Arshi Khan, is an Indian model, actress,

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and

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personality. She joined the

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party to contest the

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for Mumbai.

Early life

Khan was a qualified

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before she started pursuing a career in acting and modelling.

Personal life

Khan and her family moved to India from Afghanistan when Khan was four years old. Khan did her schooling and graduation at

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. Later, Khan went to

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to try her luck in acting and modelling. Recently, Khan opened up about her hardships moving to

after eviction from '' Bigg Boss 14''.

Career

She was chosen to portray a lead role in India's first mainline Bollywood 4D historical action film titled ''"The Last Emperor".'' She has also appeared in the

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film ''Malli Mishtu.'' In 2017, she was one of the participants in the reality television show ''Bigg Boss 11''. She was earlier considered to participate in the last two seasons of the show. During her appearances on the show, she was

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India's second-most searched entertainer of 2017. Arshi who had joined

resigned due to professional commitments. In 2018, Arshi featured in a Punjabi Music video- Nakhre. Khan has featured in 5 music videos that include "Bandi", which has already gained 4.2 million on YouTube and Nain Nasheele which already has started to hit 2 million worldwide. She was a participant in Bigg Boss 14, where she joined in as one of the four challenger participants. Arshi joined The Great Khali's wrestling school CWE in 2021.

Controversies

In September 2015, Khan claimed to be in a relationship with Pakistani

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. In the same year she said that self-proclaimed spiritual leader Radhe Maa ran a

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, and that she had been approached to join it. In 2016, the

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of a

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in Pakistan issued a

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against Khan after she posted pictures of herself to

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wearing a

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with a

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, with another photo of herself in a

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, after which her Facebook account was blocked. During her stay in ''Bigg Boss'' house, an

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was issued against her by a court in Jalandhar, which according to the sources was due to allegations. Also, during Khan stay actress-model Gehana Vasisth claimed that Khan has been faking everything about her age, qualifications, and relationship with

and is married to a 50-year-old man. In 2018, Khan claimed that she was boosted out of

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behest and fan made theories comparing the situation Khan was in with

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previous controversy with the referenced producer. In 2021, Khan was criticized and trolled for copying

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and wearing a rip-off of her 2020

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dress at Bigg Boss 14 afterparty. In March 2021, Khan was being criticized badly after posting a post about Mufti Menk and said that he's a Islamic salesman.

Filmography

Television

Special appearances

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

Arshi Khan will participate for the first time in the
Ullu Web Series
. Hotspot Mail Trail 2022.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Arshi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Bhopal Female models from Madhya Pradesh Indian people of Afghan descent Indian people of Pashtun descent Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Indian web series actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Hindi television Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants Indian actor-politicians 21st-century Indian actresses