Khan made his debut in Chetan Anand's 1964 war film Haqeeqat in a small role as a soldier. Sanjay Khan at the wedding of Esha Deol in 2012 ĭeciding not to pursue further education, Khan moved to Mumbai where, before joining Bollywood, he assisted John Guillermin, Hollywood film director for the MGM Production of Tarzan Goes to India (1962). He obtained Senior Cambridge through Cambridge School in Daryaganj, New Delhi. To Khan, that was a moment of epiphany and he decided to pursue an acting career. The manager of the theatre took Khan into the projection room and explained to him how the film is made.
Following the film, he decided to visit with the actors. Īt the age of 12, Khan was taken to a theatre to see Raj Kapoor's Awaara and was mesmerised by the film. His younger brothers Sameer and Shahrukh are businessmen, while Akbar Khan has made magnum opus Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story. His elder brother is Feroz Khan, who was a successful actor and also produced super hit movies like Dharmatma and Qurbani. Son of an immigrant Afghan Pashtun father of the Tanoli tribe, Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli from Ghazni and an immigrant Persian mother, Bibi Fatima Begum from Iran, with five brothers and two sisters, Dilshad and Khurshid.
Sanjay Khan was born on 3 January, 1941 as Shah Abbas Ali Khan Tanoli in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) into a Muslim family.