Salman Yusuff Khan (born 12 June 1985) is an Indian dancer, actor, choreographer and television judge. He participated in and emerged as winner of Dance India Dance 1. He also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9.
Career Khan, born Mohammad Ghause, started his career with the dance reality show Dance India Dance in its first season. After winning the show, Khan appeared in the title song of Wanted. He then did the music video "Dance Of Death" for the movie Rakta Charitra and in the video Alive (2011). He appeared in the film Sukoon - Vaishali Made.
In 2013, he debuted as an actor in the 3D dance-based film ABCD: Anybody Can Dance, which was released on 8 February 2013, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb and Punit Pathak.
He later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa first as a choreographer opposite Yana Gupta (Season 4), Isha Sharvani (Season 5) and became the winner with Drashti Dhami (Season 6) in 2013. In 2014, he was a participant of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5. He was also choreographer in Creature 3D, Zid. Salman was a judge in the dance reality show Dance Dance Juniors.
In 2018, he starred in the Tamil dance film Lakshmi, which was released on 24 August 2018, directed by A. L. Vijay co-starring Prabhu Deva, Ditya Bhande, and Aishwarya Rajesh. Later, he is the judge of dance reality show HIGH FEVER, and he also was a Choreographer in Welcome to New York.
In 2020, he appeared in the dance film Street Dancer 3D which was released on 24 January 2020, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, and Nora Fatehi.
In 2023, he started in a promotional short film for Apple Inc., titled Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj on an iPhone 14 Pro.
Personal life Khan married his longtime girlfriend, an air hostess, Faiza Haramain, in 2013.
Filmography
YearFilmRole2009WantedHimself in the song "Most Wanted Track"2011Rakta CharitraHimself in the title song "Mila Toh Marega"2013ABCD: Anybody Can DanceRocky 2014Darling (Kannada) ChoreographerZidCreature 3D2016G Kutta Se 2017Love You FamilyRajHeartbeats (English)Pallav 2018Dil Juunglee ChoreographerWelcome to New YorkLakshmi (Tamil)Yusuff Khan2020Street Dancer 3DZain2023FursatChief Gangster2025Be HappyHimself
Television Year ShowChannelRole2009 Dance India Dance 1 Zee TV Contestant (Winner)2011 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 4 Sony Entertainment Television Choreographer2012 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 5 Colors TV 2013 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 6 2014 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 7 GuestFear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 Contestant (Finalist) 2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 Guest Nach Baliye 7 Star Plus Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 Colors TV 2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant (Runner-up) Comedy Nights Bachao Guest 2017 Dance Dance Juniors Star Suvarna Judge2018 High Fever.. Dance Ka Naya Tevar &TV 2020 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 Colors TV Guest India's Best Dancer Sony Entertainment Television The Kapil Sharma Show Bigg Boss 14 Colors TV 2021The War Of TalentMX PlayerJudgeDance Plus 6Star PlusCaptain
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