Villain of Ajay Devgan-Akshay Kumar’s films, left acting and caught the path of Deen, Maulana became
Arif Khan.
Ajay Devgan made a Bollywood debut in 1991 and his first film was ‘Phool Aur Kaante’. Ajay Devgan’s first film proved to be a superhit and made it to the list of highest grossing films of the year. In this film, actress Madhu, Amrish Puri and Aruna Irani were also seen in this film. Another actor appeared in this film, who has now left acting and has caught the path of Deen. We are talking about actor Arif Khan who plays Rocky in flowers and forks. Arif Khan had kept distance from Bollywood years ago. He did this when he realized that he has come into the world not only acting but for some other work.
Debut with Ajay Devgan
Like Ajay Devgan, ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ was also the first film of Arif Khan. In this film, the audience liked him a lot. After this, he appeared in a negative role in films like ‘Mohra’, ‘Diljale’ and ‘Veergati’ and won the hearts of the audience with his acting. However, in a few years, Arif Khan said goodbye to the acting world. He shared a video in 2024, in which he explained how his entire life changed and despite a tremendous name-fame, he decided to become a Maulana from the actor.
Why turned away from movies?
Arif Khan shared a video on Instagram, in which he said- ‘You guys must have seen my film Phool and thorns released in 1991. This was Mary and Ajay’s first film. I was then 23 years old. There was a lot of youth and after that I acted in 14-15 more films. Apart from films, he also worked in TV serial. Ijjat, Daulat-Shaharat had become a life. But, later Allah told me the path of instruction. My life changed. Life has changed and today I am here.
Arif Khan also runs travel company
Let me tell you, after being away from films, Arif Khan is also working as a motivational speaker. If he looks at his Instagram bio, he is the founder of ‘Pani Kam Tea’ and also runs a travel company called AK Tour and Travels. After quitting acting, Arif left the city of Mumbai and started living in Bengaluru and keeps sharing motivational quotes and things with his fans through social media. Talking about Arif Khan’s film career, it was not long, but all the films he worked or played, he was memorable literature.

Arif Khan used to look like this.
Superhit was flowers and thorns
Let me tell you, Phool and thorn was released on 22 November 2022 and was one of the most hit films of the year. The producer of this film was Dinesh B Patel. The film featured Ajay Devgan and Madhu in the lead roles, which were well liked. According to Sacnilk’s report, flowers and thorns were made in a budget of 2.5 crores and worldwide earned 11.50 crores.
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