Iqbal Khan (actor)

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Iqbal Khan
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Khan in 2023
Born
Mohammed Iqbal Khan

(1981-02-10) 10 February 1981 (age 43) [1]
Occupations
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Sneha Chhabra Khan
(m. 2007)
ChildrenAmmaara Khan (daughter)
Ifza Khan (daughter)

Mohammed Iqbal Khan (born 10 February 1981 [1] ), more commonly known as Iqbal Khan, is an Indian actor.

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Early life

Khan was born in Kashmir and began school in Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar and was further educated at Pinegrove School Dharampur, Distt. Solan. He finished his 11th and 12th from The Lawrence School, Sanawar (founded in 1847). He was a part of Falguni Pathak's Indhana winava music video.[ citation needed ]

Career

After moving to Mumbai in 2001, he shot a number of music videos for T-series produced by Anubhav Sinha and directed by Anupam Sinha and Ratna Sinha (Jagjit Singh song). He then did his first film Fun2shh (released in 2003) and then Bullet (released in 2005). His television debut was as Angad Khanna in the serial Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai , this role made him an instant star.

Soon after, he went on to play the character of Shaurya Nanda in Kkavyanjali and Raghu Malik in Kahiin To Hoga . After the ending of Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai , Khan did another serial, Karam Apnaa Apnaa , playing the role of Shiv Kapoor. He left Karam Apnaa Apnaa at the end of 2006.[ citation needed ]

He made a comeback on television with Chhoona Hai Aasmaan as the air force officer Abhimanyu Adhikari. Khan appeared in Waaris and took the lead role of Rudra in the serial Sanjog Se Bani Sangini . He portrayed Dr. Viren Roy in Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli from March to June 2012.

In 2015, Khan joined with Ekta Kapoor and was cast in a double role on a limited-episode series for Sony Entertainment Television, winning two awards for it.

In July 2016, Khan was criticized for his Facebook post comparing Indian administered Kashmir with Palestine. [2] [3]

In 2016, Khan was also seen in And TV's show Waaris as Charan Pawania. In the same year, he joined as Akbar in Bharatvarsh and as Nawab Iqbal Khan in Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani . [4] In 2017, he appears as a cameo in Life OK's show Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant as Super Robot. [5] From 2017 to 2018, he enter the Star Bharat's show Kaal Bhairav Rahasya as Indra Prakash / Sethji. [6] In 2018, he appears as Iqbal in Colors TV's show Dil Se Dil Tak [7] and Guest in Juzz Baatt . [8]

After a four-year absence, in February 2022 he made a comeback with Colors TV's show Nima Denzongpa where he played the role Virat Sethi. [9] He quit the show in July 2022. [10]

From July 2022 to August 2023, he was seen as a middle aged businessman, Devvrat "Dev" Raichand in Atul Kelkar's show Na Umra Ki Seema Ho on Star Bharat. [11]

Personal life

Khan is married to Sneha Chhabra, [12] whom he met at a shoot of a video album. [13] They have a daughter Ammaara, who was born in 2011. [14] [15] They had second child, a daughter on 11 February 2022, whom they named Ifza Khan. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2002Kuch Dil Ne Kaha
2003 Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century Vicky
2005 Bullet: Ek Dhamaka Agent Arjun
2014 Unforgettable Anand
2019Mumbai Apli AheDon Iqbal
2020 Indoo Ki Jawani Investigating Officer
2022 Jalsa Amar
2022X or YRohan

Television

YearSerialRole
2005 Kahiin To Hoga Raghu Malik
2005–2006 Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai Angad Khanna / Zaib / Rishi Agarwal
2006 Kkavyanjali Shaurya Nanda
Karam Apnaa Apnaa Shiv Kapoor
Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin Zaib
2007–2008 Chhoona Hai Aasmaan Flight Lieutenant / Wing Commander Abhimanyu Adhikari
2008 Waaris Shankar Pratapsingh
2010–2011 Sanjog Se Bani Sangini Rudra Singh Rawat
2012 Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli Dr. Viren Roy
Teri Meri Love Stories Nikhil
2013–2014 Tumhari Pakhi Anshuman Rathore
2014Aryaman Rathore
2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 Contestant (3rd runner up)
2015–2016 Pyaar Ko Ho Jaane Do Ishaan Hooda / Rizwan Ahmed Khan
2016 Waaris Charan Pawania
Bharatvarsh Akbar
Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani Nawab Iqbal Khan
2017 Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant Super Robot
2017–2018 Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Indra Prakash / Sethji
2018 Dil Se Dil Tak Iqbal Khan
2022 Nima Denzongpa Virat Sethi
2022–2023 Na Umra Ki Seema Ho [17] Devvrat "Dev" Raichand

Special appearances

YearTitleRole
2006 Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai Himself
2015 CID Host
2018Juzz BaattHimself
2019 Kitchen Champion
2021A Table For Two
2022 Parineetii Virat Sethi

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019Ek choti si ego Viraj

Web series

YearTitleRole
2020Ratri Ke YatriGarry
Crackdown Zorawar Kalra
The Bull of Dalal StreetHarshil Mehra
2022Doon KaandDSP Arvind Rawat
2024 Commander Karan Saxena ISI Chief Nasir Khan

Awards

Indian Telly Awards [18]
Zee Gold Awards

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References

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