Sajid Khan

Not to be confused with Sajid Khan (director).

Sajid Khan
Kahn as a guest star on The Big Valley, 1969 and in his starring role in Maya.
Born	28 December 1951 (1951-12-28) Mumbai, India

Sajid Khan (born 28 December 1951 in Mumbai, India) is a former Indian actor. He is the adopted son of Indian film producer Mehboob Khan, founder of Mehboob Studios, in India.

Career

Sajid started acting as a child appearing as the younger version of Sunil Dutt's character in his father Mehboob's 1957 film Mother India. He played a more central role in his father's next and last film Son of India in 1962. He went on to achieve fame in the United States with a co-starring role alongide Jay North in the 1966 film Maya. The film's success led to a television series of the of the same name airing on NBC from September 1967 to February 1968. He also had a short-lived singing career in 1969 releasing an album titled Sajid. In the 1970s and early 1980s he appeared in several films and then quit acting in 1983.

Current activities

It is reported that Sajid had a factory in India which made costume jewellery. 'Artistic' was the name of the retail store.^{[citation needed]} He is divorced and has a son, Sameer.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Films

• Heat and Dust (1983) .... Dacoit Chief
• Dahshat (1981)
• Zindagi Aur Toofan (1975)
• Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974) .... The Mad Boy
• Savera (1972)
• The Singing Filipina (1971)
• Maya (1966) ... Raji
• Son of India (1962)
• Mother India (1957) .... Young Birju (child artist)

TV appearances

• The Big Valley - The Royal Road (1969, 1 episode) .... Ranjit Singh
• Its Happening - (1968, 2 episodes) .... Himself
• Maya (1967–1968, 18 episodes) .... Raji

Discography

Singles

(Numbers in parentheses indicate Billboard Singles Chart peak positions)

• "Getting To Know You" (#108) / "Ha Ram" -- Colgems 1026 (1968)
• "Dream" (#119) / "Someday" -- Colgems 1034 (1969)

Albums

• Sajid—Colgems COS-114 (1969)

External links

• Sajid Khan at the Internet Movie Database