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Fardeen Khan फ़र्दीन ख़ान
Born	March 8, 1974 (1974-03-08) (age 33) India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998 - present
Spouse(s)	Natasha Madhwani (2005 - present)
Awards Filmfare Awards Best Debut: Prem Aggan (1998)

Fardeen Khan (Hindi: फ़र्दीन ख़ान, Urdu / Pashto: فردین خان, born 8 March 1974) is a popular Indian actor.

Fardeen Khan is the son of Sundri Khan and famed Indian actor/director Feroz Khan, who is originally from Bangalore. While he was brought up in India, he studied abroad. Fardeen Khan is a Muslim by birth.

Fardeen completed his education in business management (B.A) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the USA. His family background is of Afghan descent.

Khan made his debut in 1998 with Prem Aggan which was directed by his father. Though the film did not do well, he received the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his performance. His second film Jungle (2000) was a hit and established him as an actor.

This was followed by many films that went un-noticed, though he gained acclaim for his roles in Om Jai Jagadish (2002) and Khushi (2003). He finally had another hit with the 2003 film Bhoot and gave a critically acclaimed performance in the film Dev (2004) which also starred Amitabh Bachchan.

In 2005 he starred in the multi-starrer comedy No Entry which was one of the year's highest grossing films. Since then, his succeeding films have not done well. His recent 2007 release was Heyy Babyy which has taken an impressive start at the box office and could look set to be one of the years biggest hits.[1].He is currently working in a film directed by muddassar aziz which also stars Shahrukh,sushmita sen in pivotal roles.

Fardeen Khan comes from a distinguished film family; his father is actor and director Feroz Khan and his uncle is actor Sanjay Khan. His cousins are actor Zayed Khan and designer Sussanne Roshan, who is married to Hrithik Roshan.

He is married to Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of former actress Mumtaz and business tycoon Mayur Madhwani. The two were engaged in a private ceremony in London on May 6, 2005. The marriage ceremony took place on December 14, 2005 via a registration service. The ceremony itself was conducted according to Muslim and Hindu rites.

On May 4, 2001 Fardeen along with drug pedaler Naseer Abdul Kareem Khan were arrested after the former attempted to purchase cocaine from the latter at an ATM centre Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme, a Mumbai suburb. The police caught Naseer and Fardeen with 9g of cocaine.

• Fida (2004)
• Dev (2004)

• Fardeen Khan at the Internet Movie Database