Zayed Khan

Zayed Abbas Khan (born 5 July 1980) is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Hindi films. He has received a Filmfare Award nomination and is the son of Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan.

For another person, see Zayed Khan (Bangladeshi actor).

Zayed Khan
Zayed Khan in 2013
Born
Zayed Abbas Khan

(1980-07-05) 5 July 1980
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse(s)
Malaika Parekh
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2
Parent(s)Sanjay Khan
Zarine Katrak
RelativesSussanne Khan (sister)
Feroz Khan (uncle)
Fardeen Khan (first cousin)

After graduating in Business Management at the Montgomery College and Film Making at the London Film Academy, he made his acting debut in 2003 in Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne. His other films include Main Hoon Na (2004), Shabd (2005), Dus (2005), Yuvvraaj (2008), Blue (2009) and Anjaana Anjaani (2010).

In 2011, the actor ventured into production with his co-owned production house, Born Free Entertainment along with friend and actress Dia Mirza and her spouse Sahil Sanga with their first film, Love Breakups Zindagi. In 2017, Khan made his television debut in the show Haasil. He is married to Malaika Parekh since 2005 with whom he has two children.

Early life
Zayed Khan at a Jewellery shop.

Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Shah Abbas Khan (Sanjay Khan) and interior designer Zarine Khan. His father is of mixed Afghan and Iranian descent[1] while his mother comes from a Parsi family.[2] Zayed, who was raised as a Muslim, is the youngest of four children and the only son of his parents. His elder sisters are Simone Khan (married to Ajay Arora), Suzanne Roshan (ex-wife of actor Hrithik Roshan), and Farah Khan Ali (married to DJ Aqeel). Khan is the nephew of late actor Feroz Khan and director Akbar Khan (brothers of Sanjay Khan) and first cousin of Bollywood actor, Fardeen Khan.[3]

Khan attended Welham Boys' School, Dehradun, and later Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal, with childhood friend Esha Deol and Mallaika Parekh. He studied Business Management at the Montgomery College[4] and Film Making at London Film Academy.

Career
Zayed Khan at the premiere of Mod.

Khan made his screen debut in 2003 in the film Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne.[5]

In 2004, he starred in Main Hoon Na, which was one of the biggest hits in his career. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind Veer-Zaara and was declared a hit. Khan was subsequently nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005. He also starred alongside Amrita Arora in a music video called Disco 82 Remix by DJ Aqeel for UMI-10.

Khan had 4 releases in 2005. He played an obsessive lover in Vaada alongside Arjun Rampal and Ameesha Patel. He then starred in Shabd as a photography professor, which he was very excited about because he had always wanted to do a film with Aishwarya Rai. His third release, Anubhav Sinha's action thriller Dus, where he played a cop, did well. It was Big Hit and was the third highest-grossing film of 2005. Khan's final release of the year, Shaadi No. 1, flopped at the box office.

He starred in Sohail Khan's action multi-starrer, Fight Club - Members Only in 2006. Next, he appeared in Rocky: The Rebel. Khan revealed that he had ghost-written some scenes in the film. He had first begun script-writing when he was studying in London.

Both of his films in 2007 were action multi-starrers. Anubhav Sinha's Cash was originally meant to be the sequel to Dus, but ended up differently. Due to this, some of the cast of Dus also star in Cash. It performed reasonably well in its first week, but was unable to replicate the success of Dus and was eventually declared a flop. His next film, Speed, also failed at the box office.

In 2008, Khan had the leading role as a news reporter in Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istaanbul opposite Vivek Oberoi. He also starred in the Bollywood remake of Rain Man, Yuvvraaj with Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anil Kapoor.

The following year, he featured in the underwater action thriller Blue. At the time of its release, the film broke the record for having the highest budget for a Bollywood film. It had an excellent opening weekend on Diwali, collecting ₹480 million, but was a below-average grosser. He also filmed Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene, a comedy thriller film. However, it ran into production hassles and is yet to be released.

Khan had a special appearance as an unfaithful fiancé in the 2010 Ranbir Kapoor–Priyanka Chopra starrer, Anjaana Anjaani.

In 2011, the actor ventured into production with his co-owned production house, Born Free Entertainment along with friend and actress Dia Mirza and her husband, Sahil Sanga. Their first film, Love Breakups Zindagi, was released on 7 October 2011, and was met with a lukewarm response.

In 2012, Khan played a supporting role in Tezz, which stars Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgan in the lead. His next film, Ameesha Patel's maiden production, Desi Magic, was slated to release on 28 February 2015.

In August 2017, Khan made his television debut on a show called Haasil playing the lead role of Ranvir Raichand opposite Vatsal Sheth and Nikita Dutta.[6] The show premiered in October 2017.

Personal life
Zayed Khan and Malaika Parekh at their wedding on 20 November 2005.

Khan married his high school sweetheart Malaika Parekh on 20 November 2005. In an interview, Malaika stated that Zayed proposed four times to Malaika and she has four rings from him.[7] They both studied in Kodaikanal International School and became acquainted with each other in 1995.[8]

Malaika Parekh born on 23 August 1980 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her mother, Chris Parekh, is English. Malaika is trained in the gems and jewellery business as her late father Rohit Parekh, a diamond merchant, was in the same trade.

In September 2007, Malaika and Zayed announced that they were expecting their first child. The couple had a baby boy, Zidaan, born 18 January 2008, and a second son, Aariz, born 22 September 2011.

In 2008, Khan gave up smoking in honour of his first son.[9]

Awards and Nominations
Year Function Award Film Result
2004 Filmfare Awards Best Male Debut Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne Nominated
2004 Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne Nominated
2005 Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor Main Hoon Na[10] Nominated

Filmography

Films
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2003 Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne Vijay Chouhan / Vishal Malhotra Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actor
2004 Main Hoon Na Lakshman Prasad Sharma "Lucky" Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2005 Vaada Karan Srivastav Negative Role
Shabd Yash Agnihotri
Dus Aditya Singh
Shaadi No. 1 Veer Saxena
2006 Fight Club - Members Only Vicky Khanna
Rocky: The Rebel Rocky
2007 Cash Dhananjay "Danny" Jhumbevalkar
Speed Sandeep Arora
Om Shanti Om Himself Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"
2008 Mission Istaanbul Vikas Sagar
Yuvvraaj Danny Yuvvraaj
2009 Blue Sameer "Sam" Singh
2010 Anjaana Anjaani Kunal Nanda Cameo
2011 Love Breakups Zindagi Jai Malhotra in a Lead Role
2012 Tezz Aadil Khan
2015 Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene Prithvi Khurana
2020 Desi Magic[11] Kunal Post-Production

Television
YearShowRoleLanguageNotes
2017–2018 Haasil Ranvir Raichand Hindi

References
  1. "Bollywood actor Firoz Khan dies at 70" Archived 11 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine (27 April 2009), Dawn News. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. Malavika Sangghvi (8 June 2012), "Parsis in Bollywood" Archived 25 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, mid-day. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "Afghan traces Bolly Khans' Pathan roots". MiD DAY. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. "People - The other side of Zayed Khan". Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "Meet the new Khan of bollywood". MiD DAY. 30 November 2002. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. "Zayed Khan sizzles as Ranvir Raichand in the first teaser of Haasil". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. Simi Garewal (2006). Rendezvous with Simi Garewal - Zayed with Malaika and sisters (Farah, Simone, Sussanne). Youtube. Event occurs at 17:42.
  8. Simi Garewal (2006). Rendezvous with Simi Garewal - Zayed with Malaika and sisters (Farah, Simone, Sussanne). Youtube. Event occurs at 9:25.
  9. "Zayed Khan kicks the butt for son". Filmibeat. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. Zayed Khan: 'Just being nominated with Amitabh Bachchan is good enough for me'
  11. "Ameesha Patel's Maiden Production Desi Magic Takes off", India West Archived 8 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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