with mother Shehla Khan in 2015
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_name        =
| occupation   = Actor<br> Director<br>Writer<br>Author
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|09|20}}
| years_active = 1996{{ndash}}present
| birth_place       = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| parents = [[Amjad Khan (actor)]]
| occupation         = Actor, film director, author
| spouse = Rumana Achwa (m.2005)
| years_active       = 1996–present
| parents           = [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] (father)
| relatives          = [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]] (paternal grandfather)<br>[[Akhtar ul Iman]] (maternal grandfather)<br>[[Imtiaz Khan]] (paternal uncle)<br>[[Zafar Karachiwala]] (brother-in-law)
| spouse             = {{marriage|Rumana Achwa|2005}}
| citizenship        = [[Indian people|Indian]]
}}
}}
'''Shadaab Khan''' is a film actor, writer and director from India.  
 
==Personal Life==
'''Shadaab Khan''' (born 20 September 1973) is an Indian [[Hindi cinema|Hindi film]] actor, writer, and film director. He is the son of actor [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]].
Shadaab was born on 20 September 1973 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] to [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] and Shaila Khan. He is also of Pathan ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-amjad-khan-1542614.html|title=Obituary: Amjad Khan|work=The Independent|date=23 October 2011|accessdate=12 November 2015|quote=The son of Zakira Khan, a Pathan from the North-West Frontier Province and popular Bollywood character actor of the Fifties and Sixties (screen name Jayant), Khan was born in Bombay in 1943.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/movies/premiere/sholay-3d-spl-screening/articleshow/28046702.cms|title=Sholay 3D: Spl. Screening}}</ref><ref>https://www.mansworldindia.com/entertainment/cinema/fathers-influence-during-his-formative-years-and-how-he-rightly-advised-him-to-never-be-burdened-by-his-legacy/</ref><ref>https://www.theemergingindia.com/meet-the-kids-of-popular-villains-of-bollywood/shadaab-khan-amzad-khan/</ref> He has two siblings Seemaab Khan and Ahlam Khan. He is married to Rumana Achwa since 2005.
 
==Personal life==
Shadaab Khan was born on 20 September 1973 in [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] (now [[Mumbai]]) into a [[Muslim]] family to parents [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] and Shaila Khan.
 
Shadaab is of [[Pashtun]] descent on his father's side, traced back to [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province]] (now in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan), where his grandfather Zakaria Khan, better known as [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], was born and raised.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-amjad-khan-1542614.html|title=Obituary: Amjad Khan|work=The Independent|date=23 October 2011|accessdate=12 November 2015|quote=The son of Zakira Khan, a Pathan from the North-West Frontier Province and popular Bollywood character actor of the Fifties and Sixties (screen name Jayant), Khan was born in Bombay in 1943.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/movies/premiere/sholay-3d-spl-screening/articleshow/28046702.cms|title=Sholay 3D: Spl. Screening}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/entertainment/cinema/fathers-influence-during-his-formative-years-and-how-he-rightly-advised-him-to-never-be-burdened-by-his-legacy/|title = Amjad Khan's Piece of Advice to His Son Shadaab Khan|date = 14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theemergingindia.com/meet-the-kids-of-popular-villains-of-bollywood/shadaab-khan-amzad-khan/|title=Shadaab-Khan-Amzad-Khan|access-date=26 April 2021|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428213831/https://www.theemergingindia.com/meet-the-kids-of-popular-villains-of-bollywood/shadaab-khan-amzad-khan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Through his mother, his grandfather is [[Akhtar ul Iman]], an [[Urdu poetry|Urdu poet]] and screenwriter in the Hindi film industry who has written the dialogues for two of [[Yash Chopra|Yash Chopra's]] best-known movies, ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'' (1965) and ''[[Ittefaq (1969 film)|Ittefaq]]'' (1969).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=12 February 2014 |title='Writing is in my blood' |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20140212/282595965806530?srsltid=AfmBOoppu8KXSY7nz8x7RRlnRISmpKUoOqMvgFoEnozllQxA5salZ9Gi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411140523/https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20140212/282595965806530 |archive-date=11 April 2025 |website=[[The Deccan Chronicle]] |quote=}}</ref>
 
He has two siblings, brother Seemab Khan, a [[club cricket]]er,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizvi |first=Taus |date=11 August 2019 |title=Weight of selection: Amjad Khan's son Seemab Khan to Rahkeem Cornwall |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/report-weight-of-selection-amjad-khan-s-son-seemab-khan-to-rahkeem-cornwall-2780772 |website=[[DNA India]]}}</ref> and sister Ahlam Khan, an actress and screenwriter married to actor [[Zafar Karachiwala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Ahlam Khan, the beautiful daughter of 'Gabbar' Amjad Khan |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/photo-gallery-meet-ahlam-khan-karachiwala-the-beautiful-daughter-of-gabbar-sholay-actor-amjad-khan-2891929/bollywood/photo-gallery-meet-ahlam-khan-karachiwala-the-beautiful-daughter-of-gabbar-sholay-actor-amjad-khan-2891929/one-of-the-most-glamorous-theatre-artists-2891930 |website=[[DNA India]]}}</ref> He is married to Rumana Achwa since 2005.


==Books==
==Books==
Shadaab Khan wrote Shanti Memorial<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Shanti_Memorial.html?id=7jeRoAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref> in 2013 and then he wrote a book in 2015 named Murder in Bollywood, which was quite successful.<ref>http://blog.woodpie.com/shadaab-amjad-khans-murder-in-bollywood-is-it-a-true-account/</ref> Various celebrities was at the launch including [[Satish Shah]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Hussain Zaidi]] .<ref>
Shadaab Khan has been writing since the age of 8<ref name=":0" /> and has published two fiction books: ''Shanti Memorial'', a collection of novellas in the horror and thriller genres,<ref name=":0" /> in 2013 and ''Murder in Bollywood'', a crime novel, in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/amitabh-bachchan-launches-shadaab-khans-crime-thriller-murder-in-bollywood-in-mumbai/articleshow/48085464.cms
https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/amitabh-bachchan-launches-shadaab-khans-crime-thriller-murder-in-bollywood-in-mumbai/articleshow/48085464.cms</ref>
|newspaper=[[Times of India]] |access-date=13 May 2021 |title=Amitabh Bachchan launches Shadaab Khan's crime thriller 'Murder In Bollywood' in Mumbai |first=Mohar |last=Basu |date=16 July 2015}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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| ''[[Betaabi]]'' || 1997 || {{ya}} || || || Debut Film ||
|''Pyaari Bhabhi''
|1985
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|Film debut; child actor
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| ''[[Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat]]''|| 1996 || {{ya}} || || || ||
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| ''Raja ki Aayegi Baraat'' || 1997 || {{ya}} || || || || <ref>https://in.pinterest.com/pin/624311567070534430/</ref><ref>https://www.india.com/entertainment/rani-mukerji-remembers-her-debut-film-raja-ki-aayegi-baarat-says-dad-had-bypass-surgery-on-day-of-its-release-3812572/amp/</ref>
| ''[[Betaabi]]''|| 1997|| {{ya}} || || || ||
 
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| ''[[Hey Ram]]'' || 2000 || {{ya}} || || || ||
| ''[[Hey Ram]]''|| rowspan="2" | 2000 || {{ya}} || || || rowspan="3" | Supporting role||
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| ''[[Refugee]]'' || 2000 || {{ya}} || ||  || ||
| [[Refugee (2000 film)|''Refugee'']]|| {{ya}} || || ||
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|-  
| ''Bharat Bhagya Vidhata'' || 2002 || {{ya}} || ||  || ||
| ''Bharat Bhagya Vidhata'' || 2002 || {{ya}} || || ||
|-
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| ''Highway 203'' || 2007 ||  || {{ya}} || {{ya}} || || <ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0456464/</ref>
| ''Highway 203'' || 2007 || {{na}} || {{ya}} || {{ya}} || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Romeo Akbar Walter]]'' || 2019|| {{ya}} ||  ||  || ||
| ''[[Romeo Akbar Walter]]'' || rowspan="2" | 2019|| {{ya}} ||  ||  || Supporting role||
|-
| ''Mini Banerjee Ghar Par Hain'' || 2019 || {{ya}} || {{ya}} || {{ya}} || Short Film  ||
|}
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| Ajay Kedia (Based on Ajay Kayan)
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| 8 Episodes  
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Latest revision as of 07:03, 18 February 2026


Shadaab Khan
Shadaab Khan with mother Shehla Khan in 2015
Born (1973-09-20) 20 September 1973 (age 52)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationActor, film director, author
Years active1996–present
Spouse(s)
Rumana Achwa
(
m. 2005)
Parent(s)Amjad Khan (father)
RelativesJayant (paternal grandfather)
Akhtar ul Iman (maternal grandfather)
Imtiaz Khan (paternal uncle)
Zafar Karachiwala (brother-in-law)

Shadaab Khan (born 20 September 1973) is an Indian Hindi film actor, writer, and film director. He is the son of actor Amjad Khan.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Shadaab Khan was born on 20 September 1973 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India (now Mumbai) into a Muslim family to parents Amjad Khan and Shaila Khan.

Shadaab is of Pashtun descent on his father's side, traced back to Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), where his grandfather Zakaria Khan, better known as Jayant, was born and raised.[1][2][3][4] Through his mother, his grandfather is Akhtar ul Iman, an Urdu poet and screenwriter in the Hindi film industry who has written the dialogues for two of Yash Chopra's best-known movies, Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969).[5]

He has two siblings, brother Seemab Khan, a club cricketer,[6] and sister Ahlam Khan, an actress and screenwriter married to actor Zafar Karachiwala.[7] He is married to Rumana Achwa since 2005.

Books[edit | edit source]

Shadaab Khan has been writing since the age of 8[5] and has published two fiction books: Shanti Memorial, a collection of novellas in the horror and thriller genres,[5] in 2013 and Murder in Bollywood, a crime novel, in 2015.[8]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Films[edit | edit source]

Film Year Actor Director Writer Notes Ref.
Pyaari Bhabhi 1985 Yes Film debut; child actor
Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat 1996 Yes
Betaabi 1997 Yes
Hey Ram 2000 Yes Supporting role
Refugee Yes
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata 2002 Yes
Highway 203 2007 No Yes Yes
Romeo Akbar Walter 2019 Yes Supporting role

Television[edit | edit source]

Show Year Role Notes
Scam 1992 2020 Ajay Kedia 8 Episodes

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Amjad Khan". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015. The son of Zakira Khan, a Pathan from the North-West Frontier Province and popular Bollywood character actor of the Fifties and Sixties (screen name Jayant), Khan was born in Bombay in 1943.
  2. ↑ "Sholay 3D: Spl. Screening".
  3. ↑ "Amjad Khan's Piece of Advice to His Son Shadaab Khan". 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Shadaab-Khan-Amzad-Khan". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "'Writing is in my blood'". The Deccan Chronicle. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Rizvi, Taus (11 August 2019). "Weight of selection: Amjad Khan's son Seemab Khan to Rahkeem Cornwall". DNA India.
  7. ↑ "Meet Ahlam Khan, the beautiful daughter of 'Gabbar' Amjad Khan". DNA India.
  8. ↑ Basu, Mohar (16 July 2015). "Amitabh Bachchan launches Shadaab Khan's crime thriller 'Murder In Bollywood' in Mumbai". Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

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