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‘I was seconds late with the injection’: Amjad Khan’s son recalls the day ‘Gabbar Singh’ died | Bollywood News

‘I was seconds late with the injection’: Amjad Khan’s son recalls the day ‘Gabbar Singh’ died | Bollywood News

4 min readNew DelhiMay 16, 2026 06:42 PM IST Veteran actor Amjad Khan passed away in 1992 after suffering a massive heart attack, leaving behind his wife and three young children. His elder son, Shadaab Khan, was just 18 at the time, and says the trauma of losing his father so suddenly pushed him into a fit of rage. Recalling the day, Shadaab revealed that after doctors told him he was “a few seconds late” in getting a life-saving injection, he lashed out violently, breaking crockery, punching walls and even hitting the doctor. In a conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Shadaab recalled the day his father died and admitted that the loss left him consumed with anger and grief. ‘I was a few seconds late with the injection’ Recalling the day his father passed away, Shadaab said he was only 18 years old. “I wasn’t home. I came back around 8 pm and was told, ‘Dad isn’t waking up, go wake him up.’ He had a meeting the previous day, so he was tired and resting. …

Debut with Rani Mukerji but ‘star kid’ Shadaab is still auditioning: ‘Yash Chopra wanted to launch me’ | Bollywood News

Debut with Rani Mukerji but ‘star kid’ Shadaab is still auditioning: ‘Yash Chopra wanted to launch me’ | Bollywood News

Shadaab Khan, son of legendary actor Amjad Khan, made his acting debut opposite Rani Mukerji in Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat in 1997. While the film failed at the box office, Shadaab went on to do a few more films over the years but never found major success in Bollywood. In 2020, his performance as stockbroker Ajay Kedia in the critically acclaimed series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story marked a comeback of sorts for the actor. Since then, he says he has been consistently auditioning in the hope of landing strong roles again. In a conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Shadaab opened up about losing his father at a young age, struggling to establish himself in the industry, and giving nearly 60 auditions in the last few years despite being a star kid. ALSO READ: Madhavan says he refused son Vedaant’s request to ‘spend quality time’: ‘I’m not a cosmetic dad’  How he landed his debut film Shadaab shared that he was initially supposed to make his debut with Himalayputra, but things did not work out …