Zahrah S. Khan

Zahrah S. Khan is a British Indian actress and singer known for her contributions to Bollywood films and music.

Zahrah Khan
Zahrah in 2025
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Parents	Rehmat Khan (father) Salma Agha (mother)
Family	Khan family Agha family

Family background

Zahrah S Khan was born into the Agha and Khan families, known for their contributions to Indian cinema and sports. Her maternal lineage has been involved in the Indian film industry since the 1940s, beginning with her step-great-grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra, who started producing films.

Anwari Begum, the wife of Jugal Kishore Mehra, starred in the 1930s film Heer Ranjha, an adaptation of an Indian folktale akin to Romeo and Juliet. Following this legacy, Zahrah S Khan's grandmother, Nasreen Mehra, debuted in the film Shahjehan under director Abdul Rashid Kardar, acting alongside 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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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. Through her father she is also the half-sister of singer Natasha Khan.^[4][5]

She married Indian singer and musician Sachin Gupta in 2014 but they separated after a year.^[6]

Music career

Zahrah S Khan made her debut in singles with the song Khud se Zyada^[7] 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.^[8]

Discography

Originals/Music Videos

Year	Song	Co-singer(s)	Music Label	Notes
2019	Khud Se Zyada	Tanishk Bagchi	VYRLOriginals	[9]
2020	Jogan	Yasser Desai	Gaana Originals	Garnered 40 million plus streams within 2 months of the song release[10]
2021	Dil Hai Deewana	Darshan Raval	T-Series	Featuring Arjun Kapoor & Rakul Preet Singh[citation needed]
	Dance Meri Rani[4]	Guru Randhawa		Featuring Nora Fatehi[11]
	Beetein Lamhe/madno	Tanishk Bagchi, and Abhijit Vaghani		Cover of song by Beete Lamhein and Madno[citation needed]
2022	Mai Tennu Chad Jaungi[12]	Solo		Featuring Shaheer Sheikh[13]
	Fakeeran[12]	Solo		Featuring Mouni Roy[14][15]
	Tera Saath Ho[16]	Guru Randhawa		Featuring Karan Wahi[17]
	Oops	King		[12]
2023	Love Stereo Again	Tiger Shroff[18]	T-Series	Recreation of song by Edward Maya[19]
	Ek Tu Hi Hai	Stebin Ben		Featuring Aditi Budhathoki[20]
2024	Bin Tere	Tanishk Bagchi	Jjust Music	Song for Rakul Preet and Jackky Bhagnani’s Wedding.[citation needed]

Film songs

Year	Song	Film	Co-singer(s)	Composer(s)	Lyrics	Music Label	Notes
2013	Barbaadiyaan	Aurangzeb	Ram Sampath	Amartya Bobo Rahut	Puneet Sharma	YRF Music	Credited as "Sashaa Agha"
2020	Kya Karte The Saajna	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	Anuradha Paudwal	Tanishk Bagchi	Vayu Shrivastav	T-Series	Remake
	Nayi Dhoop	Unpaused	Solo		Rashmi Virag	Amazon Music	Amazon Prime Video anthology film
	Nayi Dhoop (Reprise)
2021	Zindagi (Ittefaq)	Ajeeb Daastaans			Tanishk Bagchi	Sony Music India	Netflix anthology film
	Dhoom Tara	Bell Bottom			Tanishk Bagchi	Saregama Music
	Sakhiyan 2.0		Maninder Buttar		Tanishk Bagchi, Babbu, Maninder Buttar		Remake
	Har Funn Maula[4]	Koi Jaane Na	Vishal Dadlani		Amitabh Bhattacharya	T-Series
	Kusu Kusu[12][4]	Satyameva Jayate 2	Dev Negi		Rashmi Virag, Tanishk Bagchi
	Tenu Lehenga[4]		Jass Manak		Tanishk Bagchi, Jass Manak		Remake
	Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui 2.0	Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui	Guru Randhawa, Jassi Sidhu		Vayu
	Dil Nahi Todna	Sardar Ka Grandson	Tanishk Bagchi		Tanishk Bagchi		Netflix film
2022	Aap Jaisa Koi	An Action Hero	Altamash Faridi		Indeevar, Tanishk Bagchi		Remake
	Aap Jaisa Koi (Film Version)[12][4]		Yash Narvekar
	Mera Dil Gaaye Ja (Zooby Zooby)[12]	Dhokha: Round D Corner			Kumaar, Anjaan
	Nach Punjabaan[4]	Jug Jug Jeeyo	Gippy Grewal, Tanishk Bagchi, Romy		Tanishk Bagchi, Abrar-ul-Haq
	Jaise Savan		Tanishk Bagchi		Tanishk Bagchi
	Aafat[12]	Liger			Rashmi Virag	Sony Music India
	Manchali[16]		Farhad Bhiwandiwala		Farhad Bhiwandiwala
	Kinna Sona[16]	Phone Bhoot	Tanishk Bagchi		Tanishk Bagchi	Zee Music Company
	Saathiya	Cuttputlli	Nikhil D'Souza				Disney Plus Hotstar film
2023	Dilon Ki Doriyan	Bawaal	Vishal Mishra, Romy		Arafat Mehmood	T-Series	Amazon Prime Video film
	Ghar Nahi Jaana	Gumraah	Armaan Malik, Salma Agha		Rashmi Virag
	Kudiyee Ni Teri	Selfiee	The PropheC		The PropheC, Tanishk Bagchi	Play DMF	Remake
	Gamey Gamey	Chatrapathi	Armaan Malik		Mayur Puri	Junglee Music
2024	Durr Na Karin	Khel Khel Mein	Vishal Mishra & Nabeel Shaukat Ali		Kumaar, Khadim Hussain	T-Series	Remake
	Ishare Tere	Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay	Guru Randhawa		Guru Randhawa, Zahrah S Khan
2025	"Rang"	Sky Force	Satinder Sartaaj	Tanishk Bagchi	Shloke Lal	Saregama
	"Rehna Kol"	Loveyapa	Jubin Nautiyal		Gurpreet Saini	Zee Music Company
	"Chor Bazari Phir Se"	Bhool Chuk Maaf	Neeraj Shridhar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Pravesh		Irshad Kamil	Sony Music India	Remake

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Release Date	Notes
2013	Aurangzeb	Ritu	Atul Sabharwal	17 May 2013	debut film.[21][4][16]
2014	Desi Kattey	Paridhi Rathore	Anand Kumar	26 September 2014	[22]
2019	Khoj (short film)	Gurpreet (Gurri) - Lead	Kajri Babbar	13 January 2019	Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and then was nominated for The Student Academy Awards and reached the semi-finals.[23][4]
2023	Imaginary Rain	Sarah (Prerna Malhotra's daughter)	Vikas Khanna	16 January 2023	[citation needed]
2025	Vrushabha		Nanda Kishore	16 October 2025	[24][25][26]

External links

Zahrah S. Khan at IMDb