Aasif Khan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Aasif Khan

• Aasif Khan is an Indian television and film actor.

• He was born in a Muslim family.

• He shared an interesting story of his childhood, in an interview, he said,

In my childhood, I was fond of dancing at weddings, after that in 2003, a show happened which was “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge”, in the aftermath of that show, stand-up comedy was introduced in my life as an art form. I was impressed with this art form as an individual can play various characters, after that, I started performing stand-up comedy in my very city, I learned many things from that, and also I have won many competitions too.”

• Initially, he started working as a waiter; as he was not getting any acting assignments in Mumbai. He shared the story of his struggling days, he said,

My friends started provoking me that I should go ahead in acting and after that in 2010, I decided to go Mumbai, literally, I have done a mistake, that I went Mumbai without any preparation, my family was against my decision of making a career in acting, so I had no financial support. Let me tell you one interesting thing about Mumbai that there is a huge difference in Mumbai of your dreams and actual Mumbai. After that in 2011, I came back to Nimbahera and worked in theatre for 6 years, from the very day, my passion for acting has begun.”

• He even washed dishes at a hotel where Saif Ali Khan– Kareena Kapoor got married.

• In 2012, he joined a theatre group, ‘Sarthak and Ujaagar Theatre Group’ in Jaipur, and after five years, he shifted to Mumbai again to try his luck in Hindi films and TV serials. At the same time, he joined ‘Casting Bay;’ a casting agency.

  

• He has also featured in a few TV commercials.

  

• He has worked as a casting director in various web-series and Hindi films, including ‘TVF Bachelors’ (2016-2017), ‘What Will People Say’ (2017), ‘Secret Superstar’ (2017), and ‘Raid’ (2018).

• He has acted in various Hindi web-series and films, like ‘Ghumakkad’ (2017), ‘Mirzapur’ (2018), ‘India’s Most Wanted’ (2019), ‘Jamtara- Sabka Number Ayega’ (2020), and ‘Paatal Lok’ (2020).

• His favourite Bollywood actor is Shah Rukh Khan.

• He won the Best Actor Award for the Hindi short film, “Vacancy” by Skylight Film Festival in 2018.

• On the evening of 14 July 2025, Aasif suffered a heart attack, following which he was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai.