Aryan Khan (born 12 November 1997) is an Indian entrepreneur, actor, and filmmaker. He is the elder son of actor

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and producer

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. After graduating from the

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, he co-founded the company Slab Ventures in 2022, under which he launched a luxury collective brand named D'yavol.

Early life and education

Aryan Khan was born on 12 November 1997 in

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, India. He is the eldest son of actor

and producer

. He has two younger siblings, including actress Suhana. Khan was raised with both his parents' religions of

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and

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. He did his schooling at Mumbai's

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until age 15, after which he attended the

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in Kent. As a child, Khan played the young version of his father's character in one scene of the film '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001). He has worked as a voice actor in the Hindi dub of ''

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'' (2004) and later voiced

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in the Hindi dub of ''

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'' (2019), both alongside his father. In 2020, Khan graduated with a

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degree in film and television production from the

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at the

Career

In 2022, Khan and his business partners Bunty Singh and Leti Blagoeva launched the company Slab Ventures, under which they began a luxury collective brand named D'yavol (named after the Bulgarian word for devil). They teamed with the brewing company

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to launch a premium liquor brand of Vodka, named D'yavol Vodka. They launched a blended malt scotch, D'yavol Inception, the following year. Also in 2023, Khan launched a luxury apparel brand, named D'yavol X. He directed an advertisement video for the brand, featuring him and his father, which marked his first directorial venture. From 2023 to 2024, Khan filmed a streaming series, titled ''The Ba***ds of Bollywood'', set against the backdrop of the

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industry, on which he served as

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, writer, and director. Produced by his father and mother under

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, it will release on

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in 2025. The series stars Lakshya,

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and Sahher Bambba, and is co-written and co-created by Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan.

Legal issues

On 3 October 2021, Khan was arrested along with six others by the

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(NCB) during a raid on an alleged

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on a

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. Khan was detained as part of an investigation into an alleged international drugs racket. After spending 25 days at the Mumbai Central Prison and being denied bail four times, he was granted bail on 28 October 2021. In May 2022, he was cleared of all charges. One of the officers leading the investigation,

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, was later charged with corruption and

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in connection with the case, with the

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alleging that the drug charges were part of a false scheme to blackmail the Khan family.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Aryan Living people 1997 births Indian male child actors Indian voice actors Shah Rukh Khan Male actors in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actors