Faisal Nazeer Khan is an Indian dancer and actor. Khan gave an audition in the second season of dance reality showDance India Dance Li'l Masters, where he came out as the winner. He also participated in Dance Ke Superkids and DID Dance Ka Tashan.
Life and career
Khan was born in 1997 and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father was an auto rickshaw driver Khan completed his tenth class studies at Meera Academy school in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. He learnt freestyle dance by dance teacher Shrikanth Ahire. Khan began his career at the age of 13 as a dancer, he gave an audition in the second kids special season of Zee TV'S dance reality series Dance India Dance, where he was selected and came out as the winner with prize money, and won a Favorite Shisya award at Zee Rishtey Awards. The show was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Marzi Pestonji, Terence Lewis. The series aired from April 2012 to August 2012. After winning the series, he participated in another season of Dance India Dance title, Dance Ke Superkids. he was team-up with Raghav Juyal, Kruti Mahesh and Prince Gupta in the "Yahoo" team, which he won. The series was aired in September 2012 on Zee television. Khan made his acting career with the main lead in Sony Entertainment Television's historical drama seriesBharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, in which he featured along with an ensemble cast including Shakti Anand, Aashka Goradia, Jannat Zubair Rahmani and Roshni Walia, plays the lead role of young Maharana Pratap. The show is based on life of Maharana Pratap, the king of Mewar, who earned the title of "Maharana" through his dedication and hard work, and become a great warrior and a King. His performance in this series, he received critical praise, and won two Best Child Actor – Male awards at Indian Television Academy Awards and Indian Telly Awards, and received several nominations. On the second week of August 2014, Khan gave a special dance performance in the eighth season of Sony TV's game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, he performed as in Maharana Pratap dressed on a grand premiere. Khan appeared as a guest dance performer in the seventh season of Colors TV's celebrity dance reality series Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, where he joined the contestant Mouni Roy and choreographer partner Punit Pathak, in special "Teen Ka Tadka" episode on 23 August 2014. Later in November 2014, Khan acted in Sony TV's crime thriller series C.I.D.. He portrayed an episodic role as the character of a dancer Faisal Khan, who is the prime suspect of a murder. In April 2015, Khan played the pivotal role in Sony Entertainment Television's courtroom drama series Bhanwar – Kalyug Ki Hairatangez Kahaniyaa. By the end of June 2015, Khan gave a special dance performance on a finale episode of Colors TV's talent-based reality show India's Got Talent, he performed with the contestants X1X and Beat Breakers. In August 2015, Khan participated in the eighth season of Colors TV's celebrity dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. He competed along with Vaishnavi Patil and choreographer Vivek. He won and emerged as the youngest winner of the series, and received prize money and a MahendraSUV car. The show judged by Shahid Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Lauren Gottlieb and Ganesh Hegde. The series ran from July to October 2015. On 30 January 2016, Khan also took part in . He got eliminated on 28 February 2016 from the show. On 14 May 2019, he was added to the cast of the serial Chandragupta Maurya to play the lead role of the older Chandragupta, replacing Kartikey Malviya. Khan made his film debut with Marathi filmPrem Kahani, he portrayed the role of a Rajasthani boy Baiju. In January 2016, he teamed up with his choreographer Raghav Juyal and the host of DID Little MastersJay Bhanushali for in Season 7 hosted by Arjun Kapoor.
