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Fardeen Khan -
born 8 March 1974 is a popular Indian Bollywood
Actor who appears in Bollywood Films. Khan made his debut in November
1998 with Prem Aggan which was directed by his father. Though the film
did not do well, he received the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his
performance. His second film Jungle (2000) was a hit and established him
as an actor.
This was followed by many films that went un-noticed, though he gained
acclaim for his roles in Om Jai Jagadish (2002) and Khushi (2003). He
finally had another hit with the 2003 film Bhoot and gave a critically
acclaimed performance in the film Dev (2004) which also starred the
veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan.
In 2005 he starred in the multi-starrer comedy No Entry which was the
year's highest grossing film. Since then, his succeeding films have not
done well. His recent 2007 release was Heyy Babyy which has taken an
impressive start at the box office and could look set to be one of the
years biggest hits. He is currently working in a film which also stars
Shahrukh Khan ,Sushmita Sen and Tara Sharma in pivotal roles.
Personal life
Fardeen Khan comes from a distinguished film family; his father is actor
and director Feroz Khan and his uncle is actor Sanjay Khan. His cousins
are actor Zayed Khan and designer Sussanne Roshan, who is married to
Hrithik Roshan.
He is married to Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of former actress Mumtaz
and business tycoon Mayur Madhwani. The two were engaged in a private
ceremony in London on May 6, 2005. The marriage ceremony took place on
December 14, 2005 via a registration service. The ceremony itself was
conducted according to Muslim and Hindu rites.
On May 4, 2001 Fardeen along with drug pedler Naseer Abdul Kareem Khan
were arrested after the former attempted to purchase cocaine from the
latter at an ATM centre Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme, a Mumbai
suburb. The police caught Naseer and Fardeen with 9g of cocaine. |
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