Ishtiyak Khan (born Istayak Arif Khan; 15 April 1976) is an Indian actor known for his work in

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and television shows. He came into limelight for his role as english teacher in the film

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which also went viral as a meme in social media and he gained popularity from his role as Rajesh Autowala in

Tamasha Tamasha ( mr, तमाशा) is a traditional form of Marathi theatre, often with singing and dancing, widely performed by local or travelling theatre groups within the state of Maharashtra, India."Tamasha", in James R. Brandon and Martin Banham ...

, Ludo (as Inspector), Janhit Mein Jaari (as Purushottam), ''

Anaarkali of Aarah ''Anaarkali of Aarah'' (''Anārakalī ŏph Ārā'') is a 2017 Indian film written and directed by debutant Avinash Das. The movie has Swara Bhaskar playing the lead role of a small-town erotic folk dancer in Arrah in Bihar. The movie revolves a ...

'', as well as portraying Chaurasia in ''

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'', Vasu (Lawyer from Rohtak) in ''

Jolly LLB ''Jolly LLB'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor and produced by Fox Star Studios. The film stars Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani and Amrita Rao. The theatrical trailer was revealed on 8 January 2 ...

'', Sunny in ''

FryDay ''FryDay'' is a 2018 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Abhishek Dogra. It is produced by Sajid Qureshi and PVR Pictures and stars Govinda, Varun Sharma, Prabhleen Sandhu and Digangana Suryavanshi in lead roles. The film was scheduled to rel ...

'', and Munna in ''

Ammaa Ki Boli ''Ammaa Ki Boli'' is an Indian Hindi language comedy drama film Directed by Narayan Chauhan and produced by Amaash Films, Next Entertainment and Street Act Productions. Plot The story revolves Rukmi who buys a scooter using his Mother's mone ...

''. He is also well known for his role in Television series as Kappu Ka Sasur in the fourth season of

The Kapil Sharma Show ''The Kapil Sharma Show'', also known as TKSS, is an Television in India, Indian Hindi-language stand-up comedy and talk show broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television. Hosted by Kapil Sharma, the first season of the show had its premiere on ...

(2022), Puttan in Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai, and in web series

Dhindora ''Dhindora'' ( hi, ढिंढोरा, ) is a 2021 Indian comedy drama web series which takes place in Bhuvan Bam Universe played by Bhuvan Bam and directed by Himank Gaur. Bam plays multiple characters, and the series also stars Gayatri Bhar ...

(as Boss).

Early life

Khan was born in Panna,

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. He completed primary

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there. In an interview, Khan stated that In 1989, he joined a theatre group named "Bharatiya Jan Natya Sangh (IPTA)". He did street play ''Gili Gili Fu'' directed by IPTA, Sri Devesh Mishra. After that, his first

stage show A theatrical production is any work of theatre, such as a staged play, musical, comedy or drama produced from a written book or script. Theatrical productions also extend to other performance designations such as Dramatic and Nondramatic theatre, a ...

was ''Ek Tha Gadha Urff Aladdad Kha,'' directed by Satish Sharma. He studied Rang Sangeet from Shri Baba Karant. He was selected for the

National School of drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...

in 2004. Now he is the king of comedy.

Filmography

Television

Ad Films

* ''Lux Venus'' with ''

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'' * ''Udaan App'' with ''

Pankaj Tripathi Pankaj Tripathi (Birth name, né Tiwari; born 5 September 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and has also appeared in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil language films. Tripathi has established himself as one of the n ...

'' * ''IPL promo''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Ishtiyak Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Living people Male actors from Uttar Pradesh People from Madhya Pradesh 21st-century Indian male actors 1976 births