Sajid Khan (Actor) Wiki, Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More – FilmyVoice

Sajid Khan (1951-2023) was an Indian actor and singer. He was adopted by Bollywood filmmaker Mehboob Khan, who based Mehboob Studios. Sajid turned a preferred movie star in North America and the Philippines in the course of the late Sixties and early Nineteen Seventies.

Wiki/Biography

Sajid Mehboob was born on Friday, 28 December 1951 (age 71 years; on the time of demise) in Bombay, Bombay State, India. His zodiac signal is Capricorn. Sajid was raised within the poor slums of Bombay, India (now Mumbai). Mehboob Khan discovered him whereas he was looking for a naughty younger actor to play Chhote Birju in his 1957 movie “Mom India.” Chimankant Gandhi, his assistant, couldn’t reach discovering an appropriate teen. Then a martial grasp named ‘Douglas’ really useful Sajid for the function. Chimankant visited Sajid’s dwelling, the place he was struck by how clever and fearless the younger Sajid was. Mehboob Khan, who was unsure at first, ended up selecting Sajid for the Chhote Birju half after being attracted by his mischievous behaviour and tales.

A childhood image of Sajid Khan

Bodily Look

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Amber

Household

Mother and father & Siblings

Mehboob Khan, an Indian producer and director, was his foster father. Sardar Akhtar, an Indian actress, was his foster mom.

An image of Mehboob Khan

An image of Sardar Akhtar

Younger Sajid Khan with (L-R) Producer and Director Mehboob Khan, his spouse Sardar Akhtar, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Spouse & Kids

Sajid Khan divorced his first spouse in 1990 and received married for the second time. He has a son named Sameer.

Relationships/Affairs

Sajid Khan was in a relationship with veteran Indian actress Rekha within the late Sixties.

Profession

Movies

Sajid began performing in movies whereas he was younger. He appeared in Mehboob Khan’s Academy Award-nominated 1957 Hindi movie “Mom India” as a youthful model of Sunil Dutt‘s character Birju. Thereafter, Mehboob Khan and his spouse, Sardar Akhtar, raised him and gave him the identify Sajid Khan.

Sajid Khan in a nonetheless from the movie Mom India

In 1962, he was solid within the movie, “Son of India,” which was his father’s remaining undertaking. The movie flopped on the field workplace; nonetheless, critics complimented Sajid’s efficiency. After his father handed away in 1964, Sajid moved to the US to complete his increased research.

The poster of the movie ‘Son of India’

Sajid Khan and Jay North turned well-known within the US after their roles within the 1966 movie “Maya” As a result of movie’s recognition, NBC quickly produced a tv sequence of the identical identify that ran for eighteen episodes from September 1967 to February 1968.

Sajid Khan as ‘Raji’ in Maya, circa (1967)

The success story of ‘Maya’ printed in a newspaper

Sajid Khan with Jay North and Cowsills

Throughout the early Nineteen Seventies, Sajid Khan achieved success within the Philippines by starring in romantic comedy movies alongside common actresses Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos. A few of the movies he appeared in throughout this time have been “The Singing Filipina,” “My Humorous Woman,” and “The Prince and I” with Nora Aunor.

Sajid Khan with Nora Aunor

Nevertheless, Khan’s profession started to say no within the early Nineteen Seventies, and he reportedly opened a retail retailer known as ‘Creative’ in India, which had a small workshop the place costume jewelry was made.

Sajid Khan in his early Nineteen Seventies

Regardless of a number of makes an attempt to re-enter the Hindi movie trade, none of his Hindi movies from 1972 to 1983 have been financially profitable. Throughout this era, he appeared in lots of movies comparable to Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974), Zindagi Aur Toofan (1975), Mandir Masjid (1977), and Dahshat (1981). Though he had extra success in English movies, his profession’s peak was between 1966 and 1974.

The poster of the movie Mandir Masjid (1977)

He final appeared within the movie “Warmth and Mud” by Service provider Ivory in 1983, taking part in a quick, silent function as a “dacoit chief.”

The poster of the movie ‘Warmth and Mud’ (1983)

Singer

Sajid Khan was not solely an actor but in addition a singer. In 1969, he launched an album of the identical identify and briefly pursued a profession as a singer. The file featured tracks together with “A Track Inside,” “Every thing is You,” “Moon River,” “I Love How You Love Me,” “This Man’s in Love With You,” “Dream,” “Smile,” “A Closed Coronary heart Gathers No Love,” “Sometime,” “Ha Ram (Of Love And Peace),” in addition to “Attending to Know You.”

Sajid Khan on the duvet of his music album

Sajid’s songs gained recognition in Japan, the place his American data have been launched. Additional, he recorded a single for RCA Data in Japanese. “Sinpi No Hosei” and “Teniha Gitter Wo,” which was translated to “Mysterious Star” and “A Guitar In One’s Arms,” have been the names of the only.

Sajid Khan on the duvet of his Japanese music album ‘Dream Sometime’

Tv

In 1968, Sajid Khan appeared as a visitor in an episode of the TV sequence “The Massive Valley” and served as a visitor choose on the music present “It’s Taking place.”

Sajid Khan in a nonetheless from a tv serial

In 2000, he was featured within the tv sequence “1857 Kranti.”

Award

In 1969, in the course of the ninth Annual Teena Awards, he was honoured with the Greatest Actor award.

From L-R- Ellen Janov (Greatest Actress), Invoice Cowsill for The Cowsills (Greatest Group), Sajid (Greatest Actor), and Merrilee Rush (Greatest Feminine Singer)

Loss of life

On 22 December 2023, he died in Kerala, India. He was affected by most cancers. After Sajid Khan’s demise, his solely son, Sameer, revealed that his father had settled in Kerala together with his second spouse and was buried on the Kayamkulam City Juma Masjid within the Alappuzha district of Kerala. Sameer stated,

My father was adopted by Rajkumar Pitamber Rana and Sunita Pitamber and fostered by filmmaker Mehboob Khan. He was not lively in movies for some time and was largely concerned in philanthropy. He used to come back to Kerala very often and he preferred it right here, remarried, and settled right here.”

Sajid Khan

Details/Trivia

• Within the Sixties, Sajid briefly gained fame as a “teen idol” after “Maya” made him the topic of covers and articles in outstanding magazines from the US, France, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and Thailand.
  

  Sajid Khan on the duvet of a Mexican journal

• Later, actress Rekha reportedly confronted difficulties within the Indian movie trade within the late Sixties since she was a South Indian with sturdy English language expertise however no Hindi proficiency. Thereafter, she observed modifications in English-language TV sequence and movies with Indian themes, comparable to “Jungle E-book” and “Maya.” She requested Sajid Khan, who was producing “Maya,” and requested components in worldwide movement photos. He tried, however he was unable to get her just a little function. Nevertheless, in 1970, Rekha made her Bollywood movie debut with Sawan Bhadon, which went on to turn out to be a success and launch her profession in Bollywood.

• In 1969, US Bub. (Billboard) put his singles “Attending to Know You” at quantity eight and “Dream” at quantity nineteen.
  

  Sajid Khan whereas singing throughout a reside present