Salman Yusuff Khan

Salman Yusuff Khan
Khan in 2017
Born (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 39)
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actor
  • choreographer
Years active2009–present
Spouse
Faiza Haramain
(m. 2013)
Children1

Salman Yusuff Khan (born 12 June 1985) is an Indian dancer, actor, choreographer and television judge. He participated in and emerged as winner of Dance India Dance 1. He also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9.

Career

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Khan started his career with the dance reality show Dance India Dance in its first season. After winning the show, Khan appeared in the title song of Wanted. He then did the music video "Dance Of Death" for the movie Rakta Charitra and in the video Alive (2011). He appeared in the film Sukoon - Vaishali Made.

In 2013, he debuted as an actor in the 3D dance-based film ABCD: Anybody Can Dance, which was released on 8 February 2013, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb and Punit Pathak.

He later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa first as a choreographer opposite Yana Gupta (Season 4), Isha Sharvani (Season 5) and became the winner with Drashti Dhami (Season 6) in 2013. In 2014, he was a participant of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5. He was also choreographer in Creature 3D, Zid. Salman was a judge in the dance reality show Dance Dance Juniors.

In 2018, he starred in the Tamil dance film Lakshmi, which was released on 24 August 2018, directed by A. L. Vijay co-starring Prabhu Deva, Ditya Bhande, and Aishwarya Rajesh. Later, he is the judge of dance reality show HIGH FEVER, and he also was a Choreographer in Welcome to New York.

In 2020, he appeared in the dance film Street Dancer 3D which was released on 24 January 2020, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, and Nora Fatehi.[1]

In 2023, he started in a promotional short film for Apple Inc., titled Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj on an iPhone 14 Pro.[2]

Personal life

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Khan married his longtime girlfriend, an air hostess, Faiza Haramain, in 2013.[3]

Filmography

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Salman yusuff khan on the sets of Street Dancer 3D
Year Film Role
2009 Wanted Himself in the song "Most Wanted Track"
2011 Rakta Charitra Himself in the title song "Mila Toh Marega"
2013 ABCD: Anybody Can Dance Rocky
2014 Darling (Kannada) Choreographer
Zid
Creature 3D
2016 G Kutta Se
2017 Love You Family Raj
Heartbeats (English) Pallav
2018 Dil Juunglee Choreographer
Welcome to New York
Lakshmi (Tamil) Yusuff Khan
2020 Street Dancer 3D Zain
2023 Fursat Chief Gangster

Television

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Year Show Channel Role
2009 Dance India Dance 1 Zee TV Contestant (Winner)
2011 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 4 Sony Entertainment Television Choreographer
2012 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 5 Colors TV
2013 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 6
2014 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 7 Guest
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 Contestant (Finalist)
2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 Guest
Nach Baliye 7 Star Plus
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 Colors TV
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant (Runner-up)
Comedy Nights Bachao Guest
2017 Dance Dance Juniors Star Suvarna Judge
2018 High Fever.. Dance Ka Naya Tevar &TV
2020 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 Colors TV Guest
India's Best Dancer Sony Entertainment Television
The Kapil Sharma Show
Bigg Boss 14 Colors TV
2021 The War Of Talent MX Player Judge
Dance Plus 6 Star Plus Captain

References

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  1. ^ "Kandhe Ka Woh Til, Featuring Salman Yusuff Khan And Zaara Yesmin, Is Out Now". NDTV.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Vishal Bhardwaj on shooting Fursat on iPhone: 'I've been wanting to do a film like this and was looking forward to it' - EasternEye". 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ Neha Maheshwri (28 December 2013). "Choreographer-turned-actor Salman ties the knot". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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