Firoz Khan renamed himself Arjun after gaining fame by playing the famous mythological character of Arjun in B.R. Chopra’s TV serial Mahabharat in 1988. He made his Bollywood debut as an actor in Nasir Husain’s Manzil Manzil in 1984 and thereafter played negative characters in films like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Jigar, Tirangaa, Karan Arjun and Yamla Pagla Deewana 2.