Arbaaz Khan is an Indian actor, director and producer who works mainly in Hindi cinema alongside few Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam language films. [1] [2] [3] Arbaaz Khan made his debut in the 1996 Hindi film Daraar as a psychotic wife-beater villain, for which he received Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. He has starred in many multi-starrer hit films such as Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination, and Garv: Pride and Honour (2004), where he acted opposite his own brother Salman Khan.
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- Hindi language films
- Telugu language films
- Other language films
- Television
- Dubbing roles
- References
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Following his success with the negative roles, he then played a villainous role in the 2003 film Qayamat: City Under Threat [a] . He also played several supporting roles in director Priyadarshan's comedy films Hulchul (2004), Malamaal Weekly (2006) and Bhagam Bhag (2006) alongside another supporting roles as a police officer (Constable Javed Shaikh) and a mobster (Moscow Chikna) in the 2007 multi-starrers Shootout at Lokhandwala and Fool and Final respectively.
He also made a cameo appearance, alongside his brother Sohail Khan, in the blockbuster Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na , starring Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza. In 2009, he starred alongside Sohail in Kisaan and played a villain in Jai Veeru . Khan also appeared in the television serial Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny in 2003, and has appeared in many TV programs from time to time. [4]
He then made his Telugu debut by playing a negative role in the film Jai Chiranjeeva starring Chiranjeevi.
In 2010, Khan ventured into film production with the company named Arbaaz Khan Productions. His first film as a producer was Dabangg , which was released in September 2010. The film starred his brother Salman in the leading role as the cop-hero Chulbul Pandey, alongside Arbaaz as his younger brother Makkhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey. [b] His former wife Malaika Arora Khan was featured in the popular item number "Munni Badnaam". [5] The film became a blockbuster within the first week of its release and broke several box office records, becoming the second highest grossing Bollywood film of all time at the time of its release. [6] On 12 March 2011, while Khan was a special guest of Australia's Indian film festival, Bollywood & Beyond, he helped his former wife Malaika Arora lead a successful world record attempt in Melbourne. 1235 participants successfully performed a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" from the Dabangg soundtrack. [7]
Khan made his directorial debut with the 2012 released sequel of Dabangg, Dabangg 2 which was a huge commercial success surpassing the first installment. [8]
Khan made his Malayalam cinema debut in Big Brother starring Mohanlal. [9]
In 2019, he had acted again the third installment of the Dabangg series, Dabangg 3 where he still played the role of producer but director was replaced by Prabhu Deva. The film was expected to become a blockbuster surpassing Dabangg 2 , but grossed lower than it. [10] [11]
