Cezanne Khan

Indian television actor

Cezanne Khan

Born|

Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Occupation(s)| Model, Actor
Years active| 1997–2009, 2021-2022
Parent(s)| Ustad Rais Khan,
Tasnim Khan

Cezanne Khan is an Indian television actor.[1] He is known for his role of Anurag Basu in Kasautii Zindagi Kay, that aired on Star Plus. He also known for his role of Harman Singh and Nikhil Jaisingh in Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, that aired on Colors TV and Appnapan – Badalte Rishton Ka Bandhan that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, respectively. He has also worked in Pakistani television series.

## Early life

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Khan was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father was Ustad Rais Khan, a famous sitarist in Pakistan.[2] His mother, Tasnim Khan, is an interior designer, whose family also resides in Karachi, Pakistan.[3][4] His brother, Suhail Khan, is a singer, composer and sitar player.

He was named after the famous French painter Paul Cézanne.

Khan went to boarding school at Barnes in Deolali. He earned his Bachelor of Commerce from M.M.K. College of Commerce & Economics in Bandra, Bombay.

## Career

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During his college days, he was involved with modelling and theatre. After Cezanne finished his B.Com, he was supposed to join NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) for MBA when he was offered a film. This film never released, but it served to prompt him leave his MBA to pursue a career in acting. It was at this point that his television career began. Anubhav Sinha offered him a role in his TV serial, Hasratein, on Zee TV and he accepted the offer. And soon after, he got Neena Gupta's Pal Chhin and Balaji Telefilms's Kaliren. He also did a bit of acting in B.R.Films' serial Dushman. Meanwhile, Ekta Kapoor was doing the auditions for Kasautii Zindagi Kay (KZK) and offered him the role of Anurag Basu. KZK catapulted Cezanne into a household name. As the shy and meek Anurag Basu in KZK, he gained immense popularity. KZK is one of the top serials of Star Plus.

He got his name from the famous French painter Paul Cezanne. But the Indian entertainment world often confused him with Hrithik Roshan's wife Suzanne Khan. However, after Kasautii Zindagi Kay, he was soon known by a different name altogether - Anurag Basu.

"I agree that I am more popular as Anurag than by my real name. The role surely is the turning point in my career," says the actor. Due to his immense popularity, he is getting film offers as well. "But I want a lead role and no less. It should also be good and substantial," he seems to have made up his mind.

Cezanne's look in KZK "Though I think looks do matter initially, something like an identity card, but as you move on from one role to the other on television, you have to have substance in you to carry you forward. You should have the charisma to impress the audience to watch you day after day," says Cezanne.

In June 2007, Cezanne Khan entered Sony Entertainment Television's  Ek Ladki Anjaani Si as Dr. Dhruv Mehra.

Khan also hosted The Good Health Show on Zee TV for some time. He acted in two Pakistani TV serials - Piya Kay Ghar Jana Hai aired on ARY Digital in 2006 and Silsilay Chahat Ke in 2007. He returned to TV after 9 years in a lead role as Harman Singh in Rashmi Sharma's TV show Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, replacing Vivian Dsena opposite Rubina Dilaik.

## Relationship

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Khan has been in a serious relationship with actress Afsheen Zehra and proposed to her in 2020.[5]

In a candid interview with Times of India, he stated - "We have been together for three years now and are happy. Had it not been for the pandemic, we would have been married by now. We plan to tie the knot later this year. Anyway, I feel there is no perfect age to get married."[6]

## Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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| Kaliren |  | Lead role
1998  | Hasratein | Yogesh  |
| The Good Health Show | Host  | health show on Zee TV
1999–2000  | Pal Chhin | Rajesh  |
2001  | Dushman |  |
2001–2007  |  Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Anurag Basu  | Lead role
2003  | Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat – Kab Kyun Kahaan | Kunwar Sujeet Singh  |
2006  | Piya Kay Ghar Jana Hai |  | Pakistani TV serial on ARY Digital
2007  |  Ek Ladki Anjaani Si | Dr. Dhruv Mehra  |
2007  | Silsilay Chahat Ke |  | Pakistani TV serial on ARY Digital
2009  |  Seeta Aur Geeta | Ravi  | Lead role
2021  | Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki | Harman Singh  | Lead role
2022  | Appnapan – Badalte Rishton Ka Bandhan | Nikhil Jaisingh  | Lead role

## Awards and nominations

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Year | Award Show | Category | Character | Series | Result

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2002  | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor - Popular | Anurag Basu | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Won
Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi
2003  | Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi
Best TV Personality-Male

## See also

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* List of Indian television actors

## References

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1. ^ "Cezanne Khan is in no hurry". The Times of India. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
2. ^ "Family feud turns into cross-border musical war". Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. ^ "I'm busy doing serials in Pakistan: Cezanne". The Times of India. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
4. ^ "I don't know Veena Malik: Cezanne Khan". The Times of India. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
5. ^ Cyril, Grace (20 February 2022). "Kasautii Zindagii Kay's Cezanne Khan to tie the knot with girlfriend Afsheen this year". India Today. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
6. ^ Trivedi, Tanvi. "I plan to get married to Afsheen this year: Cezanne Khan". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

Awards for Cezanne Khan

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Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role

Popular|

* Amar Upadhyay (2001)
* Cezanne Khan (2002)
* Ronit Roy (2003)
* Ronit Roy (2004)
* Hiten Tejwani (2005)
* Ronit Roy (2006)
* Rajat Tokas (2007)
* Angad Hasija (2008)
* Karan Mehra (2009)
* Sushant Singh Rajput (2010)
* Arhaan Behl (2011)
* Barun Sobti and Samir Soni (2012)
* Karan Singh Grover (2013)
* Harshad Arora (2014)
* Karan Mehra (2015)
* Shabir Ahluwalia (2016)
* Nakuul Mehta and Vivian Dsena (2017)
* Harshad Chopda (2018)
* Dheeraj Dhoopar (2019)

Jury|

* Kanwaljit Singh (2001)
* Mohnish Bahl (2002)
* Mohnish Bahl (2003)
* Harsh Chhaya (2004)
* Varun Badola (2005)
* Ram Kapoor (2006)
* Darshan Dave (2007)
* Deven Bhojani (2008)
* Ronit Roy (2009)
* Jay Soni (2010)
* Ram Kapoor (2011)
* Ram Kapoor (2012)
* Anas Rashid (2013)
* Anil Kapoor (2014)
* Karan Patel (2015)
* Anil Kapoor (2016)
* Purab Kohli (2017)
* Mohit Raina (2018)
* Mudit Nayar (2019)

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Indian Television Academy Award winners

GR8! Performer of the Year|

| Actor|

* Chetan Hansraj (2004)
* Hussain Kuwajerwala (2006)
* Vikrant Massey (2008)
* Harshad Chopda (2010)
* Shaheer Sheikh (2011)
* Vivian Dsena (2012)
* Sidharth Shukla (2013)
* Ashish Sharma (2014)
* Ravi Dubey (2015)

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Actress|

* Shama Sikander (2004)
* Mandira Bedi (2006)
* Sanaya Irani (2008)
* Ankita Lokhande (2010)
* Juhi Aslam (2011)
* Rati Pandey (2012)
* Surbhi Jyoti (2013)
* Sanjeeda Sheikh (2014)
* Nia Sharma (2015)

Best Lead Role (Popular)|

| Actor|

* Amar Upadhyay (2001)
* Cezanne Khan (2002)
* Ronit Roy (2003-2004-2006)
* Hiten Tejwani (2005)
* Rajat Tokas (2007)
* Angad Hasija (2008)
* Karan Mehra(2009)
* Sushant Singh Rajput (2010)
* Arhaan Behl (2011)
* Barun Sobti (2012)
* Samir Soni (2012)
* Karan Singh Grover (2013)
* Harshad Arora (2014)
* Karan Mehra (2015)
* Shabbir Ahluwalia (2016)
* Nakuul Mehta (2017)
* Vivian Dsena (2017)
* Harshad Chopda (2018)

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Actress|

* Smriti Irani (2001-2002-2003-2004-2005)
* Mona Singh (2004)
* Rajshree Thakur (2006)
* Divyanka Tripathi (2007)
* Parul Chauhan (2008)
* Sara Khan (2008)
* Hina Khan (2009-2015)
* Rashami Desai (2010)
* Giaa Manek (2011)
* Nia Sharma (2012)
* Devoleena Bhattacharjee (2013)
* Deepika Singh (2014)
* Mouni Roy (2016)
* Helly Shah (2017)
* Surbhi Chandna (2018)

Best Supporting Role|

| Actor|

* Shabbir Ahluwalia (2005)
* Ali Asgar (2006-2008-2013)
* Paresh Ganatra (2007)
* Aditya Lakhia (2009)
* Ayub Khan (2010)
* Anup Soni (2011-2012)
* Shakti Anand (2014)
* Aham Sharma (2014)
* Vishal Singh (2015)
* Manoj Joshi (2016)
* Varun Badola (2017)

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Actress|

* Geetanjali Tikekar (2004)
* Shilpa Saklani (2005)
* Vaishali Thakkar (2006)
* Achint Kaur (2007)
* Sadiya Siddiqui (2008)
* Smita Bansal (2009)
* Supriya Pilgaonkar (2010)
* Bhairavi Raichura (2011)
* Apara Mehta (2012)
* Neelu Vaghela (2013-2014)
* Mrunal Thakur (2015)
* Meghna Malik (2016)
* Sushmita Mukherjee (2016)
* Rajeshwari Sachdev (2017)

Best Negative Role|

| Actor|

* Makarand Deshpande (2005)
* Aman Verma (2006)
* Rajesh Khattar (2007)
* Mukul Dev (2008)
* Sudesh Berry (2009)
* Anupam Shyam (2010)
* Shiv Kumar (2011)
* Karanvir Bohra (2012)
* Mohit Raina (2013)
* Ayub Khan (2014)
* Neel Motwani (2015)
* Vineet Kumar (2016)
* Denzil Smith (2017)
* Aamir Dalvi (2018)

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Actress|

* Urvashi Dholakia (2003-2004-2005-2006-2007)
* Ashwini Kalsekar (2007)
* Surekha Sikri (2008-2009-2016)
* Meghna Malik (2010)
* Mona Ambegaonkar (2011)
* Hema Singh (2012)
* Aashka Goradia (2013)
* Simone Singh (2014)
* Anita Hassanandani (2015)
* Kamya Panjabi (2017)
* Shipsy Rana (2018)
* Helly Shah (2019)

Best Lead Role (Jury)|

| Actor|

* Kanwaljit Singh (2001)
* Mohnish Bahl (2002-2003)
* Harsh Chhaya (2004)
* Varun Badola (2005)
* Ram Kapoor (2006-2011-2012)
* Darshan Dave (2007)
* Deven Bhojani (2008)
* Ronit Roy (2009)
* Jay Soni (2010)
* Anas Rashid (2013)
* Anil Kapoor (2014-2016)
* Karan Patel (2015)
* Purab Kohli (2017)
* Mohit Raina (2018)

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Actress|

* Pallavi Joshi (2001)
* Achint Kaur (2002)
* Shweta Tiwari (2003-2012-2015)
* Geeta Nair (2004)
* Mona Singh(2005-2012)
* Shweta Prasad (2006)
* Sarita Joshi (2007)
* Avika Gor (2008)
* Ratan Rajput (2009)
* Surekha Sikri (2010-2011-2014)
* Sakshi Tanwar (2011)
* Jennifer Winget (2013-2017)
* Rubina Dilaik (2016)
* Divyanka Tripathi (2018)

Best Comedy|

| Actor|

* Farooq Sheikh (2001)
* Manish Goel (2002)
* Pankaj Kapur (2003-2007)
* Sikandar Kharbanda
* Satish Shah (2005)
* Deven Bhojani (2006)
* Cyrus Broacha (2008-2009-2011)
* Rohitash Gaud (2010-2015-2017)
* Dilip Joshi (2012-2014)
* Kapil Sharma (2012-2013)
* Aashif Sheikh (2016-2017)

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Actress|

* Archana Puran Singh (2001)
* Supriya Pilgaonkar (2002)
* Farida Jalal (2003)
* Supriya Pathak (2004-2008)
* Ratna Pathak (2005)
* Divya Dutta (2006)
* Suchita Trivedi (2007)
* Disha Vakani (2008-2009-2014-2015-2016)
* Kavita Kaushik (2010-2013)
* Shubhangi Atre Poorey (2017-2018)

Best Anchor|

| Music/Films|

* Shekhar Suman (2001)
* Nikhil Chinapa (2002)
* Annu Kapoor (2003)
* Pallavi Joshi (2003)
* Sajid Khan (2004-2005)
* Sangeeta Ghosh (2006)
* Shabbir Ahluwalia (2006)
* Javed Jaffrey (2007)
* Naved Jaffrey (2007)
* Ali Asgar (2008)
* Meiyang Chang (2009)
* Shahid Kapoor (2010)
* Ayushmann Khurana (2011)
* Manish Paul (2012-2014-2015-2016)
* Beverly Kim White (2013)
* Karan Johar (2017)

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Talk/Chat|

* Simi Garewal (2003)
* Barkha Dutt (2004)
* Prabhu Chawla (2005)
* Barkha Dutt (2006)
* Karan Johar (2007)
* Vikram Chandra (2008)
* Rajdeep Sardesai (2009)
* Kiran Bedi (2009)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2010)
* Koel Purie (2011)
* Sumeet Raghavan (2012)
* Sagarika Ghose (2013)

Game/Quiz|

* Amitabh Bachchan (2001-2005-2006-2011-2013)
* Naseeruddin Shah (2002)
* Derek O'Brien (2003)
* Annu Kapoor (2004)
* Arshad Warsi (2007)
* Shahrukh Khan (2008)
* Salman Khan (2009)
* Rajeev Khandelwal (2010)
* Rajiv Makhni (2012)

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