Kamaal R Khan (KRK)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kamaal R Khan

• Kamaal R Khan (KRK) is an Indian actor, film critic, film producer, scriptwriter, and trade analyst.

• In one of his tweets, he shared that in his childhood, his father used to beat him like an animal. He tweeted,
  

  My father harassed me, beat me like an animal and kicked my ass almost every day in my childhood so #HappyFathersDay to my kick ass father. According my parents I was worst child of them out of 6 coz I was going to school instead of doing farming n watching films with my friends (sic). My mother wanted me to marry my cousin when I was 15 years old. I could have been my mother’s favourite if I married my cousin sister when I was fifteen years old and then took to farming.”

  In another tweet, he talked about his mother. He said once his mother wanted to give him poison. He tweeted,

  Once upon a time, you wanted to give poison but today you are proud of me. (Sic) My mother was angry with me for watching films so she thought dat I will destroy the reputation of family hence she wanted to give me poison.”

• During his graduation days, he worked as a writer for a regional newspaper. He then shifted to Mumbai from Delhi to make his career as a writer.

• He has worked as an air conditioner repair technician in Dubai.

  

• He once shared how he met his wife Anita Kumar aka Aisha Kamaal Khan. He said,
  

  Many ppl ask me about my wife. So today I am giving them details. First time I met my wife in Mumbai Santacruz with her father Then somhow I got her number n called her n she shouted at me coz she thought dat I’m trying to flirt with her. Waise Bhi she hated Muslims. I was able to convince my wife after one-year dat I really love her n want to marry her. But she wanted to be sure dat I don’t drink alcohol so finally, we got married n living happily till date. I helped her 4 younger brothers, who are staying in Dubai with their family now. Pls note, I don’t have any property, company, car, bank account in my name. All are in the name of my wife so I am 100% #2Rsppl without her.”

• In 2008, he acted in the Hindi film ‘Deshdrohi.’ The film was one of Bollywood’s biggest flops. KRK came into the limelight for his poor acting skills in the film.

• In 2009, he participated in the Hindi TV reality show ‘Bigg Boss 3.’ In one of the episodes of the show, he said,
  

  At my home milk comes from Holland and water from France, I pay 10,000 employees and live in a huge bungalow. After that, the high and mighty KRK hit fellow inmate Rohit Verma with a bottle.”

  

• According to the sources, he once proposed to the Indian TV actress Sara Khan through Twitter. Earlier, he used to send kiss emojis to the Indian actress Asin Thottumkal. ^[19]India Today In one of his tweets, he said,
  

  Its official that yesterday I have broken up with my Moroccan girlfriend Sabah but today I am already in love with Sara khan TV actress.”

• In 2010, he was given Baalti Award at the Zee Gold Awards.

• In February 2010, KRK started working as a film critic and shared his film reviews through his Twitter account. On 25 May 2013, he started his self-titled YouTube channel on which he shares film reviews, song reviews, and reviews on various other topics. He gained immense popularity with his reviews on YouTube. As of 2022, his YouTube followers are more than 1.11 million, and his Twitter followers are more than 5.1 million.

  

• In one of his tweets in 2013, he shared that he did not smoke or drink alcohol.

  

• In 2014, he started his entertainment website KRK BOX OFFICE, and at the launch event, Amitabh Bachchan was the chief guest.

  

• In the same year, the Indian political party Samajwadi Party gave him a ticket from Mumbai, but he worked as a politician for only 15 days.

  

• He was then seen in the Hindi film ‘Ek Villain’ (2014) in which he played the role of Brijesh.

  

• In 2014, he received an award from the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee.

  

• In April 2018, he tweeted about his diagnosis of stage 3 stomach cancer. The tweet also mentioned two of his dreams.

  

• Kamaal has been featured in various Hindu music videos like “Tum Meri Ho” (2019) and “Pyar Ka Naam Khuda Rakkha Hai” (2020). The Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to promote KRK’s song “Tum Meri Ho.” He tweeted,
  

  WOWWWW Never before seen side of actor, critic and now lyricist #KRK! #TumMeriHo song featuring #Aayra! Music by #DJShezwood. Directed by #NitishChandra!”

  

• Kamaal R Khan has also worked as a trade analyst, and he owns a tour and travel business ‘KRK Tour and Travels’ in Dubai. KRK also runs a clothing business.

  

• His name KRK is inspired by Shah Rukh Khan’s name ‘SRK.’ In an interview, he said,
  

  Mujhe fark nahin padta ki woh believe karte hain ya nahin. I am the King Khan in my own right. Jo aur King Khan hain, woh apni duniya ke honge!”

• He is always spotted wearing a pistol locket around his neck.

  

• In 2022, KRK took to his Instagram to announce the remake of his Hindi film ‘Deshdrohi.’

  

• In May 2022, his biography book titled Controversial KRK was launched, the book is written by Ranbir Pushp.

  

• On 24 September 2022, he took to social media to announce that after the Bollywood film Vikram Vedha, starring Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan, he would not review any other film. He blamed Bollywood for his decision and said that he was forced to quit his work as a film critic. He wrote,
  

  I quit. #VikramVedha is the last film, I will review. Thank you all for trusting my reviews n making me the biggest critic in the history of Bollywood. Thanks to all the Bollywood ppl also for not accepting me as a critic but filing so many cases against me to stop my reviews.”

Deshdrohi