Salman Yusuff Khan


Salman Yusuff Khan is an Indian dancer, actor, choreographer and television judge. He participated in and emerged as winner of Dance India Dance 1. He also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 and ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9.''

Career

Khan, born Mohammad Ghause, started his career with the dance reality show Dance India Dance in its first season. After winning the show, Khan appeared in the title song of Wanted. He then did the music video "Dance Of Death" for the movie Rakta Charitra and in the video Alive. He appeared in the film Sukoon - Vaishali Made.
In 2013, he debuted as an actor in the 3D dance-based film ABCD: Anybody Can Dance, which was released on 8 February 2013, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb and Punit Pathak.
He later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa first as a choreographer opposite Yana Gupta, Isha Sharvani and became the winner with Drashti Dhami in 2013. In 2014, he was a participant of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5. He was also choreographer in Creature 3D, Zid. Salman was a judge in the dance reality show Dance Dance Juniors.
In 2018, he starred in the Tamil dance film Lakshmi, which was released on 24 August 2018, directed by A. L. Vijay co-starring Prabhu Deva, Ditya Bhande, and Aishwarya Rajesh. Later, he is the judge of dance reality show HIGH FEVER, and he also was a Choreographer in Welcome to New York.
In 2020, he appeared in the dance film Street Dancer 3D which was released on 24 January 2020, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, and Nora Fatehi.
In 2023, he started in a promotional short film for Apple Inc., titled Fursat, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj on an iPhone 14 Pro.

Personal life

Khan married his longtime girlfriend, an air hostess, Faiza Haramain, in 2013.

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2009WantedHimself in the song "Most Wanted Track"
2011Rakta CharitraHimself in the title song "Mila Toh Marega"
2013ABCD: Anybody Can DanceRocky
2014Darling Choreographer
2014ZidChoreographer
2014Creature 3DChoreographer
2016G Kutta SeChoreographer
2017Love You FamilyRaj
2017Heartbeats Pallav
2018Dil JuungleeChoreographer
2018Welcome to New YorkChoreographer
2018Lakshmi Yusuff Khan
2020Street Dancer 3DZain
2023FursatChief Gangster