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Mumait_KhanName: Mumait Khan
Birth Name: Mumait Abdul Rashid Khan
Nationality: Indian
Sex: F
Profession: Actress
Mother: Hasina Khan
Father: Abdul Rashid Khan
Sister: Zabyn Khan
Claim to fame: Munnabhai MBBS


Mumait Khan is the uncrowned Bollywood Dancing Queen. It is believed that her item numbers are more popular than the movies themselves. Despite her conservative Muslim background Mumait had to come out into the open and hit the limelight. She suffered extreme poverty and deprivation during childhood. “None of our relatives helped us,” Mumait Khan admits candidly. “On Id we would stand in our courtyard, thinking, Koi to Idi dega, but it never happened.” But all was not lost to this gutsy gal.

She is more of a family girl, her “Daddy’s Angel” and “Mommy’s Boy”. When her father lost his job, the burden of running the family fell on her tender shoulders. At the age of fifteen Mumait Khan joined choreographer Remo's troupe as a background dancer for a paltry sum of Rs.1500, which was indeed a precious sum to her family in their difficult times?


Mumait Khan – The Bollywood actress, best known as 'Item girl'

When Mumait Khan was seventeen, luck smiled on her. She beat dozens of models and floored the casting couch of "Munnabhai MBBS" with her talents and eventually bagged the item number in the movie, in which she performed in a song sequence 'Dekh le' and came to be known as a 'Dekh le girl' in the entire film industry.

After the success of "Munnabhai MBBS" the film industry even down south was dancing around her, eager to sign her in their movies. Till date Mumait Khan acted in ten films including "Chocolate", "No Time for Love" and "Dil Jo Bhi Kahey..." and others including two of them in Telugu, "Chatrapathi" and "Pokiri ". Mumait Khan reportedly charges Rs.1.5 lakhs per song.


Mumait Khan - Puts her foot down and says no for Mallika kind of acting

It is reported that on three occasions Mumait Khan flatly refused to do 'Mallika Sherawat' kind of acting, when producers insisted saying, “Thoda sa Mallika Sherawat kind acting karna padega,” she claims to have replied: “Maaf kar do bhaiya, abhi to main bold hi nahin hoon.”


Mumait Khan goes International

Mumait Khan was also signed by Universal to feature in their music video with famous pop star Enrique Iglesias.

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Mumait Khan remembers her childhood days in poverty :

“None of our relatives helped us,” Mumait Khan admits candidly. “On Id we would stand in our courtyard, thinking, Koi to Idi dega. But it never happened.”

"If Bollywood doesn’t work out," she says, hopefully, "I will go to the United States to study. If I can’t do that I will work as a waitress there. My only wish was to have all the things I was deprived of as a child. Soft toys, a Barbie doll. I have that now. I can move on."


Filmography
Cabaret (2007) (Under Production)
Jaadu Sa Chal Gayaa (May 26, 2006) (Released)
Dhadkanein (May 5, 2006) (Released) ...... Special App. (Song Chadti Jawani)
Pokiri (March 2, 2006) (Released) ...... Item Number
Fight Club - Members Only (February 17, 2006) (Released)
Rafta Rafta - The Speed (February 17, 2006) (Released) ...... Special Appearance
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (November 18, 2005) (Released) ...... Special Appearance (Song)
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (September 23, 2005) (Released) ...... Special Appearance (Song)
Chocolate (September 16, 2005) (Released) ...... Special Appearance (Song)
Nishaan - The Target (May 27, 2005) (Released)
Lucky - No Time For Love (April 8, 2005) (Released) ...... Lucky'S Classmate
Hulchul (November 26, 2004) (Released) ...... Special Appearance (Song: Loot Gaye) (Uncredited)
Asambhav (July 23, 2004) (Released) ...... Special App. (Song Mashuqa Rubi)
Munnabhai Mbbs (December 19, 2003) (Released) ...... Special Appearance (Item Number)
Stumped (May 16, 2003) (Released) ...... Blink And Miss Appearance
Kaante (December 20, 2002) (Released) ...... Background Dancer In Ishq Samundar



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