Imtiaz Khan is a popular Indian actor. His brother, late Bollywood actor Amjad Khan, was known as Gabbar Singh.
Wiki/Biography
Imtiaz Khan was born on Thursday, October 15, 1942, in Peshawar, British India (now Pakistan) (he died aged 77). He was educated at St. Andrew’s High School, Bandra, Mumbai. He studied at RD National College and completed his graduation.
family and caste
Imtiaz Khan was born in Peshawar to a Pashtun family.
Parents and siblings
His father Jayant aka Zakaria Khan is a famous Bollywood actor. His mother’s name was Kamran Sultan (Kamal Khan). His brothers Amjad Khan and Inayat Khan are also actors. His grandfather Syed Ahmad Khan belonged to the Pathani Peshawar family and was the son of Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar. ADC.
Relationships, wives and children
He was reportedly married to a woman named Roshan, a junior film artist, in the early 1980s, but they later separated. Imtiaz Khan’s second wife is popular television actress Krutika Desai, who has appeared in Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993), Chandrakanta (1994) and Mere Angne Mein” (2015) and other TV series. Imtiaz and Krutika adopted a girl named Ayesha Khan.
Profession
While in college, he began to act in plays. He has directed many theater productions including Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon, Loot and Chuchun Karti Aai Chidiya.
He started his career as a child actor.
In 1951, he acted as an actor in the Bollywood film Nazneen.
He appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films, including “Yaadon Ki Baaraat” (1973), “Pyara Dost” (1982), “Ameer Aadmi Gareeb Aadmi” (1985), “Dak Bangla” (1987), “Do Gaz” Zameen Ke” Neeche” (1972) and “Dayar E Madina” (1975).
He started his career as a Bollywood director with the film Zindagi Ki Raahen, but the film was shelved. He later directed many Bollywood films, but most of them were shelved. Later, he assisted Bollywood director Chetan Anand in several films. He has directed and produced several Gujarati television serials. He also directed Hindi television serials such as “Ankahi” (1982) and “Noor Jahan” (2000) for Doordarshan.
dispute
When he was working as a Bollywood director, his name was associated with veteran Bollywood actress Reena Roy. Reena was very unhappy with such rumors and denied acting in Imtiaz’s film.
die
Imtiaz breathed his last on March 15, 2020, in Mumbai.
Facts/Trivia
- Before his debut as a Bollywood actor, he had changed his name from Zecharian Khan to Imtiaz Khan.
- Many well-known Indian celebrities shared old pictures of Imtiaz on their Twitter accounts, sharing their grief over Imtiaz’s death.
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