Faisal Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 August 1966 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1988–2005, 2015–2022 |
| Father | Tahir Hussain |
| Relatives | Khan–Hussain family |
Mohammad Faisal Hussain Khan (born 3 August 1966) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is famous for his role as Shankar Shane in Mela .
Khan is the son of producer Tahir Hussain. His brother is Aamir Khan, who is an actor, director and producer, and he has two sisters, Nikhat Khan, who is a producer and actor, and Farhat Khan. His paternal uncle Nasir Hussain was a film producer and director. His nephew Imran Khan is a former actor. He is a great-grandnephew of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. [1]
Khan made his first film appearance at the age of three in his uncle Nasir Hussain's 1969 film Pyar Ka Mausam , playing Shashi Kapoor's role as a child. He made his film debut as an adult in 1988, playing a minor role as a villain in his brother Aamir's film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak . He worked as an assistant director in his father's 1990 film Tum Mere Ho and his cousin Mansoor Khan's Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992), both starring Aamir in the leading role. [2]
Khan got his first leading role in the 1994 film Madhosh , which was produced by his father and directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film was a box office failure. In 2000, he made his comeback starring alongside his brother in Mela which was also a box office bomb. Director Dharmesh Darshan did however praise Faisal's performance in the film. [3]
Faisal went on to appear in a few B-grade films that fared poorly at the box office. [4] From 2003 to 2004, he appeared in the TV serial Aandhi . [4] After appearing in the 2005 film Chand Bujh Gaya , he went on a decade long hiatus.
In 2015, it was announced that he would be making his comeback and star in the film Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq , a film produced by Rajesh Jain. [5] In 2017, he starred in Danger , a horror film directed by Faisal Saif. The film remains unreleased.
In 2021, he made his directorial debut and starred in the psychological thriller film Faactory as well as singing a song for the film. In 2022, he made his debut in Kannada films with Oppanda . [2]
In 2007, Khan was reported missing for two days. He had filed a report to the police several days earlier accusing his brother Aamir of keeping him confined in his home because Aamir thought that his brother Faisal was mentally ill. [6] He was eventually traced to Pune and brought back to Mumbai where he went through a medical examination. [7] His brother Aamir and his father were in a custody battle over Faisal that garnered much press coverage. Faisal's custody was awarded to his father, Tahir. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Pyar Ka Mausam | Young Sunder | |
| 1988 | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak | Member of Baba's gang | |
| 1992 | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar | College Student | Uncredited |
| 1994 | Madhosh | Suraj | |
| 2000 | Mela | Shankar Shane | |
| 2002 | Kaaboo | Raja | |
| Dushmani | Unreleased | ||
| 2003 | Border Hindustan Ka | Raj | |
| Basti | Satish Kulkarni | ||
| 2003–2004 | Aandhi | Siddharth | TV series |
| 2005 | Chand Bujh Gaya | Rahul Mehta | |
| 2015 | Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq | Jamaal | |
| 2017 | Danger | Unreleased | |
| 2021 | Faactory | Also director and playback singer | |
| 2022 | Oppanda | Kannada film |
