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Fawad Afzal Khan (born 29 November 1981) is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, songwriter and singer known for his work in films and television. Khan is a recipient of several accolades, including a
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, two
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, and six
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. Khan began his acting career on the television sitcom, ''Jutt and Bond''. He formed an
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band,
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, with the show's co-stars and began his music career as its lead singer. The band appeared on the finale of ''
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'' in 2002 and Khan became known for its 2003 debut album, ''
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''. After about 250 performances, he left the band to pursue a film career. Khan made his film debut with a supporting role in the social drama, ''
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'' (2007), one of Pakistan's highest-grossing films. He had his first success in television
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, '' Dastaan'' (2010), for which he received the Best Male Actor Award at the
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. Khan played a lead role in the Pakistani television serial ''
Humsafar ''Humsafar'' () is a 2011 Pakistani television series based on the novel of the same name by Farhat Ishtiaq (who also wrote the screenplay) and directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat. It stars Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan, Naveen Waqar in lead roles ...
'' (2011), and appeared in
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's family drama ''
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'' (2012). For both performances, he received the Lux Style Award for Best Actor. Khan made his
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debut with the romantic comedy, '' Khoobsurat'' (2014), for which he received the
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. He further received critical praise for starring in the family drama ''
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'' (2016), which earned him a nomination for the
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. Following a brief hiatus, Khan made a comeback with his
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debut in the miniseries '' Ms. Marvel'' (2022) as Hassan. His action-adventure film ''
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'' (2022) became Pakistan's highest-grossing film of all time.


Early life and education

Khan was born on 29 November 1981 in
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. He belongs to a
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family but can't speak
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. His father was born in
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(present-day
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) whereas his mother's family was native of
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(present-day
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,
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), who moved to Pakistan after the 1947 partition of
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. When Khan was young, his father was in pharmaceutical sales, which required the family to live in
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,
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,
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and
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during the
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. His family moved to
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when he was 13. He has two sisters; his older sister, Aliya, is an architect and his younger sister, Sana, is a
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. He currently lives in Lahore. Khan studied at an American school, where he said he faced racial issues and was bullied because of his shy, calm, non-combative nature. Khan passed his
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at the
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, Johar Town (LGS JT), and received a bachelor's degree in
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from the
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(NUCES) in Lahore. Because he could not find a job as a
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, he soon began acting. In a ''
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'' interview, Khan said that he had also failed to find a job in marketing. By then he could play guitar, bass and drums, and became
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's lead singer. Khan's first amateur performance was in the title role of a play, ''Spartacus''.


Acting career


Debut, breakthrough and television success (20002013)

Khan's first
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role was a bumbling spy named Bond with his bandmate,
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, in the 2001 sitcom ''Jutt and Bond''. His debut film was
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's
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''
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'', where he played a musician who is brainwashed by the local
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. Although the film received positive reviews, critical response to Khan's performance was mixed.
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of
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called it "strictly OK", but ''
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'' film critic Gaurav Malani found him "engaged" in the role of an extremist. Released in 2007, the film grossed 250 million and is one of Pakistan's highest-grossing films. Khan received the Lux Style Award for Best Actor – Film in 2008, and appeared in the TV series ''Dil Deke Jaenge''. Later that year, in
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's travel adventure TV series ''
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'', he played an engineer who goes on a road trip. In 2010, Khan played a conservative, middle-class boy in the telefilm ''Aaj Kuch Na Kaho''. Although it received negative reviews, ''
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'' found Khan "superbly convincing" and called him the film's "only redeeming factor". That year, he starred with
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in
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's
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TV series '' Dastaan''. Based on
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's novel, '' Bano'', its story (set in the 1940s) revolves around the separation of a young couple during the 1947 partition. A ''Dawn'' reviewer wrote that Khan and his costars gave "superlative performances to match Samira Fazal's wonderful script", and ''
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'' praised the lead pair's onscreen chemistry. For his performance, Khan won the Best Drama Actor award at the ''
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''. Haissam Hussain's comedy ''
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'', a modern adaptation of '' Mirat-ul-Uroos'', was Khan's first television series in 2011; he played Asghar, an unambitious villager who wants to marry one of his cousins. In an interview with ''
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'' Anuj Kumar, Khan described his character as "completely oaf sh. In ''
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'', his third collaboration with Hussain, he starred with Sanam Baloch,
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and
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as a computer engineer who wants to take over his uncle's business. Khan later starred with
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in
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's TV serial drama, ''
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'', for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2012
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. ''Humsafar'' is Pakistan's highest-rated television serial. The series and Khan's performance were praised. Ranika Rajani praised ''Humsafar'' in ''
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'', calling it a "breath of fresh air" and preferring it to Indian soap operas. According to Rajani, the lead pair's chemistry was the biggest factor in the show's success.
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critic Ritka Handoo enjoyed the protagonists' performances, calling the Khans a "quite believable onscreen couple". Khan's first 2012 role was Rohail, a
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resident who goes to Pakistan to marry his cousin but instead marries her sister, in Sarmad Khoosat's '' Ashk''. That year, he played a member of an affluent family (with
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) in
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's family-drama TV series ''
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''. The serial, one of the most critically acclaimed
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, also received widespread praise in
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. Dipti Sharma of ''The Indian Express'' enjoyed Khan's skillful portrayal. The role earned him several awards, including the
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and the Lux Style Award for Best Actor – Satellite. Khan's last TV serial was
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's sociodrama, ''
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''. Broadcast in 2013, Khan played a boy who secretly marries a girl in
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and is forced to marry another girl when he returns to Pakistan. '' Behadd'', director Asim Raza's telefilm, featured Khan as a young divorcee who proposes to a widow who is the mother of a teenage girl. The ''
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'' noted that Khan's character in ''Behadd'' was different from those in ''Humsafar'' and ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'', calling it "another benchmark". His last telefilm was Anjum Shahzad's romance '' Armaan'' (with
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), where he played a young, flirtatious boy. He also co-wrote the telefilm's screenplay, with
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."Fawad Khan: I don't want to be a romantic hero"
(25 March 2016), ''FRIDAY magazine''. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


Work in India (2014–2016)

Khan was originally expected to make his debut in
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, commonly known as 'Bollywood', soon after the release of ''
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'' but the unstable political situation between India and Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks delayed it. He made his Bollywood debut in
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's 2014
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, '' Khoobsurat'', with
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. Khan played Vikram Singh Rathore, Kapoor's love interest and the son of her patient. On
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, Ritika Handoo praised his "immensely polished acting skills" and said that he fit his character very well. Deepanjana Pal of ''
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'' liked Gosh's decision to make Khan's character a sex object, feeling that he blazed a trail for other male actors in similar roles. The film was particularly well received in the UK, the
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, and Pakistan because of Khan's following in those countries from his television work. He received a
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for his role in the film. Khan made a cameo appearance in Asim Raza's
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film, ''
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'', in January 2016. He then had a main role in
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's family drama, ''
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''. The film, which featured Khan as part of an ensemble cast including
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,
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, and
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, was a commercial success. The actor received near-unanimous critical praise for his portrayal of Rahul Kapoor, a
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homosexual writer. A ''
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'' reviewer enjoyed Khan's performance, saying that his character creates an emotional connection with the audience, and
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film critic Saibal Chaterjee praised his self-assured performance. ''Kapoor & Sons'' earned Khan the Diversity Award at the
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and a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the
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. According to the film's producer,
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, "We went to six actors and after six rejections, I told Shakun Batra (director) that we should drop the idea and he started developing another screenplay. Later, in a flash of thought Fawad came to my mind. I sent him the script, he loved it and said he would do it." In September 2016, Johar said that Khan's wife pressured him to accept the role. Later in 2016, Khan appeared in a small role with
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in Karan Johar's romantic drama, ''
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''.
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found his role "far too little to justify the ridiculous kerfuffle his casting had caused", but called him the perfect choice for the part. In ''
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'' Subhash K. Jha described Khan's role as "meagre and sketchy". After the
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, relations between
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and
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deteriorated and the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) and the Film Producers Guild of India banned Pakistani artists from working in India until the situation normalised.


Acting comeback (2022–present)

In 2022, Khan made his acting comeback with his
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debut in '' Ms. Marvel'' as Hassan, Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel's great-grandfather. Later in 2022, Khan appeared in
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's
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, ''
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'', alongside
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and Hamza Ali Abbassi in which Fawad played the title role originated by
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. For the role, he gained considerable weight. It became the highest-grossing Pakistani film of all time as well as the highest-grossing Punjabi-language film of all time. In 2023, he appeared in Faisal Qureshi's comedy film ''
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'' which got mixed reviews. In 2024, Khan appeared in
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's 2024
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which garnered generally positive reviews from critics.


Upcoming projects

He is expected to appear as pop singer Alamgir in Sultan Ghani's ''Albela Rahi''. He will also be seen with
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in a film called Neelofer. Fawad Khan will also be seen in the lead role of renowned director and producer Haseeb Hasan's upcoming film "Aan". Khan will also be seen in Pakistan's first
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, ''Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait Lo'' which is an official adaptation of
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’s 2013 Urdu-language novel of the same name. He will star alongside
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,
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, and
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. In 2024, he started filming Aarti S. Bagdi's romantic comedy '' Abir Gulaal'' in the UK, alongside
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, the film was scheduled for release on 9 May 2025 but was later postponed indefinitely following the
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and the ensuing India–Pakistan diplomatic tensions.


Music career

Two rock bands,
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's Entity and Khan's Paradigm, were active in
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between 1994 and 2000. The bands collaborated on the title track of a television sitcom, ''Jutt and Bond'' (featuring Khan and Ahmed Ali Butt), in the early 2000s. This collaboration led to the bands' merger into
Entity Paradigm Entity Paradigm (Punjabi language, Punjabi, , in English sometimes shortened as EP) was a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, formed in 2000. The band was founded by songwriter and guitarist Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan, Xulfi, vo ...
. The new band appeared in the 2002 finale of ''
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'', losing to the band ''Aaroh''. Entity Paradigm's debut album, ''
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'', was released in October 2003; it received broad critical appreciation, particularly the popular romantic track "Rahguzar". The band broke up in 2007, reuniting in 2010 to participate in the third season of '' Coke Studio'' (where they covered
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'' listed it among the year's most popular Pakistani songs in the newspaper's online poll. Khan was featured in its video (directed by
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), and said that he had played almost 250 shows as a musician. He left the band in 2012 to focus on his acting career. Khan appeared as a judge on ''
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'' in July 2017, with
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and
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'', Khan "preferred to acknowledge the raw live energy on stage." Khan and the other members of Entity Paradigm reunited and performed "Hamesha" in the show's finale.


Other work and media image

Khan attended Islamic Relief USA fundraisers in San Jose and
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, and raised money for the Shukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in
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. He has supported
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by participating in children's carnivals in 2014 and 2017. In March 2015, Khan toured the
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and
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and raised money for Pakistani charities; he has also raised money in London for charitable organisations in Pakistan. He and his wife participated in a musical tour of the United States to raise money for charitable organisations throughout Pakistan. In November 2015, they officiated at the launch of a tree-planting event organised by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Peshawar. Khan appeared in
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's music video, "Urainge", which was made as a tribute to the victims of the 2014 Peshawar school attack. He is the Italian brand Giovanni's
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in Pakistan. Khan is also the Pakistani brand ambassador for the
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,
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, Oye Hoye, Tapal Tea, Zameen.com, Servis Shoes,
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,
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,
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, Warid,
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, Tarang,
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, Clear, Olper's,
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, Bold, Nestle,
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and TUC biscuits. He has been an ambassador for the
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's
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cricket team since January 2016. Khan modeled for fashion designer Munib Nawaz in 2010, Umar Sayeed in 2012, and for the Republic by Omar Farooq in 2015. Khan is one of the highest-paid actors in the Pakistani film industry. According to director and producer
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, "Fawad is the closest actor to
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." Soon after the release of '' Khoobsurat'', ''
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''s Mimansa Shekhar wrote that the actor redefined the Bollywood actor with charm, replacing "stereotype body builders with six packs". After the success of ''
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'', Nirmalya Dutta of ''
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'' called Khan's portrayal of a gay male "a big leap forward for India's
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"; in India, where homosexuality was illegal at that time, "Khan had the guts and gumption to play this seminal role." In August 2016,
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said that Khan opened a door by playing a gay man and he was now comfortable playing such a role. Khan is described by
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media as one of its most attractive men, and he was named the Most Beautiful Man at the 2015 Vogue Beauty Awards. He was ranked third in the ''
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'' 50 Most Desirable Men poll in 2014 and 2015, and was fifth in 2016. In November 2014, Khan received the Fresh Face of the Year Award at the ''Hello!'' Hall of Fame Awards in India. The British magazine ''
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'' ranked Khan seventh in 2014 and sixth from 2015 to 2018 third and sixth on its annual list of sexiest Asian men. For his style and fashion, he received the Crush of the Year Award at the Grazia Young Fashion Awards. TC Candler, an independent critics list, nominated Khan as one of the 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2017. He was nominated for the International Pakistan Prestige Award for Style Icon of the Year in September 2017 (which went to
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). '' The Herald'' named Khan one of its 10 People of 2016. He was ranked the fifth-most-popular Bollywood actor of November 2014, and was called the most popular Bollywood actor in March 2016 by Times Celebex. ''MenXP'' ranked Khan 37th on its Most Popular Bollywood celebrities of 2014 list. He was the first Pakistani to appear on the cover of ''
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'' magazine, in September 2014, and again appeared on its cover in October 2015 and March 2016. ''Hi! Blizt'' magazine featured Khan on its cover in 2016. He received the Best Male Debut Award at the IBNlive Movie Awards, with 48.54 per cent of the vote.


Personal life

Khan married Sadaf Khan (née Ahmad) in 2005 after an eight-year courtship. They have three children. Khan and his wife founded Silk by Fawad Khan, a clothing line, whose debut collection was launched in August 2012 in Lahore. He was diagnosed with
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at age 17, after an accident which damaged his pancreas. The accident occurred behind a swimming pool, where Khan was scratched and jumped into untreated water. He later realized he had the disease when he lost . Khan performed
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, the annual pilgrimage of Muslims to
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, along with his family in 2018 and was therein invited to the Annual Hajj Lunch by
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and
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of
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.


Filmography


Films

* ''All films are in Urdu unless otherwise noted.''


Television series


Web series


Telefilms


Others


Discography


Other appearances


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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