Arbaaz Khan is an Indian actor, director and producer who works mainly in Hindi cinema alongside few Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam language films. 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. 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.
He then made his Telugu debut by playing a negative role in the film Jai Chiranjeeva starring Chiranjeevi.
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. His former wife Malaika Arora Khan was featured in the popular item number "Munni Badnaam". 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. 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.
Khan made his directorial debut with the 2012 released sequel of Dabangg, Dabangg 2 which was a huge commercial success surpassing the first installment.
Khan made his Malayalam cinema debut in Big Brother starring Mohanlal.
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.
Hindi language films + Year Title Role Notes 1996 Daraar Vikram 1998 Sham Ghansham Gansham Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Vishal Thakur 1999 Hello Brother Inspector Vishalh2002 Maa Tujhhe Salaam Albaksh Yeh Mohabbat Hai Abdul Jamil Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge Veer Singh Thakur Cameo Soch Om 2003 Qayamat: City Under Threat Ali Ramani Kuch Naa Kaho Sanjeev Shrivastav2004 Garv: Pride and Honour Inspector Haider Ali Khan Wajahh: A Reason to Kill Dr. Aditya Bhargava Hulchul Shakti A. Chand Alibaba Aur 40 Chor Alibaba2005 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Man on Plane Cameo Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story Aurangzeb 2006 Malamaal Weekly Jayesh Agarwal Uncredited Iqraar: By Chance CBI Officer R.B. MathurBhagam Bhag Vikram Chauhan 2007 Shootout at Lokhandwala Inspector Javed Khan Fool N Final Moscow Chikna Dhol Jaishankar 'Jai' Yadav Dus Kahaniyaan Rahul Sarin Anthology film; segment: Matrimony Om Shanti Om Himself Special appearance in song Deewangi Deewangi 2008 Woodstock Villa Jatin Thodi Life Thoda Magic Roshan Merchant Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Bhalu Hello Anuj Fashion Abhijeet Sarin 2009 Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye Vikram Singh The Stoneman Murders Kedar Jai Veeru Tejpal Kisaan Aman Singh2010 Prem Kaa Game Prem Sahni Dabangg Makhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey Producer also2011 Ready Gaurav Cameo 2012 Dabangg 2 Makhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey Also director and producer2015 Dolly Ki Doli Producer only Kis Kisko Pyaar KaroonTiger Bhai2016 Freaky Ali Maqsood Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa Mak 2017 Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai Aditya Kapoor Tera Intezaar Veer Singh Rajput 2018 Nirdosh Inspector lokhande Jack and Dil KK Walia Loveyatri Jignesh Cameo 2019 Main Zaroor Aaunga Yash Malhotra / Harsh Malhotra Dual role Dabangg 3 Makhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey Also producer2023FarreyChavi's father2024Patna Shuklla Producer onlyBandaa Singh Chaudhary2025Kaal TrighoriDr. Manoj2026Bihu Attack TBA Filming; Cameo Alok Singh Filming
Telugu language films + Year Title Role Notes2005 Jai Chiranjeeva Pasupathi 2017 Kittu Unnadu Jagratha AIR2024Shivam BhajeMurali IPS
Other language films + Year Title Role Language Notes2007 Godfather Shakir Khan Urdu Pakistani film 2019 Big Brother Vedantham IPS / Edwin Moses Malayalam
Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny Arnaav2013–2014Comedy CircusJudge2015–2016Power CoupleHost 2019 Poison Antonio Verghese 2019–presentPinchHost 2022–present Tanaav Vikrant Rathore
Dubbing roles Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes Dhruva Arvind Swamy Venkanna / Dr. Siddharth Abhimanyu Hindi Telugu 2016 2017
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