Gauhar Khan or Gauahar Khan or Gauahar Zafar Khan is known for her career as Bollywood actress and a model. She was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India and was born on 23rd August 1983 in a Muslim family, where she is one of the five siblings. She is the sister of famous television actress
Nigaar Khan
and the youngest of five sisters. She completed her schooling from Mount Carmel Convent High School, Lullanagar, Pune.
Gauhar Khan has been doing modeling for Payal Jain,
Neeta Lulla
,
Ritu Kumar
,
Manish Malhotra
. She appeared in a number of advertisements for Bajaj Auto, Tanishq jewelry, Opel Car and Ford Ikon. In 2002, she was a contestant in Femina Miss India. She stood fourth and was honored with the title of Miss India Talented. She also appeared in the contest of Miss International in 2004. She made an appearance in music videos of Bombay Vikings, Hawa Mein Udti Jaye. In the year of 2009 she too was a contestant in the India’s famous celebrity show of Dance, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in season 3 and she was the finalist on the show. She represented herself in the Television show The Khan Sisters in which her sister Nigaar Khan also participated. In 2013, she participated and won the famous Indian celebrity show
Bigg Boss
Season 7. She was a part of another reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi. She is currently hosting a singing talent show India’s Raw Star with Yo Yo Honey Singh.
Khan made her debut as an Actress in Bollywood in 2009 with the Yash Raj in Rocket Singh and her co-star was
Ranbir Kapoor
. She did small roles in various films such as Game (2011), and Ishaqzaade (2012). She did item number Naa Pere Kanchan Mala in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004), Nasha Nasha in Aan: Men at Work (2004), Parda Parda in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010) and Jhalla Walla and Chakra Jawaan in Ishaqzaade (2012).
Earlier, she was involved with Nihar Pandya. She is currently dating
Kushal Tandon
, a co-contestant in Bigg Boss 7. They were also together in Song Zaroori Tha by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.