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ABOUT IRRFAN
KHAN:
Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan also popularly known as Irrfan Khan is an
Indian actor in film, television and theatre.
Khan has spread his acting prowess beyond
India and is today one of the celebrated
Indian faces internationally. Khan has won three
Filmfare Awards, a
Screen Actors Guild Award, and an
Independent Spirit Award nomination. In
2011, he became a recipient of the
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in
India. He has appeared in more than 30 films in Bollywood, to name a few remarkable roles of the actor are
Paan Singh Tomar,
Haasil,
Life in a metro,
Gunday,
Maqbool, and
Haider.
Khan is probably India's most successful export to
Hollywood, having tasted success with experimental roles in several critically acclaimed films such as e
The Namesake,
New York, I Love You,
A Mighty Heart,
The Darjeeling Limited,
Slumdog Millionaire,
The Amazing Spider-Man,
Life of Pi, and
Jurassic World, and in the
HBO series In Treatment. Khan recently shot for his two upcoming international projects:
Dan Brown's
Inferno and another Japanese-American
TV series.
Khan's film
Piku was one of the most appreciated films of the year
2015 for which he also received a best actor's award at
the Indian Film Festival. He was also marked as the first "
Million Dollar Khan" in Bollywood with worldwide success of his
Hollywood film Jurassic World. We would also be seeing him wooing audience in his forthcoming films
Jazbaa and
Talvar.
Khan was born and brought up in
Jaipur, India. He was born into a Muslim Nawab family. He was studying for his
M.A. degree when he earned a scholarship to study at
National School of Drama (
NSD) in
New Delhi in
1984.
- published: 24 Oct 2015
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