Imran Khan was labelled as the ‘gay icon’ by India’s first legal gay magazine ‘Bombay Dost’ in 2011.
Imran Khan made it to rank 40 in the Forbes ‘Celebrity 100’ list in 2013, that is based on Indian celebrity’s popularity and income.
Imran Khan's mother Nuzhat Khan did play a small role in the 1989 movie ‘Raakh’.
Imran Khan is the stepson of Hindi film actor Prithvi Zutshi, who got married to her mother, after she had divorced Anil Pal, her first husband.
Ranbir Kapoor claims that actor Imran Khan's wife Avantika Malik was his teenage crush.
Saif Ali Khan's role in the movie Cocktail was initially offered to Imran Khan.
Imran Khan is one of the many celebrity faces that supports PETA and has even participated in various ads for this organization. One such ad was for promoting adoption of stray dogs, instead of purebred animals.
In 2013-14, Imran Khan got associated with the comedy group AIB (All India Bakchod) to initiate a campaign in favour of gay rights in India. He joined hands with other celebrities for the TeachAIDS initiative in 2014, for prevention of HIV across the globe.
Imran Khan has appeared in TV commercials or print ads for endorsement of products belonging to brands such as Lux, Levis, and MTS India.
Imran Khan has been the face of different beverages brands like Maaza, Coca-Cola, and Bru.
Imran Khan is known to lead a non-controversial lifestyle who stays away from the media when he is not promoting his films. However, he did get engaged in a ‘cold war of words’ with veteran filmmaker Rahul Rawail. When asked whether it was true that Avantika (Imran’s wife) had passed some snide remarks about Ranbir Kapoor’s role in movie ‘Rajneeti’ as per claims by Rahul Rawail, Imran replied with a straight bat asking ‘Is Rahul Rawail still around?’ It led to a war of words on the social media, with Rahul Rawail retaliating to Imran’s comments.