Faisal Khan (born 30 January 1999), is an Indian dancer and actor. He is the winner of reality shows including ''

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'','' Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2'', '' Dance Ke Superkids'' and '' DID Dance Ka Tashan''.

Personal life

Khan was born in 1999 and brought up in

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, India. His father was an auto rickshaw driver. Khan completed his tenth class studies at Meera Academy school in

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, Mumbai. He learnt freestyle dance by dance teacher Shrikanth Ahire.

Career

Dancing

Khan began his career at the age of 15 as a dancer, he gave an audition in the second kids special season of

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'S dance reality series ''

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'', where he was selected and came out as the winner with prize money, and won a Favorite Shisya award at

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. The show was judged by

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, Terence Lewis. The series aired from April 2012 to August 2012. After winning the series, he participated in another season of ''

'' title, '' Dance Ke Superkids''. he was team-up with

Raghav Juyal Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991) is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer, and television presenter. He is popularly known as "Crockroaxz" or the "King of Slow Motion" for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of ...

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and Prince Gupta in the "Yahoo" team, which he won. The series was aired in September 2012 on Zee television.

Acting

Khan made his acting debut with

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's historical drama series ''

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'', where he played the younger version of the protagonist

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. His performance in this series, he received critical praise, and won two Best Child Actor – Male awards at

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and

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, and received several nominations. In August 2014, Khan gave a special dance performance in the eighth season of Sony TV's game show ''

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'', he performed there dressed up as

on grand premiere. In the same month, Khan appeared as a guest dance performer in the seventh season of

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's celebrity dance reality series ''

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'', where he joined the contestant

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and choreographer partner

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, in special "Teen Ka Tadka" episode. Later in November 2014, Khan acted in Sony TV's crime thriller series ''

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''. He portrayed an episodic role as the character of a dancer Faizal Khan, who is the prime suspect of a murder. In April 2015, Khan played the pivotal role in

's courtroom drama series '' Bhanwar – Kalyug Ki Hairatangez Kahaniyaa''. In June 2015, Khan gave a special dance performance on the finale episode of Colors TV's talent-based reality show ''

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'', he performed with the contestants X1X and Beat Breakers. In August 2015, Khan participated in the eighth season of Colors TV's celebrity dance reality show ''

''. He won and emerged as the youngest winner of the series, and received prize money and a

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car, the show was judged by

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and

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. The series ran from July to October 2015. In January 2016, he participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7''. He teamed up with his choreographer

and the host of ''DID Little Masters''

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. He got eliminated in February 2016. In May 2019, he was cast to portray elder version of

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in ''Chandragupta Maurya'' replacing

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whi portrayed younger version of the same. Khan made his film debut with

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''Prem Kahani'', he portrayed the role of a

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i boy Baiju. In 2022, he is portraying Lord

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's ''

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''.

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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