Imran Khan Pal famously known as Imran Khan (born 13 January 1983) is an American-born Bollywood film star. He is of Bengali descent.
BackgroundImran is the son of Anil Pal and Nuzhat Khan. Anil, who works as a senior manager at Yahoo in Silicon Valley, was a classmate of director Mansoor Khan, Nuzhat's brother, at IIT Bombay. Anil and Nuzhat married but divorced when Imran was one and half years old. He grew up with the surname Khan as his mother brought him up. However, before joining the film industry he lived with his father to finish high school in California and then trained in film making in New York. He is also the nephew of actor Aamir Khan, director Mansoor Khan and the grandson of Nasir Hussain who was a noted director and producer. While living in India, he studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim in Mumbai.
CareerImran made appearances as a child artist in his uncle Aamir's films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992). Both times he played the role of a young Aamir Khan. He aspired to be a director, as that was his original plan before he entered Bollywood as an actor.
Imran joined Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute in Mumbai.
He made his debut as a lead actor in the 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, which was produced by his uncle Aamir Khan and co-starred Genelia D'Souza. The film received excellent reviews from the critics and was successful at the box office.
Personal lifeImran is currently dating Avantika Malik, an ex-girlfriend of actor Ranbir Kapoor.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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