Imran Khan

Imran Khan (Bengali: born Imran Khan Pal on 13 January 1983 is an Indian film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.[1] Khan gained popularity for his debut role in the 2008 hit Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.

Biography

Background
Born to Anil Pal[2], a Bengali Indian-American, and Nuzhat Khan. His father works as a Director of Operations Engineering at Netflix in Silicon Valley. His parents divorced when Imran was one and a half years old. He is also the nephew of actor Aamir Khan, director Mansoor Khan and the grandson of Nasir Hussain, a noted director and producer. In India, he studied at Bombay Scottish School, after Standard 4, Imran left Scottish, and moved to a boarding school in Ooty.[3]

Career
Child Artist
Khan made appearances as a child artist in his uncle Aamir's films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)[4] and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992). Both times he played the role of a young Aamir Khan. He aspired to be a director, as that was his original plan before he entered Bollywood as an actor. Khan joined Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute in Mumbai.

[edit] Breakthrough (2008)
Khan made his debut as a lead actor in the 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na directed by Abbas Tyrewala, produced by Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan and co-starring Genelia D'Souza. The film received rave reviews from critics and proved to be one of the biggest hits of the year. Khan was furthermore nominated for Best Male Debut at the 54th Filmfare awards and won it along with Farhan Akhtar.

His next movie was Kidnap with Sanjay Dutt and Minissha Lamba where he played a negative role. The movie flopped at the box office, attributed by critics to its poorly executed direction. However, Khan's performance was appreciated and earned him an IIFA Award nomination in 2009. Khan made his next appearance in the action movie Luck with Shruti Haasan and Sanjay Dutt.[5] His forthcoming movies include Delhi Belly is an English language comedy directed by debutant Abhinay Deo, I Hate Luv Storys directed by debutant Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar and Break Ke Baad directed by debutant Danish Aslam and produced by Kunal Kohli[6]. Khan recently co-hosted the 54th Filmfare Awards alongside Ranbir Kapoor. Along with his uncle Aamir Khan, he appeared on a popular TV show Dus Ka Dum hosted By Salman Khan.[7]. He also appeared on Tere Mere Beach Mein along with Kareena Kapoor.[8].

[edit] Personal life
Khan became engaged to his long time girlfriend, Avantika Malik, on 16 January 2010 in Avantika's family's farm house in Karjat.[9]

[edit] Filmography
Year Film Role Other Notes
1988 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Raj Child artist
1992 Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander Sanjaylal Child artist
2008 Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jai Singh Rathore (Rats) Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
Kidnap Kabir Sharma First villain Role
2009 Luck Ram Mehra First Action Film
2010 I Hate Luv Storys Jay Releasing on 2 July 2010 ; co-starring Sonam Kapoor
Break Ke Baad Abhay Releasing November-December 2010; co-starring Deepika Padukone
Delhi Belly Tashi Releasing in April-May 2011 ; co-starring Shenaz Treasurywala

Awards :

Filmfare Awards
Preceded by
Ranbir Kapoor
for Saawariya Best Male Debut
for Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
2009 Succeeded by
Ayan Mukerji for Wake Up Sid