Arbaaz Khan is an Indian actor, director and producer who works mainly in Hindi cinema alongside few Urdu,Telugu and Malayalam language films.[1][2][3] Arbaaz Khan made his debut in the 1996 Hindi film Daraar as a psychotic wife-beater villain, for which he received Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. He has starred in many multi-starrer hit films such as Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination, and Garv: Pride and Honour (2004), where he acted opposite his own brother Salman Khan.
Following his success with the negative roles, he then played a villainous role in the 2003 film Qayamat: City Under Threat[a]. He also played several supporting roles in director Priyadarshan's comedy films Hulchul (2004), Malamaal Weekly (2006) and Bhagam Bhag (2006) alongside another supporting roles as a police officer (Constable Javed Shaikh) and a mobster (Moscow Chikna) in the 2007 multi-starrers Shootout at Lokhandwala and Fool and Final respectively.
He also made a cameo appearance, alongside his brother Sohail Khan, in the blockbuster Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, starring Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza. In 2009, he starred alongside Sohail in Kisaan and played a villain in Jai Veeru. Khan also appeared in the television serial Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny in 2003, and has appeared in many TV programs from time to time.[4]
He then made the Telugu Cinema debut by playing the main villain in the Telugu film Jai Chiranjeeva starring Chiranjeevi. The movie was extensively shot in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. His upcoming telugu film Shivam Bhaje is scheduled to be released in 2024.[5]
In 2010, Khan ventured into film production with the company named Arbaaz Khan Productions. His first film as a producer was Dabangg, which was released in September 2010. The film starred his brother Salman in the leading role as the cop-hero Chulbul Pandey, alongside Arbaaz as his younger brother Makkhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey.[b] His former wife Malaika Arora Khan was featured in the popular item number "Munni Badnaam".[6] The film became a blockbuster within the first week of its release and broke several box office records, becoming the second highest grossing Bollywood film of all time at the time of its release.[7] On 12 March 2011, while Khan was a special guest of Australia's Indian film festival, Bollywood & Beyond, he helped his former wife Malaika Arora lead a successful world record attempt in Melbourne. 1235 participants successfully performed a choreographed dance to "Munni Badnaam" from the Dabangg soundtrack.[8]
Khan made his directorial debut with the 2012 released sequel of Dabangg, Dabangg 2 which was a huge commercial success surpassing the first installment. [9]
Khan made his Malayalam cinema debut in Big Brother starring Mohanlal.[10]
In 2019, he had acted again the third installment of the Dabangg series,Dabangg 3 where he still played the role of producer but director was replaced by Prabhu Deva. The film was expected to become a blockbuster surpassing Dabangg 2, but grossed lower than it.[11][12]
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