Khushboo life and biography

Khushboo, born Nakhat Khan is an Indian actress, television hostess and producer.

Khushboo was born and raised in a Muslim family in Andheri (West), Mumbai, and went to Swami Muktananda High School there. She has three brothers. She is married to director Sundar C. She later converted to Hinduism and though is not a Tamilian, can speak the language very fluently.

Khushboo started her career in the 1980s as a child artist. Her first movie appearance was Thodisi Bewafaii (1980) where she had an uncredited role. She had her first credited role in the 1981 film Laawaris. Since then, she has acted in over 100 movies, some opposite leading actors like Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth, Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Sathyaraj, and Prabhu. She played the role of the sister of Anil Kapoor in the 80s hit Meri Jung, and danced with Javed Jaffrey in his first dancing role on screen in the superhit song "Bol Baby Bol, Mere Sang Dol".

Kushboo was introduced to South India through the Telugu movie Kaliyuga Pandavulu opposite Venkatesh, under the direction of K Raghavendra Rao.
She is known for her TV show Jackpot and her serials Kalki, Janani and Kungumam.
Apart from Tamil movies, she has also acted in various movies in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam.
In Kannada, she has acted in many movies with Ravichandran notably Ranadheera (1987), Anjada Gandu, Shanthi Kranthi and Yugapurusha.

Khushboo,a muslim married actor-director Sundar C, a Hindu, and converted to Hinduism after the two got married. They have two daughters, Avanthika and Ananditha, after whom they have named their production house. She has been living in Chennai for the past twenty years. She also has three brothers all of whom also live in Chennai.She is one of the most popular and friendly co-stars. Kushboo learnt classical dance from her senior co-star cum friend actress Sukanya, a student of Chennai Kalakshetra. Kushboo also mentioned in an interview to Vijay TV that Sukanya used to help with her hairstyles and dialogues for K.Balachander's TV serials, to cater to his demands. One of her brothers, Abdullah, is expected to make his debut in the movie industry, playing the lead role in the movie Netru pol inru illai.

Tamil movies
Simmarasi - Sarathkumar
Nattamai - Sarathkumar, Meena
Dharmathin Thalaivan - Rajinikanth, Prabhu
Nattukku Oru Nallavan - Rajinikanth, Juhichawla
Mannan - Rajinikanth, Vijayashanthi
Pandian - Rajinikanth
Annamalai - Rajinikanth

Malayalam movies
Uncle Bun - Mohanlal
Yaadhavam - Suresh Gopi
Maanathe Kottaram - Suresh Gopi, dileep
Anubhoothi - Suresh Gopi, Vani Viswanath
Elavamkodu Desam - Mammootty

Kannada movies
Gagana - Anant Nag
Ranadheera - Ravichandran
Yuga Purusha - Ravichandran
Premagni - with Arjun Sarja

Television
Jackpot
Kalki
Marumagal
Rudra
Kumkumam
Namma Kudumbam

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