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Who is Aryan Khan?
Aryan Khan is a budding actor, voiceover artist and social media influencer. He is better known as the son of Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan.
Aryan Khan's family
Aryan Khan, son of Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan, was born on November 13, 1997, in New Delhi, India.
He is the elder son of Shah Rukh Khan and film producer and designer Gauri Khan. Aryan has a younger sister named Suhana Khan and a younger brother named Abram Khan.
Aryan Khan's education
Aryan Khan studied abroad from Sevenoaks High School in London and later went to the University of Southern California. He acquired training in martial arts and has a black belt in Taekwondo, he also won a gold medal at the Maharashtra Taekwondo competition in 2010.
Career
Aryan made his cinematic debut as a child artist when he played a child actor in director Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham'.
In 2004, the star son received an award as the best dubbing child artist for dubbing the dialogues for the character of Tez in the film ‘Hum Lajawab Hain’.
Aryan also lent his voice to the character of ‘Simba’ in the Hindi version of ‘The Lion King’ (2019) film alongside his father Shah Rukh Khan who dubbed for the character of Mufasa.
Controversy
Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3, 2021, in connection with the seizure of banned drugs on board a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2.
He was in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai. In his plea, Aryan Khan claimed that he was innocent and has not committed any crime and that he has been falsely implicated in the case.
Aryan Khan's advocate Satish Maneshinde argued that his client was invited to the event being held on the cruise by the organisers.
Aryan was booked under sections 27 (punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance), 8C (produce, manufacture, possess, sell or purchase of drugs) and other relevant provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
He and seven others were detained by NCB sleuths after they raided the cruise ship on its way from Mumbai to Goa.