Aasif Khan

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Aasif Khan
Born (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 30)
Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor

Aasif Khan (born 13 March 1991) is an Indian actor, best known for his role as Babar in action crime thriller web television series Mirzapur (2018-2020).[1]

Early life[]

Aasif Khan was born and raised in Nimbahera, a small town in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan, India.[2] His father, Mr. Late Ayyub Khan was an employee in J.K. Cement, and his mother, Mrs. Firdous Ayyub Khan is a housewife. He has two brothers and a sister.[3]

Khan was mediocre in academics but had a great inclination towards the field of arts. His keenness for acting began in 2001 at his school’s annual event, where he performed the role of a servant in Kissa Kursi Ka play.[2][4] He was deeply inspired by the "shaadiwallah" act performed by comedian Raju Srivastava in the popular TV show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.[2][4] It encouraged him to participate in the stand-up competition held locally where he surprisingly won.[3][4]

The sudden demise of his father in 2008 brought his acting ambition to a halt. He engaged himself in taking up small jobs for a living and parallelly completed his higher secondary education.[2][4][5]

Career[]

Khan moved to Mumbai in 2010 to revive his acting ambition.[2] For sustenance, he initially worked in a hotel as a waiter. He later worked in a mall and simultaneously gave auditions, where he was advised to learn the art of acting and perform theatre.[2][6] He appeared in Ready and Agneepath as a junior artist.[3][7]

In 2011, he joined Sarthak and Ujaagar Theatre Group in Jaipur to learn theatre and sharpen his acting skills. He performed as a professional theatre artist, his first play being Abu Hassan directed by Rajiv Acharya, and several others for 5 years with prestigious groups and renowned personalities like Sabir Khan.[2][3][8][9][10][11]

In 2015, he performed the Rajasthani play Kasumal Sapno, a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Ajeet Singh Palawat at the International Theatre Festival in Karachi organized by the Pakistan National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA).[12][13][14]

Aasif returned to Mumbai in 2016 and worked as a casting associate for a year in Casting Bay owned by his mentor cum friend Abhishek Banerjee and Anmol Ahuja.[2][3] He made cameo appearances in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Pari.[2][7]

He played the lead role as Durgesh Kumar – a young aspirant for an interview in Anurag Worlikar’s short film Vacancy (2017) for which he won the Best Actor award in Skylight Film Festival (2018) and Cineshorts by Viacom18.[5][7]

In 2018, he played Babar, a loyal aide in web series Mirzapur.[15]

Aasif made his Bollywood film debut in Raj Kumar Gupta’s India’s Most Wanted (2019) where he played a crucial role of Bittu Sinha alongside Arjun Kapoor.[2] He appeared as Chintu in Humorously Yours (2019).[3] He was also seen in promotional videos for Sacred Games (2019) and Narcos Mexico (2019).[8][16][17]

In 2020, Aasif overwhelmed the audience by his appearance in a crucial role of a journalist as Anas Ahmad in Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega.[18][19][20] He was next seen as a stubborn bridegroom in The Viral Fever’s comedy drama Panchayat (2020).[20][21] He then appeared in Paatal Lok (2020) as Kabir M, a petty car thief who makes great efforts in dissembling his identity during an interrogation.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

He continued to play Babar in Mirzapur season 2[1][28] and appeared in short film: Sorry (2020).[29][30]

In 2021, Khan appeared in short film Click (2021)[31] and then appeared as Parchun in Umesh Bist’s comedy-drama film Pagglait[32][33] which was released on 26 March 2021 on Netflix.[34][9][10][11]

In 2022, Aasif appeared in the web series Human which was streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.[7]

Aasif will be seen next as a lead protagonist in comedy-drama web television series Shubh Ratri,[35][36][37][38] in a horror-comedy film Kakuda,[39] in MIA, an Amazon miniTV web series,[40] and in a romantic comedy film Ishq Chakkallas.[41]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role(s) Notes Ref(s)
2011 Ready Junior artist [3]
2012 Agneepath Junior artist
2017 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Reporter [2]
2018 Pari Ismail
2019 India's Most Wanted Bittu Sinha [3]
2021 Pagglait Parchun [7][9][10][11]
2022 Kakuda Film is yet to be released Completed[42] [39]
Ishq Chakallas Film is yet to be released [41]

Web Series[]

Key
Series that have not yet been released Denotes series that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Produced by Ref
2018 Mirzapur Babar Amazon Prime Video [15]
2019 Humorously Yours Chintu The Viral Fever [3]
2020 Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega Anas Ahmad Netflix [18]
Panchayat Ganesh Amazon Prime Video [20]
Paatal Lok Kabir M Amazon Prime Video [22]
Mirzapur: Season 2 Babar Amazon Prime Video [1][28]
2022 Human Omar Pervez Hotstar [7][43][44][45]
TBA Shubh Ratri Series is yet to be released TBA Twilight Entertainment Pvt Ltd [35]
Mia Series is yet to be released TBA Amazon miniTV [40]

Short films[]

Year Film Role Ref
2017 Vacancy Durgesh Kumar [5]
2020 Sorry Yaman [29][30]
2021 Click Ashish [31]

As casting associate[]

Year Film/ Series
2016-2017 TVF Bachelors
2017 What Will People Say
Secret Superstar
2018 Pari
Raid
Bhonsle
Mirzapur
2019 Luka Chuppi
Arjun Patiala
ChupChaap

Awards and Nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result
2018 Cineshorts by Viacom18 Best Actor Vacancy Won
2018 Skylight Film Festival Best Actor Vacancy Won

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