Born to Anil Pal
[2], an Indian
Bengali American, and Nuzhat Khan. His father works as a Director of Operations Engineering at
Netflix in
Silicon Valley, was a classmate of director
Mansoor Khan, Nuzhat's brother. His parents divorced when Imran was one and a half years old. He grew up with the surname Khan and within the Islamic faith as his mother brought him up in India. However, he moved to live with his father in
California, to finish high school. He then trained in film making in Los Angeles. He is also the nephew of actor
Aamir Khan, director
Mansoor Khan and the grandson of
Nasir Hussain, a noted director and producer. In India, he studied at
Bombay Scottish School, after Standard 4, Imran left Scottish, and moved to a boarding school in
Ooty.
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