Name	Kidnap
Caption	movie poster
Director	Sanjay Gadhvi
Producer	Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Pvt. Ltd.
Writer	Shibani Bathija
Starring	Sanjay DuttImran KhanMinissha LambaVidya Malvade
Music	Pritam
Cinematography	Bobby Singh
Distributor	Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Pvt. Ltd.
Released	1 October 2008 (Worldwide)2 October 2008 (India)
Runtime	163 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs 40 crore
Gross	Rs. 34.99 crores

Kidnap is a Bollywood film starring Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, Minissha Lamba and Vidya Malvade. The film is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, who earlier directed the hit films Dhoom (2004) and Dhoom 2 (2006).

Synopsis

Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother, Mallika (Vidya Malvade) and grandmother (Reema Lagoo) because her parents had divorced when she was ten. A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, she picks an argument with her mother about her coming home late after the Christmas Party. Her mother tells her to stay within limits and arrive home in time. She is reluctant to abide by the rule and after much negotiation demands that she would listen to everything if she gets to meet her father. Then she leaves home and goes swimming in the sea to vent out. Far into the sea, she vanishes underwater.

She wakes up in the evening in a cottage which has no exit. At first she doesn't believe that she has been kidnapped and thinks that her friends are playing a prank on her. The abductor Kabir (Imran Khan) tells her how she came there. When she went swimming in the open sea, he pulled her below the water surface and knocked her unconscious using a bottled chloroform.

On the other hand, everyone is worried at her home. Next morning, her mother receives a call from Kabir wherein he says that he is interested in speaking to her father, Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt), a New York based Indian business tycoon, with whom he has an old score to settle.

Vikrant Raina is introduced as a very cruel and heartless person but a very wealthy man, worth of USD 51.7 billion. He is in India because he believes someone has emptied a large share of his money. While there, he sees Mallika in the lounge and asks what brought her there. She tells him that Sonia has been kidnapped and that the kidnapper wants to speak to him only.

Its around 3 p.m. when the kidnapper calls again. Vikrant and Sonia speak to each other for the first time in eight years. Kabir tells Vikrant that the money is safe in his own account. Vikrant wants to know what the reason behind the kidnapping is. Kabir tells him that he has to do a couple of things so as to release his daughter. The very first of them is saying "Sorry" to Sister Margaret whom he would find on a train from Panvel at 4 p.m. Vikrant says its crazy to reach there in half an hour. But Kabir tells him that she has a clue of how the father and daughter can meet. Vikrant is determined to reach the place by 4 and he has to overcome unwarranted circumstances. Sister Margaret hands over a piece of paper which has a poetry written on it. Vikrant knows there is something in it so he involves a detective Irfan (Rahul Dev) who has solved many corporate kidnapping case successfully in the past.

But Kabir is interested in playing a deadly game with Raina. He is asked to perform daring tasks (like robbery from a business rival's house) which would reward him with a clue to identify the kidnapper and the motive of kidnapping and at the same time Kabir start to lose control with Sonia but still he stays away from her.

On the other hand its hard to believe for Sonia that she has been kidnapped. Initially Kabir is good with her but when she tries to stab Kabir by the name of flirting and hurt his leg and he becomes furious so he tries to misbehave her but he understands that this is not his motivation and leaves her but he ties her up.

He survives and takes her to the known cottage. She soon realizes that this house is old cottage. Kabir tells her that when he was a kid he was accused of kidnapping Sonia by Raina when he was trying to save his friend who had fallen from a ladder by borrowing Raina's car which was known to him. He spent a lot of time in jail too. He shows Sonia all the marks he had in prison.

One day when he calls no one picks up. He decides to pay a visit there but is detected by Raina and Irfan. He loses Raina but lets him meet his daughter. He tells him to remove Irfan and that he has to flee a prisoner next. Raina does it and follows Kabir. But Irfan attacks Kabir and Raina loses his trail.

Vikrant gets to know Sonia's location and reaches there but doesn't find her. The next task is a murder on New Year Eve night,which turns out to be of kabir himself.. After he does it,Kabir emerges safe and asks him if he really thinks that Kabir was a criminal.After saying sorry to Kabir,Raina finds himself all alone and he gets to know where Sonia is from Kabir's jacket and rescues her.

In the end he unites with his wife and the family is happy. At the end Sonia, Vikrant, and Mallika are shown at a restaurant. Sonia starts saying that how happy she is about her family being back together, but starts crying because of how happy she is. While she is going to the washroom to freshen up someone says "Hey you," who turns out to be Kabir. Kabir then says that he's sorry for what he did to her and she didn't deserve it. Kabir tells her that he now works at a software company. Sonia says that she wishes him the best in life and he says the same to her. He then jokingly says that next time she goes swimming she shouldn't go to far out in the sea. They say good-bye and go their own ways.

Cast

Sanjay Dutt ... Vicky Raina

Imran Khan (actor) ... Kabir Sharma

Minissha Lamba ... Sonia Raina

Vidya Malvade ... Mallika Raina

Reema Lagoo ... Sonia's Grandmother

Rahul Dev ... Irfan

Sheila Sharma ... Orphanage Mother

Rushita Pandaya ... Junior Sonia Raina

Sophie Choudry ... Special Appearance

Raj Zutshi ... Mahesh Verma

Ankita Makwana ... Friendly Appearance

Release

Box Office

Kidnap was released on 3 October 2008. Raw Box Office Net Collections: Rs. 21.72 crores (2008) Adjusted Net: Rs. 25.27 crores Kidnap Box Office Gross: Rs. 30.07 crores (2008) Adjusted Gross: Rs. 34.99 crores Overseas: $120,000 (USA), £365,000 (UK) after four weeks and was not expected to recover its Rs 40 crore budget.

Awards

IIFA Best Villain Award Imran Khan

Critical Reception

The movie received generally poor reviews from critics. Elvis D'Silva of rediff gave the movie 2 stars out of 5, criticizing the performances of Sanjay Dutt and Minissha Lamba. Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes Movies gave the movie 2.5 stars, praising the story line and climax. Taran Adarsh gave the movie 2 stars out of 5, criticising the script as one "that easily ranks amongst the worst of 2008" while praising the performance of Imran Khan. Abhishek Mande of Buzz18 rated the movie 2/5, describing the movie as "seriously funny" The Movie did better than Goldie Behl's Drona (film) who came out the same day as Kidnap.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Pritam

References

External links

Official website

Category:Hindi-language films Category:Indian films Category:2008 films

Name	Minissha Lamba
Birthname	Minissha Lamba
Birthdate	January 18, 1985
Birth place	Kashmir, India
Othername	Minissha Mini Minissh
Ethinicity	Indian
Religion	Hindu
Yearsactive	2005-present
Spouse	None
Occupation	Actress

Minissha Lamba (born on 18 January 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is known mostly for her role in Bachna Ae Haseeno and Kidnap.

Personal life

Minissha was born in a Sikh family of Delhi ,her grandparents hailing from Lahore in the erstwhile undivided Punjab. Growing up, her father was in the hospitality business and this gave her the opportunity to travel around the country and meet many people. She can converse in Hindi, Punjabi, English and French fluently.

Career

Lamba's long term ambition was to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, Lamba pursued modelling as a hobby and soon became a well-placed model in the Indian modelling industry. Examples of Lamba's early modelling work include several television commercials for companies such as LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk, and also others. She has also done a music video (Tera Suroor) for the hit music album Aap Ka Suroor by Himesh Reshammiya.

She did her schooling from Sherwood Hall and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both in Chennai. In 2004, she majored in English with honours from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Her first movie "Yahaan", which was directed by Shoojit Sircar was released in 2005. Critics praised the movie citing Lamba's performance as one of the highlights. In 2008, she acted in Siddharth Anand's film Bachna Ae Haseeno which stars Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone along with Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles. This movie was produced by Yashraj Films. Her next major role was in the Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba (2010), which was highly acclaimed at Cannes Film Festival.

She is currently working on a movie series called "Mysticism”; its eight versions will be directed by four different directors including Soham Shah and Sanjay Gadhvi. She has also posed for Maxim India. she is often considered as a sex symbol.she went to Bangladesh for opening Shoppers World.

Filmography

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Television show

Chhoona Hai Aasmaan Special Appearance

References

External links

Category:Indian film actors Category:Hindi film actors Category:1985 births Category:Indian Sikhs Category:Indian female models Category:Living people Category:University of Delhi alumni Category:Indian actors Category:Punjabi people

Playername	Imran Khan
Country	Pakistan
Fullname	Imran Khan Niazi
Living	true
Dayofbirth	25
Monthofbirth	11
Yearofbirth	1952
Placeofbirth	Lahore, Punjab
Countryofbirth	Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	All-rounder
International	true
Testdebutdate	3 June
Testdebutyear	1971
Testdebutagainst	England
Testcap	65
Lasttestdate	7 January
Lasttestyear	1992
Lasttestagainst	Sri Lanka
Odidebutdate	31 August
Odidebutyear	1974
Odidebutagainst	England
Odicap	12
Lastodidate	25 March
Lastodiyear	1992
Lastodiagainst	England
Club1	Sussex
Year1	1977 – 1988
Club2	New South Wales
Year2	1984/85
Club3	PIA
Year3	1975 – 1981
Club4	Worcestershire
Year4	1971 – 1976
Club5	Oxford University
Year5	1973 – 1975
Club6	Lahore
Year6	1969 – 1971
| columns	4
Column1	Test
Matches1	88
Runs1	3807
Bat avg1	37.69
100s/50s1	6/18
Top score1	136
Deliveries1	19458
Wickets1	362
Bowl avg1	22.81
Fivefor1	23
Tenfor1	6
Best bowling1	8/58
Catches/stumpings1	28/–
Column2	ODI
Matches2	175
Runs2	3709
Bat avg2	33.41
100s/50s2	1/19
Top score2	102*
Deliveries2	7461
Wickets2	182
Bowl avg2	26.61
Fivefor2	1
Tenfor2	n/a
Best bowling2	6/14
Catches/stumpings2	36/–
Column3	FC
Matches3	382
Runs3	17771
Bat avg3	36.79
100s/50s3	30/93
Top score3	170
Deliveries3	65224
Wickets3	1287
Bowl avg3	22.32
Fivefor3	70
Tenfor3	13
Best bowling3	8/34
Catches/stumpings3	117/–
Column4	LA
Matches4	425
Runs4	10100
Bat avg4	33.22
100s/50s4	5/66
Top score4	114*
Deliveries4	19122
Wickets4	507
Bowl avg4	22.31
Fivefor4	6
Tenfor4	n/a
Best bowling4	6/14
Catches/stumpings4	84/–
Date	26 June
Year	2008
Source	http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1383/1383.html CricketArchive

Imran Khan Niazi (Punjabi, }}) (born 25 November 1952) is a retired Pakistani cricketer who played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century and has been a politician since the mid-1990s. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a charity worker and cricket commentator.

Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982-1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.

In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice), a small and marginal political party, of which he is the only member ever elected to Parliament. and Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, in Lahore. A quiet and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up in a middle-class Niazi Pathan family with four sisters. Settled in Punjab, Khan's father descended from the Pashtun (Pathan) Niazi Shermankhel tribe of Mianwali in Punjab . Khan was educated at Aitchison College, the Cathedral School in Lahore, and the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket. In 1972, he enrolled to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in Politics and a third in Economics.

On 16 May 1995, Khan married English socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a convert to Islam, in a two-minute Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey. The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan, As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".

Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays. Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973-75 seasons.

In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976-77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia. Khan also achieved a Test Cricket Bowling rating of 922 points against India on 30 January 1983. Highest at the time, the performance ranks third on ICC's All Time Test Bowling Rating.

Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order. He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, Australia. He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so. Khan's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all-rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981-82. In 1996, Khan successfully defended himself in a libel action brought forth by former English captain and all-rounder Ian Botham and batsman Allan Lamb over comments they alleged were made by Khan in two articles about the above-mentioned ball-tampering and another article published in an Indian magazine, India Today. They claimed that, in the latter publication, Khan had called the two cricketers "racist, ill-educated and lacking in class." Khan protested that he had been misquoted, saying that he was defending himself after having admitted that he tampered with a ball in a county match 18 years ago. Khan won the libel case, which the judge labeled a "complete exercise in futility", with a 10-2 majority decision by the jury. the Guardian, the Independent, and the Telegraph. Khan also sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu and the Star TV network. while he was also a columnist for sify.com for the 2005 India-Pakistan Test series. He has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for BBC during the 1999 World Cup.

In November 2009 Khan underwent emergency surgery at Lahore's Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital to remove an obstruction in his small intestine.

Social work

For more than four years after retiring from cricket in 1992, Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By 1991, he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organization bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. As the Trust's maiden endeavor, Khan established Pakistan's first and only cancer hospital, constructed using donations and funds exceeding $25 million, raised by Khan from all over the world. Princess of Wales [Lady Diana] also visited Lahore in 1996 in order to raise funds for the Cancer hospital.

During the 1990s, Khan also served as UNICEF's Special Representative for Sports

On 27 April 2008, Khan's brainchild, a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College, was inaugurated. Namal College was built by the Mianwali Development Trust (MDT), as chaired by Khan, and was made an associate college of the University of Bradford in December 2005. Currently, Khan is building another cancer hospital in Karachi, using his successful Lahore institution as a model. While in London, he also works with the Lord’s Taverners, a cricket charity.

Political work

Name	Imran Khan Niazi
Birth date	November 25, 1952
Birth place	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse	Jemima Khan (1995 - 2004)
Children	2
Residence	Lahore
Occupation	Political activist / social worker
Religion	Islam
Website	http://www.insaf.pk/

A few years after the end of his professional career as a cricketer, Khan entered electoral politics while admitting that he had never voted in an election before. Since then, his most significant political work has been to protest against ruling politicians such as Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Zardari and his opposition to the US and UK foreign policy. Khan's "politics are not taken seriously in Pakistan and at best rated as single column news items in most newspapers." As reported and by his own admission, Khan's most prominent political supporters are women and the youth. In Pakistan, the reaction to his political work has been reported to be such that, "Mention his name at dinner tables and the reaction is the same: people roll their eyes, chuckle lightly, then exhale a sad sigh."

On 25 April 1996, Khan founded his own political party called the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) with a proposed slogan of "Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem." During the 2002 election season, he also voiced his opposition to Pakistan's logistical support of US troops in Afghanistan by claiming that their country had become a "servant of America." Once in office, Khan voted in favor of the pro-Taliban Islamist candidate for prime minister in 2002, bypassing Musharraf's choice.

On 6 May 2005, Khan became one of the first Muslim figures to criticize a 300-word Newsweek story about the alleged desecration of the Qur'an in a U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Khan held a press conference to denounce the article and demanded that Gen. Pervez Musharraf secure an apology from American president George W. Bush for the incident. During George W. Bush's visit to Pakistan in March 2006, Khan was placed under house arrest in Islamabad after his threats of organizing a protest.

On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Khan joined 85 other MPs to resign from Parliament in protest of the Presidential election scheduled for 6 October, which General Musharraf was contesting without resigning as army chief. On 3 November 2007, Khan was put under house arrest at his father's home hours after President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. Khan had demanded the death penalty for Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, which he equated to "committing treason". The next day, on 4 November, Khan escaped and went into peripatetic hiding. He eventually came out of hiding on 14 November to join a student protest at the University of the Punjab. At the rally, Khan was captured by students from the Jamaat-i-Islami political party, who claimed that Khan was an uninvited nuisance at the rally, and they handed him over to the police, who charged him under the Anti-terrorism act for allegedly inciting people to pick up arms, calling for civil disobedience, and for spreading hatred. Incarcerated in the Dera Ghazi Khan Jail, Khan's relatives had access to him and were able to meet him to deliver goods during his week-long stay in jail. On 19 November, Khan let out the word through PTI members and his family that he had begun a hunger strike but the Deputy Superintendent of Dera Ghazi Khan Jail denied this news, saying that Khan had bread, eggs and fruit for breakfast. Khan was one of the 3,000 political prisoners released from imprisonment on 21 November 2007.

His party boycotted the national elections on 18 February 2008 and hence, no member of PTI has served in Parliament since Khan's resignation in 2007. Despite no longer being a member of Parliament, Khan was placed under house arrest in the crackdown by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari of anti-government protests on 15 March 2009.

Ideology

Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the 1990s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.

Khan has credited his decision to enter politics with a spiritual awakening, influenced by his conversations with a mystic from the Sufi sect of Islam that began in the last years of his cricket career. "I never drank or smoked, but I used to do my share of partying. In my spiritual evolution there was a block," he explained to the American Washington Post. As an MP, Khan sometimes voted with a bloc of hard-line religious parties such as the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, whose leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, he supported for prime minister over Musharraf's candidate in 2002. Rehman is a pro-Taliban cleric who has called for holy war against the United States. In June 2007, Khan publicly deplored Britain for knighting Indian-born author Salman Rushdie. He said, "Western civilisation should have been mindful of the injury the writer had caused to the Muslim community by writing his highly controversial book, The Satanic Verses."

Criticism

During the 1970s and 1980s, Khan became known as a socialite due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp. though he claims to have hated English pubs and never drank alcohol. Khan is often dismissed as a political lightweight Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a political party, has asserted that Khan is "a sick person who has been a total failure in politics and is alive just because of the media coverage". The Political observers say the crowds he draws are attracted by his cricketing celebrity, and the public has been reported to view him as a figure of entertainment rather than a serious political authority. Yet, he joined forces with Sharif in 2008 against Musharraf. In a column entitled "Will the Real Imran Please Stand Up," Pakistani columnist Amir Zia quoted one of PTI's Karachi-based leaders as saying, "Even we are finding it difficult to figure out the real Imran. He dons the shalwar-kameez and preaches desi and religious values while in Pakistan, but transforms himself completely while rubbing shoulders with the elite in Britain and elsewhere in the west."

In 2008, as part of the Hall of Shame awards for 2007, Pakistan's Newsline magazine gave Khan the "Paris Hilton award for being the most undeserving media darling." The 'citation' for Khan read: "He is the leader of a party that is the proud holder of one National Assembly seat (and) gets media coverage inversely proportional to his political influence." The Guardian has described the coverage garnered by Khan's post-retirement activities in England, where he made his name as a cricket star and a night-club regular, as "terrible tosh, with danger attached. It turns a great (and greatly miserable) Third World nation into a gossip-column annex. We may all choke on such frivolity." After the 2008 general elections, political columnist Azam Khalil addressed Khan, who remains respected as a cricket legend, as one of the "utter failures in Pakistani politics". Writing in the Frontier Post, Khalil added: "Imran Khan has time and again changed his political course and at present has no political ideology and therefore was not taken seriously by a vast majority of the people."

Awards and honours

In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz. He had received the President’s Pride of Performance Award in 1983. Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College. On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project.

In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket. He was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1983, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year in 1985, and the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1990.

On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities. On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan. In 2009, at International Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

Writings by Khan

Khan occasionally contributes opinion editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics to British newspapers. He has also published five works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy. It was disclosed in 2008 that Khan did not write his second book, Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan. Instead, his the book's publisher Jeremy Lewis revealed in a memoir that he had to write the book for Khan. Lewis recalls that when he asked Khan to show his writing for publication, "he handed me a leatherbound notebook or diary containing a few jottings and autobiographical snippets. It took me, at most, five minutes to read them; and that, it soon became apparent, was all we had to go on."

Books

Articles

Guardian comments, political and cricket commentary by Khan

Telegraph columns, sports articles penned by Khan from 2000 to present

We must address the root causes of this terror, Khan's editorial in the Independent following the 11 September attacks

Benazir Bhutto has only herself to blame, Khan's 2007 editorial on Bhutto's return to Pakistan

References

Further reading

External links

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Khan's political party

Imran Khan - Chancellor, homepage at the University of Bradford

An Intimate Encounter, interview with Khan by Dapne Barak

Imran Khan interviewed by Mehdi Hasan on New Statesman.

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