Arshi Khan

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Arshi Khan
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Khan in 2018
Born
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2014–present
Known for Bigg Boss 11

Arshi Khan, is an Indian model, actress, internet celebrity and reality television personality. She is known for participating in Bigg Boss 11 . She joined the Indian National Congress party to contest the 2019 elections for Mumbai. [1]

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Personal life

Khan was born in Afghanistan in a Pathan (Pashtun) family. [2] She and her family moved to India when Khan was four years old. Khan did her schooling and graduation at Bhopal. Later, Khan went to Mumbai to try her luck in acting and modelling. [3] Khan was a qualified physiotherapist before she started pursuing a career in acting and modelling. [4]

Recently, Khan opened up about her hardships moving to Mumbai after eviction from Bigg Boss 14 . [5]

Career

She was chosen to portray a lead role in India's first mainline Bollywood 4D historical action film titled "The Last Emperor". [6] She has also appeared in the Tamil film Malli Mishtu. [3] In 2017, she was one of the participants in the reality television show Bigg Boss 11. She was earlier considered to participate in the last two seasons of the show. [7] During her appearances on the show, she was Google India's second-most searched entertainer of 2017. [8]

Arshi who had joined Indian National Congress resigned due to professional commitments. [9]

In 2018, Arshi featured in a Punjabi Music video- Nakhre. [10] Khan has featured in 5 music videos that include "Bandi", which has already gained 4.2 million on YouTube and Nain Nasheele which already has started to hit 2 million worldwide.

She was a participant in Bigg Boss 14, where she joined in as one of the four challenger participants. [11]

Arshi joined The Great Khali's wrestling school CWE in 2021. [12] [13]

Controversies

In September 2015, Khan claimed to be in a relationship with Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi. [14] In the same year she said that self-proclaimed spiritual leader Radhe Maa ran a prostitution ring, and that she had been approached to join it. [15]

In 2016, the mufti of a madrassa in Pakistan issued a fatwa against Khan after she posted pictures of herself to Facebook wearing a bikini with a hijab, with another photo of herself in a burkha, after which her Facebook account was blocked. [16]

During her stay in Bigg Boss house, an arrest warrant was issued against her by a court in Jalandhar, which according to the sources was due to allegations. [17] Also, during Khan stay actress-model Gehana Vasisth claimed that Khan has been faking everything about her age, qualifications, and relationship with Shahid Afridi and is married to a 50-year-old man. [18]

In 2018, Khan claimed that she was boosted out of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on Vikas Gupta behest and fan made theories comparing the situation Khan was in with Shilpa Shinde previous controversy with the referenced producer. [19]

In 2021, Khan was criticised and trolled for copying Lady Gaga and wearing a rip-off of her 2020 MTV Video Music Awards dress at Bigg Boss 14 afterparty.

In March 2021, Khan was being criticised badly after posting a post about Mufti Menk and said that he's an Islamic salesman. [20] [21]

Filmography

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2017Malli Mishtu Tamil Tamil film debut [3]
2014The Last Emperor Hindi Hindi film debut [6]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Bigg Boss 11 ContestantEvicted on Day 84
2018 Box Cricket League – Season 3ContestantParticipant in Kolkata's Team [22]
Savitri Devi College & Hospital Nayantara
2019 Box Cricket League – Season 4ContestantPlayer for Ajmergarh Royals
Vish Kalankini
2020–2021 Bigg Boss 14 ChallengerEntered on Day 65, Evicted on day 127
2023 Shravani [23] Julie

Special appearances

YearTitleRole
2018 Entertainment Ki Raat Herself
Ishq Mein Marjawan Herself

Web series

YearSeriesRoleNotesRef
2020Mary Aur MarlowMary[ citation needed ]
2020The Evil DesiresKamini[ citation needed ]
2021Raat Ki Rani Begum JaanBegum Jaan2021

Mail trial

[24]

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRole
2017Garamm Chulha Me Hat N LagavaPriya, Rajesh JhaHerself [25]
2018Gaddi Hai Meri FerrariVicky Thakur
2019BandiVijay Varma
Valentine RoseVicky Kajla
Nain NasheeleSB The Haryanvi
Suit PatiyalaAkki Aryan
Pyar Di ABCJaidev
2020ChameliVijay Varma
2021Krupa Rahu DeRushikesh Shelar

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRoleResult
2018 India Leadership Conclave Indian Affairs Entertainer of the Year 2018HerselfWon[ citation needed ]
2019Kalakar AwardsPopular Internet Celebrity & Entertainer Of The Year 2019HerselfWon[ citation needed ]

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Arshi Khan will participate for the first time in the "Ullu Web Series". Hotspot Mail Trail 2022.