Zahrah S. Khan

Zahrah S. Khan (born Zara Agha Khan; 1 January 1992), also known as Sasha Agha, is a British actress and singer based in India. She has primarily worked as a playback singer and also as an actress in the Mumbai-based Bollywood film and music industry.

Family background

Zahrah was born to the Agha and Khan families, who have careers in film and sports. Zahrah's maternal lineage has worked in the Indian film industry which dates to the 1940s when her great-grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra started making films. On the other hand, Anwari Begum, Jugal Kishore Mehra's wife starred in the first ever Heer Ranjha (based on an Indian folktale similar to Romeo and Juliet). It was therefore only natural for Zahrah's grandmother Nasreen Mehra, to make her debut with the director Abdur Rashid Kardar in the film Shahjehan opposite actor K. L. Saigal. Zahrah's mother, Salma Agha, made her debut as an actress and singer with B. R. Chopra in Nikaah which went on to become a box office hit and ran in a theatre for five years continuously, earning her a Filmfare Award for Best Singer.

Zahrah’s paternal side hails from a sports background and her great-grandfather Nasrullah Khan was a squash coach to the Maharaja of Raigadh and then at Aligarh Muslim University. Post that he became the Viceroy Lord Wavell's squash coach. He even trained Jonah Barrington and had also created the first squash ball in India before the partition. Zahrah's father Rahmat Khan himself was a squash coach who trained British open champions in squash as well as the Indian national champions. Zahrah's uncle Jahangir Khan was a 10-time British Open winner and was personally trained by her father Rahmat Khan. Throuh her father she is also the half-sister of singer Natasha Khan.

She married Indian singer and musician Sachin Gupta in 2014 but they separated after an year.

Music career

Zahrah S Khan made her debut in singles with the song Khud se Zyada and then she took singing as a full-fledged career and sang Kya Karte The Saajna for the movie Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as her first playback in Bollywood.

Discography

Originals/Music Videos

Film songs

Filmography

References

1. Phone Bhoot
2. Tanishk Bagchi
3. Gumraah (2023 film)
4. Nora Fatehi
5. Mouni Roy
6. Disha Patani
7. Jugjugg Jeeyo
8. Guru Randhawa
9. Stereo Love
10. An Action Hero
11. Bawaal
12. Chatrapathi (2023 film)
13. Satyameva Jayate 2
14. Akshay Kumar
15. Selfiee
16. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui
17. Dance Dance (film)
18. Dhokha: Round D Corner
19. Shaheer Sheikh
20. Aurangzeb (film)