Zahrah S Khan Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Zahrah S Khan

• Zahrah S Khan is a British actress and singer of Pakistani origin who rose to popularity with her Bollywood songs The Punjaabban Song from the film Jugjugg Jeeyo (2022) and Kusu Kusu from the film Satyameva Jayate 2 (2021).

• Zahrah S Khan’s parents, Rehmat Khan and Salma Agha, were married from 1989 to 2010. Before marrying Rehmat, Salma Agha was married to a Pakistani actor Jawed Sheikh (1981-1987).
  

  Salma Agha and Jawed Sheikh in a film

  Before marrying Salma AghaRehmat Khan was married to an English woman named Josie. Together, Rehmat and Josie have three children, two daughters Natasha Khan and Suraiya Khan, and a son Tariq Khan.

  

  Pakistani squash player Rehmat Khan’s ex-wife Josie and their son Tariq Khan

  After his divorce from Salma Agha, Rehmat got married to a woman in the US and had a son Mohammed Zahir. On the other hand, Salma too got married to a Dubai-based businessman Manzar Shah in 2011.

• Zahrah S Khan was just six years old when Salma and Rehmat got divorced. She spent her childhood in Mumbai, New Jersey, Canada, and Dubai.
  

  A childhood picture of Zahrah S Khan with her mother

• Growing up, she idolised American actress Hilary Duff to such an extent that she dyed her hair Blonde at 12 to imitate Hilary.

• During her later teen years, she dyed her hair Black after being fascinated with Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne.

• In an interview, while talking about her roots she said,
  

  I am very much Indian, I am connected to Delhi, as my naani has been residing here only. I did my schooling from Bombay, so its’ wrong if people call me a Pakistani actress and singer or firang. I have my roots in India only.”

• Born to a singer mother, Zahrah learned Hindustani classical music while growing up. A skilled guitar and keyboard player, Zahrah also built a studio for herself in her Dubai House.

• She is the fourth generation singer in her maternal family. The music composer’s duo Sajid-Wajid are Zahrah’s maternal uncles. Her maternal grandmother, Nusrin Agha, was also a well-known singer.

• Zahrah’s mother, Salma Agha, is the granddaughter of the Pashtun musician Rafiq Ghaznavi and actress Anwari Bai Begum, who is known for starring in the 1932 Punjabi film Heer Ranjha. Anwari Begum and Rafiq Ghaznavi’s daughter, Nasreen Agha (Salma’s mother), was also an actor. Later, when Anwari and Rafiq got divorced, Anwari went on to marry Jugal Kishore Mehra, a maternal cousin of Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi Kapoor. Jugal also legally adopted Nasreen as his daughter. She is the second cousin to the 5th generation of Kapoors- Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, and Ranbir Kapoor.
  

  Salma Agha with Shashi Kapoor at a family get-together

• Zahrah’s ties to Bollywood led her to enter the entertainment industry at the age of 16 when she was visiting Mumbai for her summer holidays. At that time, she started taking acting lessons and also went for various auditions.

• Zahrah earned a nomination for Best Debut – Female at the Zee Cine Awards (2014) for her role of Ritu in the film Aurangzeb (2013).
  

  Zahrah S Khan as Ritu in Aurangzeb (2013)

• In the same year, she began her journey as a playback singer when she voiced the song Barbaadiyaan in the film Aurangzeb.

• In 2014, she appeared in the Bollywood action-drama film Desi Kattey in the role of Paridhi Rathore.
  

  Zahrah S Khan as Paridhi Rathore in Desi Kattey (2014)

• In 2014, rumours about Zahrah S Khan and Sachin Gupta’s love affair made headlines when Salma Agha lodged a police complaint against Sachin at Oshiwara police station for dating her daughter. However, while addressing the media outside the police station Sachin Gupta denied the relationship and said that they were there to sort out a water leakage problem in their building. ^[16]Mid-Day He said,
  

  We went to the police to sort out a water leakage problem in our building and it has already been resolved. Salmaji is a beautiful singer and I respect her a lot. There’s nothing between me and Sasha; we are just good friends.”

  Zahrah, who was accompanying Sachin to the police station, too denied the rumours and said,

  I really don’t know where this has come from, because we went to the police to sort out a water leakage problem. Sachin is a sweetheart and there’s nothing between us. Even if there was something, why would my mother go to the police station. We stay in the 21st century and nobody does such a thing now. Whoever gave you this story needs to come up with something better.”

• Later, Zahrah revealed that her mother was no longer against her relationship with Sachin. ^[17]The Times of India While talking about the same to a media house, Zahrah said,
  

  How long could my mother remain angry? I understand her concern. She feels we should both concentrate on our respective careers. But eventually she realised that we are really serious about each other and gave in. Sachin and I have known each other for six years and have been together for two years.”

   

• In 2015, rumours of Sachin and Zahrah’s divorce surfaced on the internet. However, Sachin addressed the media and denied the reports. He rubbished the rumours and claimed that Sasha had gone to Dubai to visit her ailing maternal grandfather. ^[18]The Times of India

• She played the role of Gurpreet in Kajri Babbar’s 2019 British short film ‘Khoj.’ Premiered at Cannes in May 2018, the film narrates the journey of a teenage Punjabi bride; Kajri Babbar is the niece of Indian actor-politician Raj Babbar.
  

• In 2020, between October 28 and November 3, Zahrah received rape threats from an unknown Instagram user following which she registered a case in Mumbai’s Oshiwara police station. Upon investigation, the police identified the accused as Noorah Saravar, who was a 23-year-old female MBA student in Hyderabad. During the investigation, Noorah told the police that she had created a fake account on Instagram. Allegedly, Saravar said that Zahrah and her co-workers were working with a political party and targeting her. A probe into the matter revealed that Noorah was mentally unstable. However, a case was registered against Noorah Saravar under sections 354 (a), 354(b), 509, 506 and Information Technology Act 67(a) of the Indian Penal Code. ^[19]The Quint

• She came into the spotlight in 2021 when she voiced the crowd-puller song ‘Kusu Kusu,’ featuring Nora Fatehi, from the Bollywood film Satyameva Jayate 2. The song was collaboratively sung by Zahrah S Khan and Dev Negi. She also lent her voice to the song ‘Tenu Lehenga’ from the Satyameva Jayate 2.
  

  Crowd-puller song ‘Kusu Kusu,’ featuring Nora Fatehi, from the Bollywood film Satyameva Jayate 2

• In 2021, she released the single ‘Jogan’ under the label Gaana Originals.
  

• Apart from Bollywood songs, she has also lent her voice to Tanishk Bagchi‘s single Khudse Zyada, Guru Randhawa’s single Dance Meri Rani (2021), Nayi Dhoop from the Amazon Prime film Unpaused (2020), and the female version of the song Yeh Haalath from the Amazon Prime series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021).

• In 2021, she collaborated with Aparshakti Khurrana to record a cover of the Bollywood songs ‘Humdum’ and ‘Saathiya’ mashed up with Justin Bieber’s song ‘Stay.’ The mashup is uploaded on her YouTube channel titled Zara Khan.

• In 2022, she rose to popularity with ‘The Punjaabban Song’ from the Bollywood film Jugjugg Jeeyo, which featured actors Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor. The chartbuster song was collaboratively sung by Zahrah S Khan, Gippy Grewal, Tanishk Bagchi, and Romy Abrar. Another song in the film which she voiced was Jaise Savan.
  

• She has lent her voice to various Bollywood songs like Kya Karte The Saajna from the film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui 2.0 (2021), and Har Funn Maula from the film Koi Jaane Na (2021).

• In 2022, she lent her voice to the Hindi version of the song ‘Aafat’ from the Pan-India film Liger.
  
• In an interview, she revealed that she likes to sleep in complete darkness with no night lamps on. She said,
  

  I can’t sleep if there is even a little light in the room. I need absolute darkness. I flip my phonescreen so that its light won’t wake me up.”

• She is an avid cat lover and owns two cats. In an interview, she said,
  

  I’m a huge cat person. I think I’ll be an old lady with 17 cats. I already have two.”

  

  Zahrah S Khan with her cat

• Apart from ghazals, Sufi, alternative rock, and R&B music, she also likes Nepali music.