Initially dubbed "Cowboy Junior" and "FK Junior", Fardeen Khan, was born on March 8, 1974. He is a typical Pisces. Stubborn yet caring, affectionate and very hard working.

Not much is known about the latest Khan. He is a son of superstar actor, director Feroz Khan. His mother's name is "Sundari" Khan and he has at least one sister (Laila Khan-Rajpal).

He entered films in 1998 with a home production, directed by father Feroz Khan "Prem Aggan". As the name depicts, it was all about love (Prem) and lust (Aggan). The film bombed big time. And with the film, bombed newcomers Fardeen Khan and Meghna Khotari. Their futures bleak. Their confidence shattered!

He was young, cross eyed (that's what makes his soooooo aha! J). Fardeen projected awkwardness in front of the camera and didn't act or dance confidently. Although everyone could see he had immense potential as an actor, Fardeen however, danced like he would rather be anywhere else, doing anything else but perform in the movies.

His biggest mistake {one could say} was to debut under his father's direction. Because everyone associated with Bollywood knows Feroz Khan "The Great". The great actor, director and of course the great father, husband and brother. But Feroz Khan is also known for his great love for love itself which stays dangerously close to the other side of lust. Most of Feroz Khan films always have love, muscle, sex {hint of} and political themes.

Feroz Khan in his lifetime has given us superb movies like Dharmatma, Kala Sona, Jaanbaaz but failed miserably with Prem Aggan. One can now argue, he made the film from a father's point of view and not from a director/producer's point of view.

Everyone loves their child and wants to spoil them rotten. But none as openly public about it as Feroz Khan who short of engraving on his forehead "My Fardeen is IT", thinks Fardeen Khan, his son, is the best looking bloke and the best human being in the entire world. That attitude, seemed to back-fire with Prem Aggan.

And while it is true that Fardeen Khan is the best looking bloke in, well, Bollywood. He is perhaps from his generation (Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aftab Shivdasani, Tusshar Kapoor etc., etc.,) not only the best looking of the lot, but also perhaps one of the most educated and flamboyant of the lot. Yet, in front of the camera, he lacked the very glitz.

Fardeen Khan was born in India but has a very "in-between" accent because he has studied abroad a lot. A graduate from the University of Massachusetts, USA, Fardeen Khan has a non-Indian accent which clearly comes across on the big screen. He also has very western looks which, in the past has been a negative point for a lot of actors because they can't easily fit into the stereotype, typical Indian male roles. Thanks to Aamir Khan (and Karisma Kapoor in females) who aren't very Indian looking, things are looking brighter for stars like light eyed Hrithik Roshan and very Iranian looking Fardeen Khan.

With his career in films failing miserably, this stubborn Pisces typically decided he was no quitter. Instead of sitting home feeling sorry for himself, he talked himself into "someone saw some good in me" (he received thousands of fan mail with people praising his performance in Prem Aggan). He also received the filmfare best debut male award in 1998.

Keeping that in mind, Fardeen decided he was going to convince someone, anyone, that he was worthy of a second shot in films.

Fardeen restrategized and succeeded. He needn't have worried. Because being a Khan (alone) was an asset since, in Bollywood, it has always been the Khans and the Kapoors who have ruled the industry. Do not know how the Bachchans sneaked in??? But that's another story. But being a Khan, and a damn good looking one at that, was icing for any director to give him a second chance. Still for an entire year, Fardeen sat home, plotting his re-entry. Because it had to be a successful one this time!

A year after Prem Aggan, Ram Gopal Verma spotted Fardeen at a party. Thank God he had not seen Prem Aggan and signed him on his looks and his sincerity. The rest, as showbiz would say was history! Ram Gopal Verma gave Fardeen a chance in his 2000 released movie called "Jungle" opposite sexy siren Urmilla who is a resident female lead in most RGV films.

The public although not sure of Fardeen, gave RGV the benefit of the doubt and thanks to the super successful promos of the film showed up at the cinema to capacity. The film was a hit, the Fardeen-Urmilla pair was a hit and Fardeen became a superhit. Especially among young girls who couldn't stop raving about how "hot" Fardeen is.

It goes to show, parents are never wrong about their children. Feroz Khan was shouting on top of the mountains for years that his son Fardeen Khan is the best Khan ever. And now it seemed, after only FK Jnr's second film, the cinegoers agree with FK senior and Fardeen's career took off like a Concorde flight.