Sajid Khan

Sajid Khan (born 28 December 1951, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian actor. He is the adopted son of Indian film producer Mehboob Khan, founder of Mehboob Studios, in India.

Career

Sajid started acting as a child appearing as the younger version of Sunil Dutt's character in his father Mehboob's 1957 film Mother India. He played more central role in title role,in his father's next and last film Son of India in 1962. According to Rauf Ahmed, though the film was not a success at the box-office, Sajid's performance was praised by the critics. He went on to achieve fame in the United States with a co-starring role alongside Jay North in the 1966 film Maya. The film's success led to a television series of the same name airing on NBC from September 1967 to February 1968 where he had pivotal role becoming a "teen idol". He also had a short-lived singing career in 1969 with a self-titled album. He guest starred in the television series The Big Valley, It's Happening and after appearing in a handful of successful English films - The Prince and I, My Funny Girl, The Singing Filipina, Mahatma and the Mad Boy, he tried to get into Hindi films but none of his Hindi films from 1972 to 1983 ever worked. His career's peak period was in 1966–1974 and he was more successful in English films. He made his last film appearance in the Merchant-Ivory film Heat and Dust in 1983 which was successful.

Sajid Khan (writer)

Sajid Khan Havelian (Urdu: ساجد خان‎) (born March 15, 1972) is a Pakistan Urdu writer. His short stories has been published under the title "Mujhe Roshni chahiye" and are being referred to as an important addition in Urdu literature.

Early life

Sajid Khan was born in Havelian, Abbottabad, a well known city of Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa, Pakistan. His grand father, Mir Muhammad Khan Kialwi was a renowned business man. His father, Sakhawat Khan Kialwi followed ancestor's business. Sajid Khan received his early education from Jinnah Public School and Government High School No 1 Havelian. He completed his Graduation from Government Degree College Havelian in 1996. Later on he obtained a degree of MA Islamic Study from the University of Peshawar in 1999 and MA Urdu from Hazara University in 2005. He is a regular employee of Education Department, Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa.

Literary career

Since 1996 Sajid Khan's writings are being published in different magazines and papers. His stories have been published in major literary journals of Pakistan. In May 2011, collection of short stories by Sajid Khan was published under the title of "مجھے روشنی چاہیے" Mujhe Roshni chahiye (I need a light) by Friends Publisher, Rawalpindi, which was highly appreciated by readers and critics. He also wrote columns for different newspapers on the several issues including social, religious, cultural, political and other aspects of life.

Sajid Khan (director)

Sajid Kamran Khan (born November 23, 1971) is an Indian filmmaker, scriptwriter, talk show host, presenter and actor.

Personal life

Khan was born on 24 November 1971 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to actor Kamran Khan and Menaka Irani. Sajid Khan has one sister, Farah Khan, who is a choreographer,director, producer and actor by profession. Shirish Kunder, who is a producer, editor and director, is his brother-in-law. Filmmakers Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar are his maternal cousins. His aunts, Daisy Irani and Honey Irani are Bollywood actors.

Khan completed his schooling from Maneckji Cooper (ICSE) and went on to Mithibai College to complete his graduation. At the age of 16, Khan started DJ-ing through college at various parties and social events.

Career

Khan started his career as a host of the TV show Main Bhi Detective in 1995.

He then hosted a music countdown show Ikke Pe Ikka in 1996. The show entered the Limca Book of Records as the longest running countdown show to be aired on Indian television with the same host.