Fardeen Khan born on 8 March 1974 is the son of
Sundri and famed Indian actor/director
Feroz Khan, who is originally from Bangalore. While he was brought up in India,
Fardeen studied abroad.
Fardeen's father is Muslim and of Afghan (Pathan) ethnicity.
He completed his education in business management (B.A) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. He also trained at
Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute.
Khan made his debut in November 1998 with
Prem Aggan which was directed by his father.The film got a lukewarm response at the Box office but his career got resurrected in a film by
Ram Gopal Varma 'Jungle' which did moderate business.After that,he got numerous offers from acclaimed directors and his career graph showed a steady progress.
In 2005 he starred in the multi-starrer comedy
No Entry which was the year's highest grossing film. Since then, his succeeding films have not done well. His recent 2007 release was
Heyy Babyy which has taken an impressive start at the
box office and could look set to be one of the years biggest hits. He is currently working in a film which also stars
Shahrukh Khan ,
Sushmita Sen and
Tara Sharma in pivotal roles. He is also working on an animated film titled
EKEH 2.0 (
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena) which will feature music by
The Bilz and Kashif.
Fardeen Khan comes from a distinguished film family; his father is actor and director
Feroz Khan and his uncle is actor
Sanjay Khan. His cousins are actor
Zayed Khan and designer
Sussanne Roshan, who is married to
Hrithik Roshan.He was involved in many scandals before he made an entrance in
Bollywood.He was romantically linked with Model
Roheen Khan but they broke up.
Fardeen khan was also involved in an affair with
Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt when
Fardeen was studying in the University Of Massachusetts but after dating they broke up.
He is married to
Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of former actress
Mumtaz and business tycoon
Mayur Madhwani. The two were engaged in a private ceremony in London on May 6, 2005. The marriage ceremony took place on December 14, 2005 via a registration service. The ceremony itself was conducted according to Muslim and Hindu rites.
On May 4, 2001
Fardeen along with drug pedler
Naseer Abdul Kareem Khan were arrested after the former attempted to purchase
cocaine from the latter at an ATM centre Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme, a Mumbai suburb. The police caught
Naseer and Fardeen with 9g of cocaine.
