Aryan Khan (born 12 November 1997) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the eldest son of Indian actor

Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" ...

and producer Gauri Khan. After graduating from the University of Southern California, he co-founded the company Slab Ventures in 2022, under which he launched a luxury collective brand named D'yavol.

Early life and education

Aryan Khan was born on 12 November 1997 in Mumbai,

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, India. He is the eldest son of actor

and producer Gauri Khan. He has two younger siblings, including actress Suhana. Khan follows both his parents' religions of Islam and Hinduism. He did his schooling at Mumbai's Dhirubhai Ambani International School until age 15, after which he attended the Sevenoaks School in Kent. As a child, Khan played the young version of his father's character in one scene of the film '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001). He has worked as a voice actor in the Hindi dub of '' The Incredibles'' (2004) and later voiced Simba in the Hindi dub of '' The Lion King'' (2019), both alongside his father. In 2020, Khan graduated with a

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degree in film and television production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Career

In 2022, Khan and his business partners Bunty Singh and Leti Blagoeva launched the company Slab Ventures, under which they began a luxury collective brand named D'yavol (named after the

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word for devil). They teamed with the brewing company

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to launch a premium liquor brand of Vodka, named D'yavol Vodka. They launched a blended malt scotch, D'yavol Inception, the following year. Also in 2023, Khan launched a luxury apparel brand, named D'yavol X. He directed an advertisement video for the brand, featuring him and his father, which marked his first directorial venture. As of 2023, Khan is filming a streaming series, tentatively titled ''Stardom'', set against the backdrop of the

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industry, on which he will serve as

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, writer, and director. It will be produced by his father under the banner Red Chillies Entertainment.

Legal issues

On 3 October 2021, Khan was arrested along with six others by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) during a raid on an alleged

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on a cruise ship. Khan was detained as part of an investigation into an alleged international drugs racket. After spending 25 days at the

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and being denied bail four times, he was granted bail on 28 October 2021. In May 2022, he was cleared of all charges. One of the officers leading the investigation, Sameer Wankhede, was later charged with corruption and extortion in connection with the case, with the

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alleging that the drug charges were part of a false scheme to blackmail the Khan family.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Aryan Living people 1997 births Indian male child actors Indian voice actors Shah Rukh Khan Male actors in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actors People educated at Sevenoaks School