Rabia Khan is a former British actor and writer who has made Hindi films. She is the mother of American-British actor Jiah Khan, who reportedly committed suicide in his Mumbai apartment in June 2013.
Wiki/Biography
Rabia Khan was born on Sunday, October 9, 1960 (age 62; as of 2022). She is from Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Photos of Rabia Khan’s last day of high school
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′2″
Hair color: light brown
Eye color: brown
family
parents
Rabia Khan was an orphan when she was discovered by Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
husband and children
Rabia Khan is married to Indian-American businessman Ali Rizvi Khan. The couple later gave birth to a daughter named Jiah Khan (born Nafisa Rizvi Khan). Ali Rizvi; However, Jahan left Rabia when he was just three months old. Rabia later married Thomas Puppendahl and gave birth to two daughters: Karishma Khan and Kavita Khan. According to Jiah Khan, Thomas Puppendahl and Rabia separated when Jiah was seven years old. At the end of 1989, Rabia and her children moved to London, England.
Rabia Khan and her daughters
Relationships/Affairs
According to sources, Rabia Khan dated Tom Thomas in 2013.
Rabia Khan and Tom Thomas
religion
Rabia Khan originally believed in Christianity. However, she later converted to Islam.
Profession
actor
Movie
Rabia made her Hindi film debut in 1982 with the film Dulha Bikta Hai.
Poster of the movie Dulha Bikta Hai (1982)
In 1985, she played the role of Sheela in the movie Karm Yudh. Rabia also appeared in many other films, including Meri Jung (1985), Geraftaar (1985), Ankush (1986) and Ek Naya Rishta (1988).
Rabia Khan as “Lucy” in a still from the film Geraftaar (1985)
writer
After stopping acting in films, Rabia began working as a screenwriter for British television series and as a concept writer for the BBC.
Jiah Khan suicide case
On June 3, 2013, Jiah Khan committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan of the bedroom of his residence in Juhu Sagar Sangeet Apartments in Mumbai. On June 7, 2013, Mumbai police found a suicide note at Jiah’s residence, in which Jiah mentioned aborting a baby whose father was allegedly Sooraj Pancholi, son of veteran actor Aditya Pancholi. She also expressed her disappointment at not getting the love she expected and deserved from Sooraj. The letter also details the emotional and physical abuse Jia suffered during her relationship with Suraj.
Jiahan’s suicide note (Page 1)
Jiahan’s suicide note (page 2)
Jiahan’s suicide note (page 3)
Jiahan’s suicide note (page 4)
Jiahan’s suicide note (page 5)
Jiahan’s suicide note (page 6)
Rabia Khan’s claims and legal proceedings
According to the suicide note, Sooraj Pancholi was arrested on June 10, 2013 on charges of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); however, the Bombay High Court granted him bail on July 1, 2013, stating that he could not Take full responsibility for an incident.
July 1, 2013: Sooraj Pancholi and his mother released on bail from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail in Jiah Khan suicide case
Rabia claimed Jia’s death was murder and accused Suraj Pancholi. She also alleged financial misconduct involving money and jewelry. She said in an interview that Jiah gave Sooraj Pancholi a large amount of money to buy jewelry for her sister’s 21st birthday; however, Sooraj failed to deliver the jewelry or inform Jiah about the money. Despite apologizing and sending flowers, Jia threw them away and she confronted Suraj about the money. Jia never disclosed the outcome of that confrontation. Rabia further revealed that Jia shared the biometric lock of her apartment with Sooraj, which made her suspect that Jia’s death was related to him. Suraj, on the other hand, claimed that Jia had been battling depression and that he had tried to help her overcome it several times. He further claimed that he informed Rabia about the situation but she took no action, leading Jiah to commit suicide. On October 1, 2013, Rabia filed a complaint in the Bombay High Court alleging the murder of his daughter Jahan and requested a Central Bureau of Investigation investigation into the case. On July 2, 2014, the case was handed over to the CBI, which subsequently filed charges against Sooraj Pancholi. In 2016, the CBI ruled out any possibility of foul play and informed the High Court that Jiah Khan’s death was a suicide. Rabia has since hired a British forensic expert named Jason Payne James, who claims that Jia’s death was “carefully planned.” Rabia then approached the Bombay High Court, requesting the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to take over the case; however, the Bombay High Court rejected her plea in February 2017.
February 28, 2017: Rabia Khan outside a Mumbai court
In September 2017, Rabia Khan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking justice. She then moved a request to the CBI special court in Mumbai for further investigation into the case, but it was rejected. In 2021, Jiah’s case was reassigned to a CBI special court after the session court claimed it lacked jurisdiction following a CBI investigation. In 2022, the Bombay High Court dismissed Rabia’s petition seeking a fresh investigation into the case. On April 28, 2023, the CBI Special Court in Mumbai acquitted Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case due to lack of evidence. In its verdict, the court said the evidence against Sooraj Pancholi was “vague and general” and Jiah was “a victim of her own emotions”. CBI Special Court Judge AS Sayyad noted that Jiah was suicidal and only Sooraj Pancholi knew about it. The judge further said that Sooraj was unable to devote time to Jiah as he was focused on his acting career and Rabia’s attempt to prove that Jiah did not commit suicide but was killed contradicted the prosecution’s allegations and ultimately undermined the prosecution’s case . AS Sayyad stated within its jurisdiction,
In this case, it cannot be ignored that the deceased had suicidal tendencies. She had attempted suicide earlier and the accused called a doctor. The defendant treated her and tried to get her out of her depression. At the time, the defendant was engaged in an acting career and was unable to devote sufficient time to caring for the deceased. However, the defendant saved her the previous time when she attempted suicide and helped her out of her depression. Through her evidence, Rabia attempts to prove that Jia never committed suicide but was killed by the accused (Pancholi). However, this was not the case for the prosecution. When prosecutors alleged a suicide, Rabia always claimed it was murder. By presenting such openly contradictory evidence, the complainant himself destroyed the prosecution’s case. “
After the court verdict in the Jiah Khan murder case, Rabia Khan said Suraj Pancholi was not charged with abetment to suicide but abetment to murder. In an interview, Rabia said in response to the verdict that she planned to challenge the decision in the High Court. she says,
The charge of abetting suicide has been dropped. But how did my child die? This is a murder case… that will go to the High Court. The verdict was suspected suicide, but I have always maintained that Jia was murdered. In fact, this reinforces my point. “
Facts/Trivia
- Her names also include “Rabiya Khan”, “Rabia Ameen”, “Rabiya Amin”, “Rabiya Amin Khan” and “Rabia Amin”.
- Rabia aspired to become an actress, for which she decided to move from Agra to Mumbai.
- After moving to Mumbai, she learned acting skills from Zeenat Hussain and learned Urdu at home.
- Rabia used to call Jia “baby,” “baby,” “bebo,” and “snow baby.”
- She used her connections to get sixteen-year-old Jia a role in Bollywood. However, Jia’s big break came in 2007 when she starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan in the film Nishabd, a film based on American film director Stanley A Bollywood adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film Lolita, which was inspired by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov ) 1955 novel. Same title.
- Jahan revealed in the interview that when her stepfather Thomas Puppendahl left the family, he took their savings and took ownership of their house. As a result, Rabia and her three daughters had to live in a rented house in London, England, on a tight budget. Jia further said that for a period of time, they relied on McDonald’s burgers as their main source of livelihood.
- Aamir Khan was reportedly once referred to as Jiah Khan’s stepfather; however, he clarified in an interview that although Rabia was one of his close friends, he never married her and Jiah was not his daughter.
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