Khan was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to an Indian Muslim father and a ChineseChristian mother, growing up in relative poverty before running away from home at the age of 15 to Mumbai, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional bodybuilder.[2]
Career
Khan[3] started his career with a musical video of Stereo Nation Nachange Sari Raat.[4]N. Chandra signed him to play the lead role in his film Style. The film went on to become a box office success. Immediately thereafter, the sequel to Style, Xcuse Me, also went on in the comedy genre. He also starred in Aladin and Ramaa: The Saviour.[5] He is also associated with the water brand Hunk Water.[6]
Khan married Negar Khan on 21 September 2003.[7] They divorced in July 2005.[8] In 2024, he remarried his 21-year-old girlfriend Milena from Belarus.[9]
Controversies
Khan is said to have had an affair with Ayesha Shroff in 2009, during their joint venture in a production company.[10]
The alleged relationship between the two and their business partnership took an ugly shape later in 2014 when she filed a legal case against him. In return, the actor's lawyer submitted some intimate photos to the court, which showed both Khan and Shroff in a compromising situation, implying there was much more than just professional commitment between the two.[11]
In 2014, Khan was involved in a gym fight with Bollywood actor Sana Khan's alleged boyfriend Ismail Khan. Reportedly, Ismail attacked Sahil unexpectedly in a Mumbai-based gym over a business contract delay causing this feud. Also apparently starting rumours by Sahil about Sana Khan and Ismail's relationship but this is denied by Sahil.[12][13]
In 2023, the crime branch, during an investigation into the Mahadev betting app case summoned Sahil and three others to provide statements on 15 December. However, he did not appear for the questioning by the police and later asserted that he functioned solely as a brand promoter under contract with Isports247, endorsing The Lion Book brand, and denied any direct connection to the betting platform. However, the police claimed he was a co-owner of the app and he was also involved as a partner in Lotus App 247.[14] On 13 April, he was once again summoned by the Mumbai Police and was interrogated by the SIT in connection with the case.[15]
Arrest
Following the rejection of his interim bail plea by the Bombay High Court, he fled Mumbai and went into hiding. However, on 28 April 2024, he was arrested from Chattisgarh by the Mumbai cyber cell's Special Investigation Team after a 40-hour, 1800-kilometer chase across 5 states,[16] with assistance from the Chhattisgarh Police for his involvement in the Mahadev Betting App Case.[17]
