Early life

Sohail Khan was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to screenwriter Salim Khan and his wife Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). He is the brother of the superstar Salman Khan. His paternal family is Muslim and is settled in Indore, Madhya Pradesh while his mother is a Maharashtrian Hindu. His stepmother, Salim Khan's second wife, is actress Helen. His older brothers are Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan who is married to Malaika Arora Khan who is an actress, VJ and host. His sister, Alvira Khan, is married to Bollywood director Atul Agnihotri, while his younger sister Arpita Khan,collaborated with Sneha Ullal for his movie which he produced with Sohail Khan Productions. Arpita who got married to Ayush Sharma in November 18, 2014.Khan's paternal family are Pathans belonging to the Sherani tribe of Afghanistan.

Career

Sohail started his career as a film producer and director making his directorial debut with the 1997 action thriller Auzaar which starred his brother Salman and Sanjay Kapoor. He then directed both of his brothers Salman and Arbaaz in the hit film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) and super flop film Hello Brother (1999) under his earlier banner G.S. Entertainment.

In 2002, he wrote, produced, directed and made his acting debut in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya which did average business at the box office. He then appeared in a few more films, none of which sold well. He had his first hit with the film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) in which he co-starred with his brother Rashid kayum. He also wrote the story, produced and starred in the multi-starrer Fight Club - Members Only which again did not do well at the box office. In 2006, due to a delayed release, the boxing drama Aryan for which his performance was appreciated failed to do well. In 2007, he produced Partner which starred his brother Salman Khan and Govinda in the lead roles along with Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif playing their love-interests, respectively.

Sohail has also produced live stage shows in India and all over the world featuring various Indian film stars. His company also produced music videos and even made a foray into television with 'Chehre Pe Chehra' which was directed by Rishi Vohra. In 2008, he appeared in Hello and Heroes. In 2009, he co-starred with brother Arbaaz in Kisaan and featured in Main Aur Mrs Khanna and Do Knot Disturb.

In 2010, he featured in Veer with brother Salman, released on 22 January 2010.

He returned to direction with the film Jai Ho starring Salman Khan in the lead which released in January 2014 to mixed reviews.

Personal life

Khan is married to Seema Sachdev and they have two sons: Nirvan and Yohan sometimes also known as Aslam Khan(born June 2011).

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2002	Maine Dil Tujhko Diya	Ajay
2003	Darna Mana Hai	Karan
	Anubhav: An Experience	Jaikishan 'Jackie'
2004	Lakeer - Forbidden Lines	Karan Rana	Negative Role
	I Proud to Be an Indian
	Krishna Cottage	Manav/Amar Khanna
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?	Pyare Mohan
2006	Fight Club - Members Only	Sameer Kapoor
	Aryan (2006 film)	Aryan Verma
	Family — Ties of Blood		Special appearance
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Ram Dayal
2008	Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na	Bagheere
	God Tussi Great Ho	Rakesh 'Rocky' Sharma
	Heroes	Sameer 'Saand' Suri
	Hello	Varun 'Vroom'/Victor
2009	Team: The Force	Raj
	Kissan	Jiggar Singh
	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Aakash
	Do Knot Disturb	Diesel
2010	Veer	Poonam 'Punya' Singh
	Raakh	Karan

Producer

Year	Title	Other notes
1998	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Movie
1999	Hello Brother
2002	Maine Dil Tujhko Diya
2004	I - Proud to Be an Indian
2005	Lucky: No Time for Love
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?
2006	Fight Club - Members Only
2007	Partner
2008	God Tussi Great Ho
2009	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
2011	Ready
2014	Jai Ho
TBA	Sher Khan	First 3D adventure drama film

Writer

Year	Title
1998	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
1999	Hello Brother
2006	Fight Club - Members Only
2009	Kissan

Television appearances

Year	Title	Role
(2011)	Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur	Judge
(2012)	Kahani Comedy Circus Ki	Judge
(2012-2013)	Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe	Judge
(2015)	Khandaan	Actor
(2015)	Comedy Nights Bachao	Guest

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