Arshi Khan, is an Indian model, actress,
internet celebrity
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and
reality television
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personality. She joined the
Indian National Congress
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party to contest the
2019 elections for Mumbai.
Early life
Khan was a qualified
physiotherapist
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before she started pursuing a career in acting and modelling.
Personal life
Khan and her family moved to India from Afghanistan when Khan was four years old. Khan did her schooling and graduation at
Bhopal
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. Later, Khan went to
Mumbai
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to try her luck in acting and modelling.
Recently, Khan opened up about her hardships moving to
Mumbai
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after eviction from ''
Bigg Boss 14
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''.
Career
She was chosen to portray a lead role in India's first mainline Bollywood
4D historical action film titled ''"The Last Emperor".''
She has also appeared in the
Tamil
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film ''Malli Mishtu.''
[ In 2017, she was one of the participants in the reality television show ''Bigg Boss 11''. She was earlier considered to participate in the last two seasons of the show. During her appearances on the show, she was ]Google
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India's second-most searched entertainer of 2017.
Arshi who had joined Indian National Congress
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resigned due to professional commitments.
In 2018, Arshi featured in a Punjabi Music video- Nakhre. Khan has featured in 5 music videos that include "Bandi", which has already gained 4.2 million on YouTube and Nain Nasheele which already has started to hit 2 million worldwide.
She was a participant in Bigg Boss 14
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, where she joined in as one of the four challenger participants.
Arshi joined The Great Khali's wrestling school CWE in 2021.
Controversies
In September 2015, Khan claimed to be in a relationship with Pakistani cricket
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er Shahid Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...
. In the same year she said that self-proclaimed spiritual leader Radhe Maa
Radhe Maa (born 4 April 1965) is a self styled Indian "Godman (India), Godwoman". She has been involved with families in Mukeria, Punjab, Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and abroad. She was born in Dorangala village, Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India, Pu ...
ran a prostitution ring
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, and that she had been approached to join it.
In 2016, the mufti
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of a madrassa
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in Pakistan issued a fatwa
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against Khan after she posted pictures of herself to Facebook
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wearing a bikini
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with a hijab
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, with another photo of herself in a burkha, after which her Facebook account was blocked.
During her stay in ''Bigg Boss'' house, an arrest warrant
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Canada
Arrest warrants are issued by a j ...
was issued against her by a court in Jalandhar
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, which according to the sources was due to allegations. Also, during Khan stay actress-model Gehana Vasisth
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Early life and background
Vasisth was born in Ch ...
claimed that Khan has been faking everything about her age, qualifications, and relationship with Shahid Afridi
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and is married to a 50-year-old man.
In 2018, Khan claimed that she was boosted out of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
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on Vikas Gupta
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Life
Gupta was born on 7 May 198 ...
behest and fan made theories comparing the situation Khan was in with Shilpa Shinde
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Early ...
previous controversy with the referenced producer.
In 2021, Khan was criticized and trolled for copying Lady Gaga
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and wearing a rip-off of her 2020 MTV Video Music Awards
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dress at Bigg Boss 14
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afterparty.
In March 2021, Khan was being criticized badly after posting a post about Mufti Menk and said that he's a Islamic salesman.
Filmography
Television
Special appearances
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
Arshi Khan will participate for the first time in the
Ullu Web Series
. Hotspot Mail Trail 2022.
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses from Bhopal
Female models from Madhya Pradesh
Indian people of Afghan descent
Indian people of Pashtun descent
Indian film actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian web series actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
Indian actor-politicians
21st-century Indian actresses