ZAYED KHAN

ZAYED KHAN – Film Actor

Zayed Abbas Khan (born 5 July 1980). Born to Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan (wife of Ajay Arora), Sussanne Roshan (married to actor Hrithik Roshan), and Farah Khan Ali (wife of DJ Aqeel). Khan is related as first cousin to yet another Bollywood actor, Fardeen Khan, whose father is actor Feroz Khan, who was Khan's father's brother.

Khan attended Welham Boys' School, Dehradun, and later Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal, with childhood friend Esha Deol and Mallaika Parekh. He studied Business Management at the University of Washington and Film Making at London Film Academy. 

Khan made his screen debut in 2003 in the film Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne. 

In 2004, he starred in Main Hoon Na, which was one of the biggest hits in his career. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind Veer-Zaara and was declared a hit. Khan was subsequently nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005.

Khan had 4 releases in 2005, which is his highest number to date. He played an obsessive lover in Vaada alongside Arjun Rampal and Ameesha Patel, but the film proved unsuccessful and was a flop at the box office. He then starred in Shabd as a photography professor, which he was very excited about because he had always wanted to do a film with Aishwarya Rai. However, it failed at the box office. His third release, Anubhav Sinha's action thriller Dus, where he played a cop, did well. It was an above-average grosser and was the third highest-grossing film of 2005. Khan's final release of the year, Shaadi No. 1 flopped at the box office.

Next, he appeared in Rocky: The Rebel. Khan revealed that he had ghost-written some scenes in the film. He had first begun script-writing when he was studying in London. He replaced John Abraham, who backed out of the film, in Fight Club - Members Only which was his last release in 2006.

Both of his films in 2007 were action multi-starrers. Anubhav Sinha's Cash was originally meant to be the sequel to Dus, but ended up differently. Due to this, some of the cast of Dus also star in Cash. It performed reasonably well in its first week, but was unable to replicate the success of Dus and was eventually declared a flop. Speed also failed.

In 2008, Khan co-starred in the Bollywood remake of Rain Man, Yuvvraaj with Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anil Kapoor. It was a disaster at the box office. He then had the leading role as a news reporter in Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istaanbul opposite Vivek Oberoi but it failed at the box office.

'Khan was recommended by Sanjay Dutt for 2009's Blue. At the time of its release, Blue broke the record for having the highest budget for a Bollywood film. It had an excellent opening weekend, collecting Rs. 480 million but was a below-average grosser. He also filmed Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene which is a comic thriller film. However, it ran into some production hassles and is yet to be released.

Khan also had a special appearance as an infidel fiancé in the Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer Anjaana Anjaani.

From 2011 on, the actor has also ventured into production with his co-owned production house, Born Free Entertainment along with good friend Dia Mirza and her fiancé Sahil Sanga. Their first film, Love Breakups Zindagi was released on 7 October 2011, but was met with a lukewarm response.

In 2012, Khan played a supporting role in Tezz which stars Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgan in the lead. His next film, Ameesha Patel's maiden production, Desi Magic began principal photography on 2 August 2013 and is slated to release on 28 February 2014.

Zayed Khan married Mallaika Parekh on 20 November 2005. They have a son, Zidaan, who was born on 18 January 2008, and welcomed a second son named Aariz on 22 September 2011.