Kabir Khan (director): Difference between revisions

Khan was born to [[Rasheeduddin Khan]], a [[Muslim]] [[Urdu Speaking]] [[father]] and Leela Narayan Rao, a [[Hindu]] [[Telugu people|Telugu-speaking]] [[mother]]. Rasheeduddin, who was a [[Pashtuns|Pathan]] hailing from [[Kaimganj]] in [[Farrukhabad district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], was a nephew of Dr. [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] ([[President of India]] – 1967 to 1969) and a communist politician favored by [[Indira Gandhi]] as a nominated member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] at a relatively young age, in the early 1970s. He was also a professor of [[political science]], and in the early 1970s, he became one of the founding professors of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="time_Kabi">{{Cite web | title = Kabir Khan: Salman has no complexity and no complex| last = Gupta | first = Priya | work = The Times of India | access-date = 2016-07-29 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kabir-Khan-Salman-has-no-complexity-and-no-complex/articleshow/48084667.cms? }}</ref> His sister, Anusheh, is the wife of film-maker [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]], director of films like ''[[Tashan (film)|Tashan]]'' and ''[[Dhoom 3]]''.<ref>[https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/siraj_syed/mff_17_by_jio_mami_festival_diary_iii?page=3 Kabir Khan personal information]</ref>  

Khan studied at [[Kirori Mal College]] of [[Delhi University]], as well as [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in [[Delhi]].<ref name=FG1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.famographywiki.co.in/2015/07/kabir-khan-bollywood-director-wiki.html |title=Kabir Khan filmography |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828172457/http://www.famographywiki.co.in/2015/07/kabir-khan-bollywood-director-wiki.html |archive-date=28 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is married to television host & actress [[Mini Mathur]], with whom he has 2 children,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-06/news-interviews/28187110_1_passport-office-kabir-khan-reality-show|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035912/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-06/news-interviews/28187110_1_passport-office-kabir-khan-reality-show|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=How did Kabir Khan marry Mini Mathur? |access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Vivaan and Sairah.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090712212534/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=c6209277-a464-4b09-80db-96faf40e36c3&Headline=Post+EMNew+York%2FEM+Kabir+Khan+busy+babysitting+ Post New York Kabir Khan busy babysitting] ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', 7 July 2009</ref>