Salman Yusuff Khan Explained

Salman Yusuff Khan
Birth Date:12 June 1985
Birth Place:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Yearsactive:2009–2023
Children:1

Salman Yusuff Khan (born 12 June 1985) is an Indian dancer, actor, choreographer and television judge. He participated in and emerged as winner of Dance India Dance 1. He also participated in and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9.

Career

Khan started his career with the dance reality show Dance India Dance in its first season. After winning the show, Khan appeared in the title song of Wanted. He then did the music video "Dance Of Death" for the movie Rakta Charitra and in the video Alive (2011). He appeared in the film Sukoon - Vaishali Made.

In 2013, he debuted as an actor in the 3D dance-based film , which was released on 8 February 2013, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb and Punit Pathak.

He later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa first as a choreographer opposite Yana Gupta (Season 4), Isha Sharvani (Season 5) and became the winner with Drashti Dhami (Season 6) in 2013. In 2014, he was a participant of . He was also choreographer in Creature 3D, Zid. Salman was a judge in the dance reality show Dance Dance Juniors.

In 2018, he starred in the Tamil dance film Lakshmi, which was released on 24 August 2018, directed by A. L. Vijay co-starring Prabhu Deva, Ditya Bhande, and Aishwarya Rajesh. Later, he is the judge of dance reality show HIGH FEVER, and he also was a Choreographer in Welcome to New York.

In 2020, he appeared in the dance film Street Dancer 3D which was released on 24 January 2020, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, and Nora Fatehi.[1]

In 2023, he started in a promotional short film for Apple Inc., titled Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj on an iPhone 14 Pro.[2]

Personal life

Salman Yusuff Khan married his longtime girlfriend, an air hostess, Faiza Haramain in 2013.[3]

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2009WantedHimself in the song "Most Wanted Track"
2011Rakta CharitraHimself in the title song "Mila Toh Marega"
2013Rocky
2014Darling (Kannada)Choreographer
Zid
Creature 3D
2016G Kutta Se
2017Love You FamilyRaj
Heartbeats (English)Pallav
2018Dil JuungleeChoreographer
Welcome to New York
Lakshmi (Tamil)Yusuff Khan
2020Street Dancer 3DZain
2023FursatChief Gangster

Television

YearShowChannelRole
2009 Dance India Dance 1 Contestant (Winner)
2011 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 4 Choreographer
2012 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 5
2013 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 6
2014 Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 7 Guest
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 Contestant (Finalist)
2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 Guest
Nach Baliye 7
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant (Runner-up)
Comedy Nights Bachao Guest
2017 Dance Dance Juniors Judge
2018 High Fever.. Dance Ka Naya Tevar
2020 Guest
India's Best Dancer
The Kapil Sharma Show
Bigg Boss 14
2021The War Of TalentMX PlayerJudge
Dance Plus 6Star PlusCaptain

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kandhe Ka Woh Til, Featuring Salman Yusuff Khan And Zaara Yesmin, Is Out Now. 2020-11-11. NDTV.com.
  2. Web site: Vishal Bhardwaj on shooting Fursat on iPhone: 'I've been wanting to do a film like this and was looking forward to it' - EasternEye . 3 February 2023 .
  3. News: Choreographer-turned-actor Salman ties the knot. Neha Maheshwri. TNN. The Times of India. 28 December 2013. 15 July 2018.