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Amjad Zakaria Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films, the most famous being the iconic Gabbar Singh in the 1975 classic Sholay and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978).
Amjad Khan was born in Adezai, a small village of Peshawar, British India, to legendary actor Jayant. His brothers are actors Imtiaz Khan and Inayat Khan who acted in one film. His family was originally from the city of Peshawar, in modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan).
Khan was educated at St.Andrew's High School, in Bandra, Mumbai. He attended R D National College where he was the general secretary, the highest elected student body representative.
Before Amjad Khan came to films he was a theatre actor. His first role was in the film Nazneen (1951). His next role was at the age of 17 in the film Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957). He made appearances in minor roles with father Jayant in a few films. He assisted K. Asif in Love And God in the late 1960s and had a brief appearance in the film. The film was left incomplete after Asif's death in 1971, and it ended up releasing in 1986. In 1973 he made his debut as an adult in Hindustan Ki Kasam.
Actors: Brahmaji (actor), Prakash Raj (actor), Srikanth (actor), Ravi Teja (actor), Devi Sri Prasad (composer), Lakshmi Venugopal (miscellaneous crew), Sonali Bendre (actress), Krishna Vamshi (writer), Krishna Vamshi (writer), Krishna Vamshi (director), Kim Sharma (actress), Sangeetha (actress), Shafi (actor), Sunkara Madhu Murali (producer), Pooja Bharti (actress),
Genres: Action, Drama,