Iqbal Khan Biography

Iqbal Khan was born Mohammed Iqbal Khan youngest son to Mr & Mrs Mohammed Amin Khan. Iqbal's father served as an officer in the Indian Civil Service.

Born on 10th February 1980, the last of four siblings he spent his younger years in Srinagar, Kashmir. Due to the unrest in Kashmir, his devoted parents, made the decision to send him to Pinegrove boarding school and Lawrence School Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh.

In his early interviews he has mentioned that one of the things that really make him smile is the memory of his school days. Iqbal Khan often in his interviews expresses his love for his family and work. A self confessed "workaholic", Iqbal had been working 16 to 18 hour schedules before the hectic time took a toll on his body.

Iqbal Khan married his girl friend Sneha Chhabra whom he had met six years earlier while shooting for a Falguni Pathak video, Mein Teri Prem Diwani . He had met Sneha once again when he was a struggling actor in Bombay. They have been together ever since. He has said that Sneha had stood by him during the most difficult part of his life. The two were married in January 2007

His role of "Angad Khanna" for the Balaji serial Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai attracted many fans, and he gained a great deal of recognition through this production. His co-star Neha Bamb (who played Kripa Sharma/Khanna) and he were alleged to have bad relations. Neha, however denies it, and Iqbal than later said they have no problem with each other. They won the best couple award for a Sony TV Telly Awards.

Later roles

Iqbal Khan went on to play the character of "Shaurya" in Kavyanjali and "Raghu" for Kahiin To Hoga, both serials produced by Balaji Telefilms, and aired on STAR Plus. After the ending of Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai, which was not only his debut serial but as he quoted, he went on to do another Ekta Kapoor serial: Karam Apnaa Apnaa, also on STAR Plus where he played the role of Shiv opposite Pallavi Subhash, who had a 30-second role in Tumhari Disha, a serial on Zee TV.

He exited from Karam Apnaa Apnaa at the end of 2006. He stated that this was not due to any conflict between him and other actors or directors, but merely due to his desire to develop his career and spend more time with his fiancée. However, he made a come back on television with Chhoona Hai Aasmaan as an airforce officer by the name of "Abhimanyu Adhikari" in a serial produced by Miditech, the same company which produced Indian Idol 3 and Saara Akaash. After some time he quit the show and he replaced by Nikhil Arya. He came back again on Zee TV Channel with a show named Waaris where he played the role of Yuvraj Malhotra's elder brother and was caste opposite Shilpa Shinde. The show was produced by Smriti Irani's production company. He is also all set to protray a role in DJ's creative unit serial, untitiled as of now, airing on Zee tv. Khan is the main lead role and his name is Rudra. The promos are on and Zee tv is asking its viewers to suggest the new serial's name.