Early Life
Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in Bangalore, India to an Afghan immigrant father. He belonged to the Pashtun (Tanoli) ethnic group of Afghanistan while his mother was of Iranian background. Khan 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 travelled to Mumbai where he made his debut as second lead in Didi in 1960.
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