Alyy Khan

Alyy Khan
Alyy Khan
	Khan in 2011
Born	6 December 1968 (age 56); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Education	Pimlico Academy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Relatives	Junaid Jamshed (cousin)

Alyy Khan (born 6 December 1968) is a British-Pakistani^[1]^[2] actor and host who has worked in Hollywood, Bollywood, and Lollywood films and television series.^[3]^[4]^[5] He is known for his roles in the films A Mighty Heart (2007), Traitor (2008), Don 2 (2011), 3 Bahadur (2015), Actor in Law (2016), and Mogul Mowgli (2020), and also played a parallel lead in the telefilm Anjuman (2013). Khan has also appeared in several television series, including The Bill (2006), Strike Back (2011), Saat Pardon Mein (2012), Indian Summers (2015), Pakeezah (2016), and Mere Humsafar (2022).

In 2012, Khan hosted the television reality show Foodistan for NDTV and Geo TV. Recent credits include The Serpent (2020) on Netflix, Shantaram (2022) on Paramount/Apple + TV ,and The Archies (2023) on Netflix India.

Early life and education

Khan was born in Karachi, Pakistan. After his parents divorced, Khan moved with his mother to England and then to his maternal grandmother's home in Mumbai, India when he was about ten years old.^[6] He received his education at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai. He studied drama under the guidance of Hima Devi, who was affiliated with Trinity College, London, through the Hima Kala Kendra in Mumbai. Khan also holds a diploma in film and television production from Pimlico Arts and Media College in London.^[7]

The late singer-turned-Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was his cousin.^[7]

Career

Actor

Khan started his career in the early 1990s in Indian television shows and later theatrical Indian films. He is known for his roles in the films A Mighty Heart (2007), Traitor (2008), Don 2 (2011), 3 Bahadur (2015), Actor in Law (2016) ,and Mogul Mowgli (2020), and also played a parallel lead in the telefilm Anjuman (2013). Khan has also appeared in several television series, including The Bill (2006), Strike Back (2011), Saat Pardon Mein (2012), Indian Summers (2015), and Pakeezah (2016). Recent acting credits include The Serpent (2020) on Netflix, Shantaram (2022) on Paramount/Apple + TV, and The Archies (2022) on Netflix India.

Host

From 2012 to 2013, Khan hosted the cooking game show Foodistan, where chefs from both India and Pakistan competed, broadcast simultaneously on NDTV and Geo TV.^[8]

Theatre director

In 2013, Khan directed a play, Aapki Soniya, starring Sajid Hasan and Mehwish Hayat, staged in Karachi's NAPA.^[9]

Brand ambassador

Khan is also engaged in philanthropy and currently serves as the Brand Ambassador of Crossadder Foundation, a 'for youth, by youth' NGO working on awareness, advocacy, and action.^[10] Crossadder Foundation is the caretaker of Master Ayub School and facilitates the education of street children.^[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Country	Notes
2001	Deham	Jeetu	India
2003	Stumped	Major Raghav Seth
	Sssshhh...	Akash Rathore
	Escape from Taliban
2004	Kiss Kis Ko	BD
2005	Nazar	Dr. Tarun Khanna
2006	Sharpe's Challenge	Mohan Singh	UK	Television film
2007	A Mighty Heart	Sheikh Omar	USA
2008	Traitor	Fareed	USA
2009	42 km	Prem	India	Cameo appearance
	Luck by Chance	Satish Chaudhary
	Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish	Ali		Guest appearance
2010	Dark Relic	Hasan	USA	Television film
2010	Pusher	Scott
2011	Kingdom of Dust	Dakheel
	Everywhere and Nowhere	Ahmed Khan	UK
	Aazaan	Sam Sharma	India
	Jo Hum Chahein	Vikram Khurana
	Don 2	J. K. Diwan
2012	Titlee	Manij		Short film
2013	Anjuman	Ahmed	Pakistan	Television film
2013	Oonga	Manoranjan	India
2014	Blemished Light	Ali
2014	Unfreedom
2015	3 Bahadur	Voice	Pakistan
2016	Mah e Mir	Nawab Sahab
	Actor in Law	Muddasir Sultan
	Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay	Zahid
	Team	Zahid Ahmed
2017	The Valley	Nael Kumar	USA
2017	The Trial	Hammad	Pakistan
2018	Tick Tock	Junaid	Pakistan	Animated movie
2020	Mogul Mowgli	Bashir	UK
2023	Iqbal - The Forgotten Story	Zaman Khan	Pakistan	Biographical film on Iqbal Masih
2023	The Archies	Hiram Lodge	India	Netflix India
2024	Taxali Gate	Malik Yaqoob	Pakistan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Country	Notes
1993	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Vikram	India
1994	Banegi Apni Baat	Kabir
1995	Kash-m-kash	Faisal
1997	Bombay Blue	Moeen
1997–1998	Yeh Hai Raaz	Vivek
2001	Dushman	Rohit Raazdan
	1st Indian Telly Awards	Host		Awards Show
	Ssshhhh...Koi Hai - Talaash	Rakesh		Aired on STAR Plus (Episode 46)
	Ssshhhh...Koi Hai - Chehre Pe Chehra	Rohan		Aired on Star Plus (Episode 4)
2002	Ssshhhh...Koi Hai - Jinnaat	Ajitabh
2002	Lipstick	Abhay Ahuja		Aired on Zee TV
2004	K. Street Pali Hill	Arindum Keshab		Aired on Star Plus (Episode 1–7)
2006	The Bill	Tariq Mustafa-Ali	UK	"434" (Season 22: Ep57), "435" (Season 22: Ep58)
2008	Yeh Zindagi Hai	Jalaal Ahmed	Pakistan	Aired on Geo TV
2009	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Vallabhgarh Ki Rajkumari	Kuwar Ajinkya	India	Part 1 - Part 8
2009	The Philanthropist	Indian Army Commander	USA	Episode: "Kashmir"
2011	Strike Back	Maj. Gen. Kohli	UK/USA	"Strike Back: Project Dawn" (Season 2: Ep01 and Ep02)
2012	Foodistan	Host	India/Pakistan	^[12]
2012	Saat Pardon Mein	Badar Suleman	Pakistan	^[13]
2013	Zara Aur Mehrunnisa	Hassan		^[13]
2013	Kabhi Kabhi	Rehbar		^[13]
2014	Do Qadam Door Thay	Salman
2014	Aap ki Kaneez	Shah Mir Afandi		^[13]
2015	Indian Summers	Ramu Sood	UK
	Partners in Crime	Major Khan	UK
	Mohabbat Aag Si	Arshad	Pakistan
	Maryam	Behraam		Aired on Geo TV
	Bojh	Ahsan
	Guzaarish	Jaffar
2016	Pakeeza	Jibran		Aired on Hum TV
	Deewana	Agha
	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain 2	Rashid Ayaz's step-father		Episode "Shatranj"
	Asif	Episode "Qubool Hai"
	Shehrnaz	KK
2017	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain 2	Parvez		Episode "Jhalli"
2017	Khuda Mera Bhi Hai	Mikael
	Dil-e-Majboor	Azhar
	Woh Aik Pal	Ahsan
	Chanar Ghati	Jalal Rao
2017-18	Malkin	Yaawar
2018	Ustani Jee	Noman		Anthology series - Episode 1
	Mera Khuda Jane	Shafiq
	Kabhi Band Kabhi Baja	Irfan		Anthology series - Episode 9 & 25
2019	Kam Zarf	Nabeel
	Qadam Qadam Ishq	Aftab
	Aik Aur Sitam Hai	Rashid
	Juda Na Hona	Wasif
	Bewaja	Luqman
	Tu Zindagi Hai	Waseem		^[14]
2020	Mera Maan Rakhna	Sajjad
2021	Mere Humsfar	Nafees Ahmed
2023	Hadsa	Ghazanfar Malik
2024	Mohabbat Satrangi	Shamim
	BOL Kahani			Anthology series - BOL Network
	Sotan	Azaad Hussain

Webseries

Year	Title	Role	Country	Notes
2020	The Serpent	Deputy Superintendent Naranda Nath Tuli	UK	Miniseries on Netflix^[15]
2022	Shantaram	Qasim Ali	USA/Australia	Miniseries on Apple+^[16]
2021	Dhoop Ki Deewar	Vijay Malhotra	India	Original series on Zindagi^[17]
2023	The Trial	Vishal Chaubey	India

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Project	Result
2005	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Guns & Roses	Nominated
2017	Nigar Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay	Nominated
	International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Berlin	Best Actor in a Feature Film	The Valley	Nominated
	International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Milan	Best Actor		Nominated
	Northeast Film Festival, US	Best Actor in a Feature Film		Nominated
2021	British Independent Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Mogul Mowgli	Nominated

References

^ "The many faces of Alyy Khan". Dawn. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Bans of any nature are never a good idea: British-Pakistani actor Alyy Khan". The Express Tribune. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Kundnani, Nisha (22 August 2006). "Alyy Khan and Angelina Jolie?". DNA India. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "All the world's a stage". Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Khan of all mediums". The Express Tribune. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ NADIR ALI PODCAST FEATURING ALYY KHAN !!. Nadir Ali. 7 December 2022. Event occurs at 4:35. Interviewer: You had gone from Karachi?
Khan: We all had migrated, my parents had divorced.
Interviewer: British?
Khan: British. We went to England, and from England to Bombay with my maternal grandmother, because she was not able to reside in England. So we went to my maternal grandmother's home in India. We started residing in Bombay, I was about 10 then and I resided there continuously till I was 35.
^ ^a ^b Omair Alvi. "The many faces of Alyy Khan". Dawn. Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Kumar, Anuj (25 January 2012). "Match on!". The Hindu.
^ Mahmood, Rafay (19 June 2013). "Sajid Hasan all set for Aapki Soniya". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 March 2023. It is directed by Bollywood actor-turned-face of Pakistani television, Alyy Khan.
^ "Brand Ambassador Shoutout". Crossadder Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "Smart Street School". KidsRights Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "All the world's a stage". Daily Jang. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Biography: Alyy Khan". Tv.com.pk. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ Drama "Tu Zindagi hai" - daily motion
^ "The Serpent (2021) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Shantaram". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Watch Dhoop Ki Deewar Web Series: Released Date, Cast, Story and More - indvox". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links

Alyy Khan at IMDb
Alyy Khan on the Hollywood

[Dawn-1] "The many faces of Alyy Khan". Dawn. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[2] "Bans of any nature are never a good idea: British-Pakistani actor Alyy Khan". The Express Tribune. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[3] Kundnani, Nisha (22 August 2006). "Alyy Khan and Angelina Jolie?". DNA India. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[4] "All the world's a stage". Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[5] "Khan of all mediums". The Express Tribune. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[6] NADIR ALI PODCAST FEATURING ALYY KHAN !!. Nadir Ali. 7 December 2022. Event occurs at 4:35. Interviewer: You had gone from Karachi?
Khan: We all had migrated, my parents had divorced.
Interviewer: British?
Khan: British. We went to England, and from England to Bombay with my maternal grandmother, because she was not able to reside in England. So we went to my maternal grandmother's home in India. We started residing in Bombay, I was about 10 then and I resided there continuously till I was 35.

[dn-7] Omair Alvi. "The many faces of Alyy Khan". Dawn. Dawn Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[8] Kumar, Anuj (25 January 2012). "Match on!". The Hindu.

[9] Mahmood, Rafay (19 June 2013). "Sajid Hasan all set for Aapki Soniya". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 March 2023. It is directed by Bollywood actor-turned-face of Pakistani television, Alyy Khan.

[10] "Brand Ambassador Shoutout". Crossadder Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[11] "Smart Street School". KidsRights Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[jang-12] "All the world's a stage". Daily Jang. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[tv-13] "Biography: Alyy Khan". Tv.com.pk. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

[14] Drama "Tu Zindagi hai" - daily motion

[15] "The Serpent (2021) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[16] "Shantaram". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[17] "Watch Dhoop Ki Deewar Web Series: Released Date, Cast, Story and More - indvox". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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