Riyaz Khan

 ( Male Actors From Kochi ) 

Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and Tamil cinema films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu language and Kannada cinema films, as well as two Hindi cinema films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam cinema through the 1994 film Sukham Sukhakaram, directed by Balachandra Menon.

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Early and personal life Khan was born to Rasheed, a Malayalam film producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He has a sister, Roshini who is married. Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known as Chennai, his family migrated there.

He did his primary education from Chennai and pursued his bachelor's degree from United States.

In 1992, he married actress Uma Riyaz, who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple has two sons including Shariq Hassan.

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Career His notable films include Badri (2001), Baba (2002), Ramana (2002), Balettan (2003), Winner (2003), Runway (2004), Vesham (2004) Power of Women (2005) Ghajini (2005), Thirupathi (2006), Stalin (2006) and Pokkiri Raja (2010).

He has also made significant contributions to television, appearing in popular Tamil serials like Nandini (2017-2018) and Kannana Kanne (2020-2023) which was aired on Sun TV.

He is also a brand ambassador of a Chennai-based fitness studio called Inshape Health & Fitness.

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Controversy In 2024, actress Revathy Sampath has claimed that actor Riyaz Khan made inappropriate sexual remarks during a phone call. Sampath alleges that Khan's comments were sexually explicit and offensive.

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Filmography

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Malayalam

Simultaneously shot in Tamil language

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Tamil

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Direct release on Thanthi One

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Telugu

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Veerabhadra

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Kannada

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Hindi

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Simultaneously shot with Aalavandhan

Remake of the 2005 film of the same name

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Television

Tamil language
	Mouli
	Anand
	Nallasivam
	Sun TV
Kannada
Tamil language
	Dharmadurai (Special Appearance)
Malayalam
	Surya TV
	Flowers TV
Tamil language
Malayalam

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External links

• Riyaz Khan at MSI

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