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Saiyad Sana Khan (born on 21 August in 1987/1988) is an Indian businesswoman and former actress. She primarily worked in Hindi cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu cinema language films before retiring from the industry in 2020.
On 13 March 2009, Khan's mother suffered a hemorrhage.
On February 2019, Khan publicly acknowledged her relationship with Choreography Melvin Louis. However, the relationship ended in February 2020.
On 8 October 2020, Khan took to Instagram to announce her decision to quit the entertainment industry saying that she would "serve humanity and follow the order of her Creator."
On 21 November 2020, Khan married a Muslim cleric, Mufti Anas Sayed, in Surat. She officially expanded her name to Saiyad Sana Khan after marriage. The couple have two children.
Khan has acted in over 50 ad films, including a cosmetic commercial directed by Shirish Kunder in July 2007. She has also done ads for the deodorant brand Secret Temptation, Yatra.com, and the Xbox 360 video game console.
In March 2007, Khan's TV commercial for the men's underwear brand Amul Macho showed her provocatively scrubbing and washing some underwear, simulating an orgasm. It created great controversy and was banned by the Indian government on the grounds of sexual profanity. The company rehired Khan, shot a sequel to the commercial with a different theme, and released it in February 2008.
In July 2007, Khan appeared in the film, Journey Bombay to Goa directed by Raj Pendurkar in an item number, "Lawani" sung by Sonu Kakkar. In November 2007, Khan appeared in the film Goal in the item number "Billo Rani" choreographed by Saroj Khan.
In January 2008, Khan appeared in the film Halla Bol. Khan's debut Tamil cinema Silambattam, produced by Lakshmi Movie Makers, was released in December 2008. Silambarasan, the film's lead actor, who had previously signed and then dropped her for a role in his film Kettavan, called her again for the female lead role in Silambattam after seeing her ad with Shah Rukh Khan. She played Janu, a talkative, brahmin village girl, and won the 2009 ITFA Best New Actress Award in Singapore.
In May 2011, Khan stepped into Kannada films with Golden Movies' Kool...Sakkath Hot Maga. In September 2011, her next Tamil film, Aayiram Vilakku, was released. In the March 2012 Telugu film Mr. Nookayya, Khan played a waitress in a pub, adding glamour to the film. Khan made her Malayalam cinema debut with Climax, loosely based on the Hindi film The Dirty Picture, playing the South Indian actress Silk Smitha.
In October 2012, Khan was a celebrity contestant in the sixth season of the Indian version of the reality TV show Big Brother, Bigg Boss. She gained a lot of popularity from the show and managed to stay in the show till the end, though she finished in third place.
In January 2015, Khan participated in Bigg Boss Halla Bol, spin off of Bigg Boss 8 as one of the challengers. The spin-off series officially launched on 4 January, She got evicted in the second week. In February 2015, she participated in the celebrity stunt reality show, as a contestant. The shoot of the series started in November 2014 and wrapped up a month later. Khan got eliminated in March 2015. In May 2015, Khan starred in a Punjabi language music video song "Black Till" sung by Girik Aman and produced by Dr Zeus.
In 2016, she acted in the film Wajah Tum Ho opposite Sharman Joshi and Gurmeet Choudhary. The film was a flop at Box Office India. Her bold scenes with Gurmeet and Rajneesh Duggal in the film were much discussed after the trailer was released on YouTube. Khan did a special appearance in in which she was seen portraying Akshay Kumar's girlfriend.
Further success and Bigg Boss (2010–2013)
In March 2010, her next Tamil film, Thambikku Indha Ooru, was released. Later that year, Khan ventured into the Telugu film industry, appearing in Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's Kalyanram Kathi, released in November 2010. Khan's next release was the February 2011 bilingual thriller titled Gaganam and Payanam – shot in Telugu language and Tamil language, respectively – which was based on an aircraft hijack theme.
Established actress and further success (2014–2019)
Khan played the daughter of Danny Denzongpa in the Bollywood film Jai Ho, released on 24 January 2014. In July 2014, Khan participated in the celebrity dance reality series, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 as a contestant. She entered as a wild card entrant and got eliminated later.
Business ventures
Khan is the founder of two business ventures, "Face Spa by Sana Khan" and "Haya By Sana Khan". Also owns the "Hayat Welfare Foundation" with her husband, Anas Sayed.
Filmography
Films
Special appearance in "Theepori Parakkum" song Special appearance in "Lawani" song Special appearance in "Billo Rani" Song Bilingual film Tamil Cameo appearance Special appearance in "Vera Level U" song
Television
2012–2013 Bigg Boss 6 Contestant 2nd Runner-up 2013 Bigg Boss 7 Guest Dance Performance in Grand Premiere 2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Contestant Wild card; not selected 2015 Bigg Boss Halla Bol! Challenger, Evicted Day 14 Eliminated (10th place) Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah Episode 12 Bigg Boss 9 Guest To give task to contestants 2016 Comedy Nights Bachao Bigg Boss special Box Cricket League 2 Contestant Player in Rowdy Bangalore Comedy Nights Live Guest Dance Performance To promote her movie Wajah Tum Ho 2017 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai To promote 2017 Entertainment Ki Raat Along with Tanishaa Mukerji 2018 Bigg Boss 12 For Diwali Task 2019 Kitchen Champion 5 Contestant Along with Parth Samthaan Bigg Boss 13 Guest For Diwali Task
Web series
2018 Zindabaad Benazir Khan JioCinema
VB on The Web2020 Special OPS Sonya Hotstar
Music videos
+ List of music video credits 2015 "Black Till" Girik Aman
External links
Categories: 1988 Births, Living People, Actresses From Mumbai, Malayali People, Female Models From Mumbai, Indian Film Actresses, Actresses In Hindi Cinema, Actresses In Tamil Cinema, Actresses In Malayalam Cinema, Actresses In Telugu Cinema, Actresses In Kannada Cinema, Indian Television Actresses, Actresses In Hindi Television, Indian Web Series Actresses, Contestants On Indian Game Shows, Participants In Indian Reality Television Series, 21st-century Indian Actresses
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