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Khaleja (ఖలేజా)

Khaleja (ఖలేజా), also Mahesh Khaleja, is a 2010 Telugu fantasy action comedy directed by Trivikram Srinivas, starring Mahesh Babu, Anushka Shetty, and Prakash Raj, with music by Mani Sharma; a 2010 box-office failure that later became a cult classic.

Khalid Abdalla

Khalid Abdalla (born 1980, Glasgow) is a British-Egyptian actor and activist known for United 93, The Kite Runner, Green Zone, Dodi Fayed in The Crown, the Mosireen collective, and the solo play Nowhere.

Khalifa: The Ruler

Khalifa: The Ruler (ഖലീഫ) is a 2026 Malayalam action-crime film by Vysakh and Jinu V. Abraham, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as gold-smuggling heir Aamir Ali, with Mohanlal as grandfather Mambarakkal Ahmed Ali; released 20 August 2026, first of two parts.

Khalil Kain

Khalil Kain (Khaliloeron Kain), American actor born 1964 in New York City; debuted as Raheem in Juice (1992), played Tiger Woods in a 1998 biopic, and Darnell Wilkes on Girlfriends 2001-2008.

Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar

Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar (خلیل الرحمان قمر), born 1962 in Lahore, is a Pakistani screenwriter, director, and Urdu poet known for Pyarey Afzal, Sadqay Tumhare, Meray Paas Tum Ho, and Kaaf Kangana, and for controversies over his statements on women.

Khalilah Ali

Khalilah Ali (born Belinda Boyd, 1950), also Khalilah Camacho Ali, American actress and author, Muhammad Ali's second wife (1967 to mid-1970s); The China Syndrome (1979), The Grid (2021), 2025 memoir Undefeated.

Khamoshi (1996 film)

Khamoshi: The Musical (खामोशी), 1996 Hindi musical romantic drama, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial debut, starring Manisha Koirala, Nana Patekar, Salman Khan, Seema Biswas; box office flop that won five Filmfare Awards and cult status.

Khamoshi (ख़ामोशी) (2019 film)

Khamoshi (ख़ामोशी), 2019 Hindi slasher film directed by Chakri Toleti, starring Tamannaah Bhatia, Prabhu Deva, Bhumika Chawla; remake of Hush and Kolaiyuthir Kaalam; released 14 June 2019, flopped with ₹0.67 crore India net.

Khamoshi: The Musical

Khamoshi: The Musical (खामोशी: द म्यूज़िकल) is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 1996 Hindi directorial debut, starring Manisha Koirala as the hearing daughter of deaf-mute parents, with music by Jatin–Lalit; a flop on release, it won five Filmfare Awards.

Khamoshiyan (ख़ामोशियाँ)

Khamoshiyan (ख़ामोशियाँ), also marketed as Khamoshiyan: Silences Have Secrets, is a 2015 Hindi supernatural horror-erotica film by Vishesh Films, directed by Karan Darra, written by Vikram Bhatt, starring Ali Fazal, Sapna Pabbi, and Gurmeet Choudhary; a box office flop.

Khan Noonien Singh

Khan Noonien Singh is Star Trek's genetically engineered tyrant of the 1990s Eugenics Wars, first played by Ricardo Montalbán in "Space Seed" (1967) and The Wrath of Khan (1982), later by Benedict Cumberbatch, with a 2025 Star Trek: Khan audio series.

Khandaani Shafakhana

Khandaani Shafakhana (also spelled Khandani Shafakhana) is a 2019 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Shilpi Dasgupta, starring Sonakshi Sinha as a Punjabi woman who inherits a sex clinic; a box-office flop with 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Khandahar

Khandahar (Khandhar, खंडहर, The Ruins) is Mrinal Sen's 1984 Hindi drama adapted from Premendra Mitra's story Telenapota Abishkar, starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, a Cannes Un Certain Regard selection and three-time National Award winner.

Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander (born 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress, a Broadway performer in Dreamgirls and Chicago, choreographer for Whitney Houston, and star of NewsRadio, ER, CSI: Miami, The Corner, Treme, and Scandal.

Khans of Bollywood

Khans of Bollywood: the Three Khans, Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir Khan, Muslim superstars all born in 1965 who dominated Hindi cinema from the 1990s; Saif Ali Khan is sometimes named a fourth Khan.

Kharaj Mukherjee

Kharaj Mukherjee (Kharaj Mukhopadhyay), Indian Bengali character actor, playback singer and playwright born 1963 in West Bengal; debut Hulusthul (1980); known for Patalghar, Kahaani, Special 26, Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo.

Khary Payton

Khary Payton (born 1972, Augusta, Georgia) is an American actor and voice actor, the longtime voice of DC's Cyborg and King Ezekiel on The Walking Dead, also Aqualad, Black Lightning, Drebin, and Grimlock.

Khatra Khatra Khatra

Khatra Khatra Khatra (The Khatra Show), Indian Hindi comedy game show on Colors TV from March 11, 2019, hosted by Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa, produced by BBC Worldwide Productions India, celebrities prank each other with tasks and punishments.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 14

Khatron Ke Khiladi 14, also titled Fear Factor: Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania, was the 14th season of the Indian stunt reality series, filmed in Bucharest, aired on Colors TV from July 27 to September 29, 2024, hosted by Rohit Shetty, and won by Karan Veer Mehra.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 15

Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 (खतरों के खिलाड़ी 15, Darr Ka Naya Daur) is the 2026 fifteenth season of India's stunt reality show, hosted by Rohit Shetty, filmed in Cape Town, aired on Colors TV and JioHotstar, won by Avinash Mishra.

Khatta Meetha (2010 film)

Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा; Hindi for "sour and sweet") is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan, satirizing corruption in civic India.

Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा) (1978 film)

Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा), also known as Sweet and Sour, is a 1978 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Basu Chatterjee, in which a widower with four sons and a widow marry.

Khauf

Khauf (खौफ) is a 2025 Hindi supernatural horror series on Prime Video, created by Smita Singh, starring Monika Panwar as Madhu in a haunted Delhi women's hostel; 8 episodes, released April 18, 2025, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Khayal

Khayal (ख्याल) is a music-dominant folk theater tradition of Rajasthan in which characters sing their dialogues, often called a folk opera, known since the early 18th century.

Kheerat Panesar

Kheerat Panesar, fictional EastEnders character played by Jaz Singh Deol 2019-2022; eldest Panesar brother in the soap's first Punjabi Sikh family; exited serving a life sentence for a murder confession protecting Suki.

Khel Khel Mein (1977 film)

Khel Khel Mein (खेल खेल में) is a 1975-released Hindi comedy-mystery-thriller directed by Ravi Tandon, starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, and Rakesh Roshan, with R.D. Burman music; three collegians' Black Cobra ransom prank on a jeweller turns into a murder frame-up. IMDb dates it 1977.

Khel Khel Mein (खेल खेल में) (2024 film)

Khel Khel Mein (खेल खेल में), 2024 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Mudassar Aziz, official remake of Perfect Strangers; stars Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan; released 15 August 2024, earned ₹40.36 crore net in India, streams on Netflix.

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (खेलें हम जी जान से)

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (खेलें हम जी जान से) is a 2010 Hindi historical film by Ashutosh Gowariker, based on Manini Chatterjee's Do and Die, starring Abhishek Bachchan as Surjya Sen in the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid; a box-office flop.

Khemjira (เขมจิราต้องรอด)

Khemjira The Series (เขมจิราต้องรอด), also Khemjira Must Survive, is a 2025 Thai BL romantic-horror series on One31, adapted from Kali's novel, following a cursed young man who must survive past age 21.

Khesari Lal Yadav

Khesari Lal Yadav (खेसारी लाल यादव), born Shatrughan Kumar Yadav in 1986 in Saran, Bihar, is a Bhojpuri film actor and singer with 70+ films and 5,000+ songs, a Bigg Boss 13 contestant, and the RJD's 2025 Chhapra assembly candidate.