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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]

Aasif Khan
Born	(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 31) Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor

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] in Dil Se Hero, a mini-series by FilterCopy,[35] and in Murder In Agonda, an Amazon miniTV web series.[36][37]

Aasif appeared as a lead protagonist in comedy-drama web television series Ghar Set Hai,[38][39][40][41][42] and will be seen next in horror-comedy films Kakuda[43] and The Virgin Tree,[44] and in romantic comedy films viz. Ishq Chakkallas[45] and Noorani Chehra.[46][47]

Filmography

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	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	TBA	Completed[48]	[43]
	Ishq Chakallas	TBA		[45]
	Noorani Chehra	Zaheer	Completed[49]	[47][50]
TBA	The Virgin Tree	TBA	Filming[44]	[44]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
2018	Mirzapur	Babar	[15]
2019	Humorously Yours	Chintu	[3]
2020	Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega	Anas Ahmad	[18]
	Panchayat	Ganesh- the groom	[20]
	Paatal Lok	Kabir M	[22]
	Mirzapur: Season 2	Babar	[1][28]
2022	Human	Omar Pervez	[7][51][52][53]
	Murder In Agonda	Sanket Salelkar	[36][37][54]
	Ghar Set Hai	Lakhan	[38][42]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
2017	Vacancy	Durgesh Kumar	[5]
2020	Sorry	Yaman	[29][30]
2021	Click	Ashish	[31]
2022	Dil Se Hero	Vikram	[35]

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Galtiyan	Aditya	Debut music video	[55]

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

References

External links

• Aasif Khan at IMDb
• Aasif Khan on Instagram

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