Imtiaz Khan was a popular Indian actor. His brother, the late Bollywood actor Amjad Khan, is famously known as âGabbar Singh.â
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Wiki/Biography
Imtiaz Khan was born on Thursday, 15 October 1942 (age 77 years at the time of death), in Peshawar, British India (Now Pakistan). He did his schooling from St. Andrew’s High School in Bandra, Mumbai. He attended R D National College to complete his graduation. [1]YouTube
Family & Caste
Imtiaz Khan was born in a Pashtun family in Peshawar. [2]Wikipedia
Parents & Siblings
His father, Jayant aka Zakaria Khan was a well-known Bollywood actor. His motherâs name is Quamran Sultan (Qamar Khan). His brothers, Amjad Khan and Inayat Khan were actors too. His paternal grandfather, Syed Ahmad Khan belonged to a Pathani Peshawar family and was the ADC of Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar.
Relationships, Wife & Children
Reportedly, he got married to a lady named Roshan in the early ’80s, who was a junior artist in films, but later, they got separated. Imtiaz Khanâs second wife is the popular TV actress, Krutika Desai, who has worked in the TV serials like âDekh Bhai Dekhâ (1993), âChandrakantaâ (1994), and âMere Angne Meinâ (2015). Imtiaz and Krutika had adopted a girl child, Ayesha Khan.
Career
While he was in college, he started acting in theatre plays. He had directed many theatre plays, including âAe Mere Watan Ke Logon,â âLoot,â and âChunchun Karti Aai Chidiya.â
He started his career as a child actor.
He appeared as an actor in the Bollywood film âNazneenâ in 1951.
He acted in more than 80 Bollywood films, including âYaadon Ki Baaraatâ (1973), âPyara Dostâ (1982), âAmeer Aadmi Gareeb Aadmiâ (1985), âDak Banglaâ (1987), âDo Gaz Zameen Ke Neecheâ (1972), and ‘Dayar E Madina’ (1975).
He started his career as a Bollywood director with the film, âZindagi Ki Raahen,â but the film got shelved. Later, he directed many Bollywood films but most of his films got shelved. Later, he assisted the Bollywood director, Chetan Anand in various films. He had directed and produced a few Gujarati TV serials. He had also directed Hindi TV serials for Doordarshan, like âAnkahiâ (1982) and âNoor Jahanâ (2000).
Controversy
While he was working as a Bollywood director, his name was linked up with the veteran Bollywood actress, Reena Roy. Reena got very upset with such rumours and denied to work in Imtiazâs film. [3]IMDB
Death
On 15 March 2020, Imtiaz took his last breath in Mumbai.
Facts/Trivia
- He had changed his name from Zecharian Khan to Imtiaz Khan before debuting as an actor in Bollywood.
- Many renowned Indian celebrities shared old photos of Imtiaz on their Twitter account, sharing the grief on Imtiaz’s death.
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