Sohail Khan was born on 20th December 1970 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the son of the legendary scriptwriter
Salim Khan and his mother is Salma Khan, while his step-mother is dancer and Bollywood actress
Helen. His older brothers are actors Arbaaz Khan and Salman Khan. He has two sisters, Alvira Khan, who is married to Bollywood actor
Atul Agnihotri and the younger sister is Arpita Khan. He is married to Seema Sachdev and has one son Nirvaan Khan. He started his career as a film producer and director making his directorial debut with the action thriller
Auzaar in 1997 which starred his brother
Salman and
Sanjay Kapoor. He then directed both of his brothers Salman and Arbaaz in the hit film
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya in 1998 and the even the less successful
Hello Brother. Finally in the year 2002, he wrote, produced, acted and directed in the Hindi film
Maine Dil Tujhko Diya which failed at the box-office. He then even appeared in a few more films, of which none did well at the box office. However, he had his first hit with the film
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya with his brother Salman. He also wrote the story, produced and starred in the multi-starrer
Fight Club - Members Only which failed at the box office. In 2006, his performance in the boxing drama
Aryan was appreciated but the film failed at the box office. He then produced
Partner which starred his brother Salman and Govinda in the lead roles and was a huge box office success. He has his own production company Sohail Khan Production.