Rabia Khan is a former British actor and writer who has worked in Hindi films. She is the mother of American-British actor Jiah Khan, who reportedly committed suicide in her apartment in Mumbai in June 2013.
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Wiki/Biography
Rabia Khan was born on Sunday, 9 October 1960 (age 62 years; as in 2022). She is a resident of Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
A picture from Rabia Khan’s last day in high school
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 2″
Hair Colour: Light Brown
Eye colour: brown
Family
Guardian
Rabia Khan was an orphan when she was discovered by Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
husband and children
Rabia Khan was married to Indian-American businessman Ali Rizvi Khan. The couple was later blessed with a daughter named Jiah Khan (born Nafisa Rizvi Khan). Ali Rizvi; However, he abandoned Rabia when Jiah Khan was just three months old. Rabia later married Thomas Puppendahl and gave birth to two daughters, Karishma Khan and Kavita Khan. According to Jiah Khan, Thomas Puppendahl and Rabia separated when Jiah was seven years old. In late 1989, Rabia moved to London, United Kingdom with her children.
Rabia Khan with her daughters
relationships/affairs
According to sources, Rabia Khan was dating Tom Thomas in 2013.
Rabia Khan with Tom Thomas
Religion
Rabia Khan initially followed Christianity; However, he later converted to Islam.
livelihood
actor
film
Rabia made her debut in Hindi cinema in 1982 with the film ‘Dulha Bikta Hai’.
A poster of the film ‘Dulha Bikata Hai’ (1982)
In 1985, she appeared in the role of Sheela in the film ‘Karma Yudh’. Rabia worked in many other films including ‘Meri Jung’ (1985), ‘Geraftaar’ (1985), ‘Ankush’ (1986) and ‘Ek Naya Rishta’ (1988).
Rabia Khan as ‘Lucy’ in a scene from the film ‘Gerftaar’ (1985)
Author
After stopping appearing in films, Rabia started working as a screenwriter for UK-based television series and a concept writer for the BBC.
Jiah Khan suicide case
Jiah Khan committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her bedroom at her residence in Sagar Sangeet Apartment, Juhu, Mumbai on 3 June 2013. On June 7, 2013, Mumbai Police recovered a suicide note at Jiah’s residence, in which Jiah had mentioned aborting a child whose alleged father was Sooraj Pancholi, son of veteran actor Aditya Pancholi. She also expressed her disappointment at not getting the love from Sooraj that she expected and deserved. The letter also details the emotional and physical abuse Jiah endured while she was in a relationship with Sooraj.
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 1)
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 2)
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 3)
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 4)
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 5)
Jiah Khan’s suicide letter (page 6)
Rabia Khan’s claims and legal proceedings
Based on the suicide note, Sooraj Pancholi was arrested on 10 June 2013 under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abetment of suicide; However, the Mumbai High Court granted him bail on 1 July 2013, saying that he could not be held entirely responsible for the incident.
July 1, 2013: Sooraj Pancholi with his mother after being released from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail on bail in the Jiah Khan suicide case.
Rabia has described Jiah’s death as murder and has blamed Sooraj Pancholi for it. He has also alleged financial irregularities involving money and jewellery. In an interview, she said that Jiah had given a significant amount of money to Sooraj Pancholi to buy jewelery for her sister’s 21st birthday; However, Suraj failed to deliver the jewelery or inform Jiah about the money. Despite apologizing and sending flowers, which Jiah rejected, she confronts Sooraj about the money. Jiah never revealed the outcome of that confrontation. Rabia further reveals that Jiah had shared the biometric lock of her apartment with Sooraj, making her suspect him for Jiah’s death. On the other hand, Sooraj claimed that Jiah was struggling with depression and he had tried many times to help her overcome it. He further claimed that he informed Rabia about the situation, but she did not take any action, which resulted in Jiah committing suicide. On 1 October 2013, Rabia approached the Bombay High Court, alleging that her daughter Jiah Khan was murdered and demanding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigate the case. On July 2, 2014, the case was transferred to the CBI, which later filed a charge sheet against Sooraj Pancholi. In 2016, the CBI denied any foul play and informed the High Court that Jiah Khan’s death was a suicide. Subsequently, Rabia hired a British forensic expert named Jason Payne James, who alleged that Zia’s death was ‘compounded’. Rabia later filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, requesting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to take over the case; However, the Bombay High Court rejected his petition in February 2017.
28 February 2017: Rabia Khan outside the sessions court in Mumbai.
In September 2017, Rabia Khan had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pleading for justice. He then approached the special CBI court in Mumbai and filed a petition for further investigation into the case, which was later rejected. In 2021, Jiah’s case was reassigned to a special CBI court after the sessions court claimed it lacked jurisdiction over the CBI investigation. In 2022, the Bombay High Court rejected Rabia’s petition seeking a fresh investigation into the case. On April 28, 2023, the special CBI court in Mumbai acquitted Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case due to lack of evidence. The court said in its verdict that the evidence against Sooraj Pancholi was ‘vague and general’, and Jiah was ‘a victim of her own emotions’. Special CBI court judge AS Sayyed said Jiah had suicidal tendencies which only Sooraj Pancholi knew about. The judge further said that Sooraj could not give his time to Jiah as he was focusing on his acting career, and Rabia attempted to prove that Jiah had not committed suicide but was murdered, which the prosecution had said. Refuted the party’s case and ultimately weakened it. AS Syed said in his authority,
In the present case, it cannot be ignored that the deceased had suicidal tendencies. She had attempted suicide once before and at that time the accused had called a doctor. The accused had treated her and tried to bring her out of depression. At the relevant time the accused was pursuing his career in acting and could not devote adequate time to the deceased. However on the earlier occasion, when she had tried to commit suicide, the accused had saved her and helped her come out of depression. Rabia tried to show through her evidence that Jiah never committed suicide and that she was murdered by the accused (Pancholi). However, this is not a matter for the prosecution. While the prosecution’s case was suicide, Rabia continued to claim it was murder. By giving such blatantly contradictory evidence the complainant himself destroyed the prosecution’s case.
After the court’s verdict in Jiah Khan’s murder case, Rabia Khan said that Sooraj Pancholi is not accused of suicide but of instigating murder. Responding to the decision in an interview, Rabia expressed her intention to challenge the decision in the High Court. He said,
The charge of abetment to suicide has been dropped. But how did my child die? This is a case of murder…will approach the High Court. The verdict is on alleged suicide, but I have always said that Jiah was murdered. This, in fact, strengthens my case.”
Facts/General Knowledge
- She is also known as ‘Rabya Khan,’ ‘Rabia Amin,’ ‘Rabia Amin,’ ‘Rabia Amin Khan,’ and ‘Rabia Amin.’
- Rabia aspired to become an actor for which she decided to relocate from Agra to Mumbai.
- Upon moving to Mumbai, she acquired acting skills and learned Urdu from Zeenat Hussain while staying at her home.
- Rabia used to call Jiya ‘Babe’, ‘Baby’, ‘Bebo’ and ‘Snow Baby’.
- He used his connections to get sixteen-year-old Jiah a role in Bollywood; However, Jiah’s big breakthrough came in 2007 when she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the film ‘Nishabd’, a Bollywood adaptation of American film director Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film Lolita, based on Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel. Was inspired by. Same title.
- In an interview, Jiah Khan revealed that when her stepfather, Thomas Puppendahl, left the family, he took their savings and gained ownership of their house. As a result, Rabia and her three daughters had to live in a rented house in London, United Kingdom, working on a limited budget. Jiya further explained that, for a certain period, they depended on McDonald’s burgers as their primary source of livelihood.
- Reportedly, Aamir Khan was once said to be Jiah Khan’s stepfather; However, in an interview, he clarified that although Rabia was one of his close friends, he never married her and Jiya was not his daughter.
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