D O B September 25,1939
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Banglore
Known For Actor, Singer, Director, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore on September His father was Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli an Afghan hailing from the Ghazni province of Afghanistan and his mother was of Persian ancestry He was educated in Bishop Cotton Boys' School Bangalore and St Germain's Boys High School Bangalore His brothers are Sanjay Khan Abbas Khan Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan director He has a sister Dilshad Bibi After his schooling in Bangalore he arrived in Mumbai where he made his debut as second lead in Didi in edit Career Through the early s and s he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets In he appeared in an English-language film titled Tarzan Goes to India opposite Simi Garewal His first big hit was in with Phani Majumdar's Oonche Log where he was pitted against screen idols Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar he gave a notable sensitive performance Again in the same year he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical Arzoo starring Sadhana With this Khan earned his entry into A-list second leads With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role He appeared alongside his real-life brother More Sanjay Khan in the hit films Upaasna Mela and Nagin He turned into a successful producer and director in so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film Apradh which was the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany Mumtaaz was his co-star He produced directed and starred in the film Dharmatma which was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer director and star and marked appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamorous avatar This movie was inspired by the Hollywood film The Godfather Throughout the late s and s he was a leading Bollywood star directing and starring in many of his films He also starred in the Punjabi film Bhagat Dhanna Jat The film Qurbani with Zeenat Aman was the biggest hit of his career and launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan with her memorable track Aap Jaisa Koi In he directed and starred in Janbaaz a box-office hit which some consider to be one of his best movies featured an all-star cast and was possessed of great songs and excellent cinematography In he directed and starred in Dayavan which was a remake of a South Indian film titled Nayagan After directing and starring in Yalgaar he took a long break from acting for years He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the film Prem Aggan which however was a box-office bomb In he made his acting comeback as well as produced and directed Janasheen which also starred his son Fardeen He always used performing animals in his films a chimpanzee and lion were used in Janasheen but People for Animals PFA Haryana chairman Naresh Kadyan moved a complaint in the court of law at Faridabad for animal cruelty and legal action as per law against the producer director and actor He starred alongside his son again in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena and made his last film appearance in Welcome Feroz Khan was ahead of his time in terms of his unmatchable style which reflected in his movies and music His movies like Qurbani and Dharmatma are cult favourites in Hindi cinema Though he was not considered a superstar he would remain immortal for several years to come In May Feroz Khan was blacklisted by then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when he went there to promote his brother's film Taj Mahal In an intelligence report submitted to Musharraf he was said to have gotten drunk and insulted Pakistani singer and anchor Fakhr-e-Alam and criticizing the country saying I am a proud Indian India is a secular country The Muslims there are making lot of progress unlike in Pakistan Our President is a Muslim and our Prime Minister a Sikh Pakistan was made in the name of Islam but look how the Muslims are killing Muslims here Pakistan's high commission in India and the foreign and interior ministries were subsequently directed to deny Khan a visa in the future