Sussanne Khan, formerly known as Sussanne Roshan (born 26 October 1975), is an Indian interior and fashion designer. She is the former wife of actor

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. Her father is actor

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Biography

Sussanne Khan was born to

and Zarine Katrak Khan on 26 October 1975, in

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, as the third child in their family; a family rich with film artists and fashion designers including her father,

who was a prominent actor in the 1980s. Her mother, Zarine Katrak is also an actress as well as an interior designer. Her father is of mixed

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and

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ian descent while her mother comes from a

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

family. She has 2 elder sisters and a younger brother. Her younger brother,

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is also an actor who works in

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. Farah Khan Ali who was born as the eldest child out of the four is a jewelry designer and Sussanne's second sister, Simone Khan, is an interior designer. She is the niece of late actor

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and director Akbar Khan (brothers of Sanjay Khan) and first cousin of Bollywood actor,

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Career

After obtaining an Associate of Arts degree in interior designing in 1995 from Brooks College in the US, Khan started her career as an interior designer in 1996 by following the footsteps of her mother who was also a well-known interior designer during her active career. In 2011, she partnered with fellow interior designer and a well recognised film producer,

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, to launch and introduce ''The Charcoal Project'' foundation in Mumbai, which is the first interior fashion design store in India. The Charcoal Project is also considered as the most popular design store in India. She worked for The Label Life, an

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fashion lifestyle company established in 2012. She was employed as the first interior fashion designer for the company. In 2014, she launched the official branch of

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campus in Mumbai and supporting the students of the academy by handling scholarships.

Personal life

Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan at Karan Johar's birthday, 30 May, 2012

Khan married

in 2000 after dating for four years. The couple ended their 13-year-old relationship in 2013 and got divorced a year later, after having two sons. However, they still remain close friends and spent the lockdown during 2020 together with their sons. She was involved in the Dragon fly club raid in December 2020. In May 2022, Sussanne Khan shared a photo with boyfriend Arslan Goni, confirming their relationship.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Sussanne 1978 births Living people Indian people Indian women Indian women fashion designers Artists from Mumbai Indian people of Pashtun descent Indian people of Afghan descent Indian people of Iranian descent Parsi people Parsi people from Mumbai Indian Muslims Indian Shia Muslims Indian women designers 21st-century Indian designers Women artists from Maharashtra People from Mumbai