Mohammad Faisal Hussain Khan (born 3 August 1966) is an Indian actor who appears in
Hindi films
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
. He is famous for his role as Shankar Shane in ''
Mela'' (2000).
Family background
Khan is the son of producer
Tahir Hussain
Mohammad Tahir Hussain Khan (19 September 1938 – 2 February 2010), better known as Tahir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, screenwriter, actor and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema.
Personal life
Tahir Hussain ...
. His brother is
Aamir Khan
Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi films. Through his career spanning over 30 years, Khan has established himself as one of the most notable actors of Indian ci ...
, who is an actor and producer, and he has two sisters,
Nikhat Khan
Nikhat Khan Hegde is an Indian film producer.
She is the daughter of Bollywood actor, director, producer, and writer Tahir Hussain. She has three siblings: Farhat Khan and actors Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan. She is the aunt of actor Imran Kha ...
, who is a producer, and Farhat Khan. His uncle
Nasir Hussain
Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan (16 November 1926 — 13 March 2002), better known as Nasir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter. With a career spanning decades, Hussain has been credited as a major trendsetter in the ...
was a producer and director. His nephew
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
is an actor and his cousin
Tariq Khan was an actor in the 1970s and 1980s. He is related to
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Career
Khan made a brief appearance in his uncle Nasir Hussain's 1969 film ''
Pyar Ka Mausam
''Pyar Ka Mausam'' () is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film under Nasir Hussain films banner. Hussain wrote, produced, and directed the film. It starred Shashi Kapoor, and the Nasir Husain fixture- Asha Parekh. It also had Bharat ...
'', playing
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor (pronounced əʃi kəpuːɾ (born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and film producer who is best known for his work in Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades, including four Nation ...
's role as a child at the age of three years. He made his film debut as an adult in 1988, playing a minor role as a villain in his brother Aamir's film ''
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' (), also known by the initialism ''QSQT'', is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film, directed by Mansoor Khan, written and produced by Nasir Hussain, and starring Aamir Khan (in his leading film debut) a ...
''. He worked as an assistant director in his father's 1990 film ''
Tum Mere Ho
Tum Mere Ho (English: ''You Are Mine'') is a 1990 Indian fantasy revenge drama film starring Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla and Kalpana Iyer in negative role as an ichadaari nagin. It was directed by Aamir Khan's father Tahir Hussain.
Plot summary
Sh ...
'', which starred his brother Aamir in the lead.
Khan got his first leading role in the 1994 film ''
Madhosh'', which was produced by his father and directed by
Vikram Bhatt
Vikram Bhatt (born 27 January 1969) is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the Raaz (film series), ''Raaz'' film series, an Indian horror series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and for d ...
. After a five-year hiatus, he made his comeback alongside his brother in ''
Mela'' (2000). He appeared in several other films that fared poorly at the box office.
He also appeared in the TV serial ''
Aandhi
''Aandhi'' () is a 1975 Indian political drama film starring Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen, and directed by Gulzar. At the time it was alleged that the film was based on the life of the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her relationship wi ...
'' in 2003.
His last film was ''
Chand Bujh Gaya'' in 2005.
After a decade long hiatus, it was announced that he would be making his comeback and star in the 2015 film ''
Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq'', a film produced by Rajesh Jain. In 2017 he starred in ''
Danger
Danger is a lack of safety and may refer to:
Places
* Danger Cave, an archaeological site in Utah
* Danger Island, Great Chagos Bank, Indian Ocean
* Danger Island, alternate name of Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean
* Danger Isla ...
'', a
horror film directed by
Faisal Saif
Faisal Saif (27 April 1976 – 13 September 2022) was an Indian film director, film critic and writer. He began his film career as an assistant director on '' Aur Ek Prem Kahani'', ''Angaar'' and ''Grahan''. He mostly chose controversial horror ...
. The film remains unreleased.
In 2021, he made his directorial debut and starred in the film ''
Faactory'' as well as singing a song for the film.
Personal life
In 2007, Khan was reported missing for two days. He had filed a report to the police several days earlier accusing his brother
Aamir of keeping him confined in his home because
Aamir thought that his brother Faisal was mentally ill. He was eventually traced to Pune and brought back to Mumbai where he went through a medical examination. His brother Aamir and his father were in a custody battle over Faisal that garnered much press coverage. Faisal's custody was awarded to his father, Tahir.
Filmography
References
External links
*
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1966 births
Living people
Male actors from Mumbai
Indian male film actors
Indian male television actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors