Kamaal Rashid Khan

Early life Khan was born in a Muslim family in Deoband, a town in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India in 1975. He is the father of two kids, a son and a daughter. A businessman, he ventured into the Indian film industry during the 2000s.

Career He started out as a producer and writer for films and has also appeared in supporting roles therein, these include the Hindi romance-drama Sitam (; 2005) directed by Partho Ghosh, the Bhojpuri films Tu Hamaar Hou (; 2006) directed by Jayprakkash Shaw, Munna Pandey Berozgaar (; 2007) directed by Manish Jain; romance and comedy films respectively.

His next was Jimmy (2008) directed by Raj N. Sippy, another crime film written and produced by Khan. He is best known for his supporting role in the film Ek Villain (The Villain; 2014), where he played the role of the titular serial killer's best friend, notably neither produced nor written by him.

He also appeared in the third season of the reality show Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother, in 2009; he later appeared in the stand-up comedy show, Comedy Nights Bachao in 2015.

He was a candidate in the 2014 Indian general election for the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Samajwadi Party. He quit the party citing differences with Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi's son Farhan Azmi and contested as an independent politician but did not win. He also has business interests in Dubai.

Controversies Khan has been at the center of controversies since 2008. Courts in Mumbai granted injunctions to restrict Khan from posting defamatory content against actor Salman Khan and producers Nikhil Dwivedi and Vashu Bhagnani in separate cases in 2021. He was arrested and detained in 2022 by the Mumbai Police, when returning from Dubai where he had been residing, for complaints (filed by Yuva Sena politician Rahul Kanal) on his 2020 tweets against Akshay Kumar-starrer Laxmii, a 2020 LGBT film dealing with transgender issues (hijras), and tweets against director Ram Gopal Varma. After spending nine days in judicial custody, he was granted bail for the tweets and for a separate 2021 sexual molestation complaint filed by model Taashaa Hayaat.

In March 2023, actor Manoj Bajpayee filed a defamation case against Khan citing derogatory remarks calling him a "drug addict" on Twitter in 2021. Khan was summoned by the Indore district court and issued an arrest warrant when he failed to appear.

In January 2026, Khan was arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with an incident involving the discharge of two bullets from his licensed firearm at a residential building in the Oshiwara area of Mumbai. Khan reportedly admitted to the firing but claimed it was accidental, occurring while he was cleaning the gun, and suggested that strong winds may have deflected the bullets.

Filmography Feature films

Year Film Role Actor Director Producer Writer LanguageNotes 2005 Sitam Robert (don) HindiAlso lyricist 2006Tu Hamaar Hou Bhojpuri 2008 DeshdrohiRajkumar "Raja" Singh Yadav/Killer Man Hindi 2008 Jimmy 2014 Ek VillainBrijesh Supporting role

Television

Music videos Year SongRole LanguageNotes 2019 "Tum Meri Ho" by Javed AliCBI officer HindiProducer 2021 "Deewano Ne" by DJ Sheizwood and ShaanMale lead