Nikhat Khan Hegde | |
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Born | Nikhat Hussain Khan 4 August 1962 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Producer, actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse | Santosh Hegde |
Children | Seher Hegde (daughter) Shravan Hegde (step-son) |
Parent |
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Relatives | See Khan–Hussain family |
Nikhat Khan Hegde (born 4 August 1962) is an Indian actress, model and film producer.
Nikhat was born in Mumbai on 4 August 1962 into an Indian Muslim family, the daughter of Bollywood actor, director, producer, and writer Tahir Hussain and his wife, Zeenat Hussain. She is the eldest of four children. She has a sister named Farhat Khan Datta and two brothers, Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan, who are also both established actors in Hindi cinema. Farhat is married to Rajeev Datta, brother of Reena Dutta, Aamir Khan's first ex-wife.
Apart from her father and brothers, Nikhat's relatives have been active in the Hindi film industry, including her late paternal uncle, the producer-director Nasir Hussain, his son, Mansoor Khan (director of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak) and his daughter, actress Zayn Marie Khan. [1] Imran Khan, a former film actor, is the son of her first cousin, Nuzhat Khan. The family has significant connections beyond the film industry. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the Muslim scholar who was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, and who was made India's first Minister of Education by Jawaharlal Nehru, was her great-grand-uncle. The politician Najma Heptulla is a cousin of Nikhat's father.
Nikhat is married to Santosh Hegde (not to be confused with N. Santosh Hegde). Santosh is a Kannadiga from a Tulu-speaking family in Karnataka. He retired as the CEO of a Pune-based pharmaceuticals company. [2] [3] Santosh, who is ten years older than Nikhat, was a divorcee with a 10-year-old son, Shravan Hegde. They both met Nikhat, while on holiday, at the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan. [4] The couple got married after a brief period of courtship and are the parents of a daughter, Seher Hegde. Nikhat enjoys a good relationship with her step-son, Shravan, who was raised by his biological mother.
Nikhat and her family lived in Pune for 14 years, before moving to Mumbai after Hegde's retirement, in order to take care of Nikhat's elderly mother, and to enable Nikhat to pursue her acting career, which took off in a big way, rather unexpectedly. She now features in both films and advertisements as an elegant middle-aged lady. [5]
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