zaid khan

bengaluru, Karnataka

Actor

Zaid Khan is a Kannada film actor who made his acting debut with Jayatheertha’s Banaras in 2022, a romantic time-travel drama that featured him alongside Sonal Monteiro. Coming from a political family, Zaid is the son of politician Zameer Ahmed Khan, but he chose to pursue cinema and worked extensively to establish an identity of his own. He trained in acting at the Anupam Kher Institute and later continued his training in Bengaluru before making his debut. Zaid has expressed his desire to remain rooted in Kannada cinema and has focused on taking up challenging roles that help him grow as an actor. His second major film, Cult, directed by Anil Kumar, marked a different phase in his career, with Zaid taking on a more intense and challenging character.