Gauahar Khan

Biography

Gauahar Khan (born 23 August 1983) is an Indian model and actress who appears in Hindi films and television. She started her career as a model and participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2002.

After appearing in dance songs, Khan made her acting debut with Yash Raj Films's Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009). 

Khan later starred in films such as the action thriller Game (2011), the revenge drama Ishaqzaade (2012), the suspense thriller Fever (2016), the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), and the Indian period drama Begum Jaan (2017).

In 2013, she participated in Bigg Boss 7 and emerged as the winner. Nigaar Khan with sister Gauahar Khan in 2011

Khan was born on 23 August 1983 in a Muslim family in Pune, Maharashtra to Zafar and Razia Khan. She completed her schooling at Mount Carmel Convent School, Pune. She is the youngest of five siblings and the sister of actress Nigaar Khan.

Khan started her career as a model. In 2002, at the age of 18, she participated in the Femina Miss India contest where she came fourth and won the Miss Talented title.

 Later that year, she represented India in the Miss International contest. Khan appeared in a small role in the movie Miss India: The Mystery as a model participant.

She appeared in a couple of music videos one of which, "Hawa Mein Udati Jaaye" by Bombay Vikings, became hugely popular. She anchored the film gossip show Page 3 on Zoom Television. 

In 2004, Khan made her entry into Bollywood with two films, Aan: Men at Work and Shankar Dada M.B.B.S., a Telugu film in item songs.

In February 2009, she participated in Sony TV's celebrity dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 where she became the first runner up of the show. 

She made her acting debut in the 2009 Yash Raj Films production Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. Anupama Chopra said, "Gauahar was a fashionable, ambitious, and smart receptionist, she was sharply etched and memorable as Koena in the film".

In 2010, Khan appeared in Ekta Kapoor's Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai in an item number, "Parda".

Khan was in a relationship with Kushal Tandon her Bigg Boss 7 co-contestant in 2013, but later they broke up.

In November 2020, she got engaged to actor and son of music director Ismail Darbar, Zaid Darbar. The two were married on 25 December of the same year.

 On 20 December 2022, she announced on her Instagram that the couple is expecting their first child together. On 10 May 2023, she gave birth to a baby boy, named 'Zehaan'.