Shahrukh Khan At a press conference of the 2009 Indian Premier League Born 2 November 1965 (1965-11-02) (age 43)New Delhi, India Other name(s) Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan, SRK Occupation Actor, Producer, Television presenter Years active 1988–present Spouse(s) Gauri KhanKhan (Hindi शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Urdu: شاہ رخ خان) born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor who has been a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won thirteen Filmfare Awards seven of which are in the Best Actor category. While some of Khan's best-known films, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), Chak De India (2007) and Om Shanti Om (2007), remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) have been top-grossing productions in the overseas market, making Khan one of the most successful actors of Hindi cinema. Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. In 2008, Newsweeknamed him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world. Contents Biography Khan with his wife and children Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, IndiaHis father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian freedom fighter Khanof the Janjua Rajputclan. He served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the Sword of Honur, an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the Hansraj College (1985-1988) and earned his Economics (honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mas Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career in Bollywood After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber (who is a Hindu) in a traditional Hindwedding ceremony on 25 October 1991. They have two children, son Aryan Khan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allahsituated next to the Hindu gods. In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentaryon Khan, titled The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan Featuring his 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasted Khan's inner world of family and daily life with the outer world of his work. The book Still Reading Khan, which details his family life, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, "King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema", was released in 2007. This book described the world of Bollywood through Khan's life. Khan has been awarded a number of honours. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London During the same year, he was accorded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his “exceptional career”. In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka which carries the honorific Datuk (in similar fashion to "Sir" in British knighthood), by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, the head of state of Malacca in Malaysia. Khan was honored for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision. Film career Background Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG). In 2007, John commented thus on his former pupil that, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself." Khan made his acting debut in 1988 when he appeared in the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai. He went on to appear in several other television serials, most notably in the 1989 serial, Aziz Mirzas Circus, which depicted the life of circus performers. The same year, Khan also had a minor role in the made-fortelevision English-language film, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was based on life at Delhi University and was written by Arundhati Roy. 1990s Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991,[20] Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award His second movie, MayaMemsaab generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie. In 1993, he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Baazigar. Later, in 1995, Khan starred in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge a critical and commercial success, for which he won his second Filmfare Best Actor Award and which entered its twelfth year in 2007 in Mumbai theaters By then the movie had grossed over 12 billion rupees, making it as one of the biggest movie blockbusters. 1996 was a disappointing year, however, as the movies he released that year failed to do well at the box office. He later starred in a number of successful films including Yash Chopra's Dil to Pagal Hai (which became that year's second highest grossing movie and for which won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award Subhash Ghai's Pardes (one of the biggest hits of the year),and KaranJohar's 1998 debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (another box office "hit"). He also won acclaim for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se which did not do well in the Indian box office, but was a commercial success overseas.]Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser. 2000s Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopras 2000 film, Mohabbatein, co-starring AmitabhBachchan. It did well at the box office, and Khan's performance won him his second Critics Award for Best Performance. He also starred in Mansoor Khan's Josh, which was also a box office success.In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla. Both Khan and Chawla starred in the first movie of their production house, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani His work with Karan Johar continued as he collaborated on Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham which was the second biggest hit of the year. He also received favorable reviews for his performance as Emperor Asokain the historical epic, Asoka Khan also starred in the 2002 remake of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyays well-known novel Devdas, which was one of the biggest hits of that year. Additional box office hits included Hum TumharHain Sanam, which did well at the box office, and Yash Chopras Veer-Zaara, which was the biggest hit of 2004 in both India and overseas. Khan's performance in the film won him awards at several award ceremonies. In that same year, he received critical praise for his performance in Ashutosh Gowarikers Swades, which won him the Filmfare Best Actor Awardfor the sixth time, although the movie was a box office failure. He was nominated for the FilmfareBest Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for Swades.Khan's collaborative work with Karan Johar continued with Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna which did well in India and much more so in the overseas market He also starred in Don - The Chase Begins Again, the 2006 remake of the 1978 hit Don which was a box-office success. Khan's success continued with a few more highly popular films. One of his most successful works was the multiple award-winning 2007 film, Chak De India, about the Indian women'national hockey team. Earning over Rs 639 million, Chak De India became the third highest grossing movie of 2007 in India and won yet another Filmfare Best Actor Award for Khan.and was critically acclaimed In the same year Khan also starred in Farah Khans 2007 film, Om Shanti Om The film emerged as the year's highest grossing film in India and the overseas market,as well as earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. Khan's more recent films include the 2008 release, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Billu which is soon to be released. As of 2009, Khan is filming My Name is Khan, due for a November 2009 release. While on one shoot in Los Angeles, along with his wife Gauri and director Karan Johar, he took a break from filming to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards, held in Los Angeles, California, on 11 January 2009Khan introduced Slumdog Millionaire along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto Producer Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawlaand director Aziz Mirza in 1999. The first two of the films he produced and starred in: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Asoka (2001) were box office failures.However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (2003), proved a box office hit. In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit. The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheliwhich did poorly. It was, however, India's official entry to the AcademyAwards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Khan co-produced the supernatural horror filmKaal with Karan Johar, and performed an item numberfor the film with Malaika Arora Khan. Kaal was moderately successful at the box office.[43] His company has gone on to produce Om Shanti Om (2007), in which he starred, and Billu (2009), in which he played a supporting role as a Bollywood superstar. In 2008, Red Chillies Entertainment became the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the BCCI-backed IPL cricketleague. Television host In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchanas the host of the third series of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The previous had hosted the show for five years from 2000-05. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host and later ended on 19 April 2007. On 25 April 2008, Khan began hosting the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hainthe Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest. Awards and nominations Main article: List of Shahrukh Khan's awards and nominations Filmography Actor Year Title Role Notes 1992 Deewana Raja Sahai Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award Idiot Pawan Raghujan Chamatkar Sunder Srivastava Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman Raju (Raj Mathur) Dil Aashna Hai Karan 1993 Maya Memsaab Lalit Kumar King Uncle Anil Bhansal Baazigar Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award Darr Rahul Mehra Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Sunil Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best PerformanceNominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award 1994 Anjaam Vijay Agnihotri Winner, Filmfare Best Villain Award 1995 Karan Arjun Arjun Singh/Vijay Zamana Deewana Rahul Malhotra Guddu Guddu Bahadur Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India Hero Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Raj Malhotra Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award Ram Jaane Ram Jaane Trimurti Romi Singh 199 English Babu Desi Mem Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur Chaahat Roop Ratore Army Arjun Special appearance Dushman Duniya Ka Badru 1997 Gudgudee Special appearance Koyla Shankar Yes Boss Rahul Joshi Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award Pardes Arjun Saagar Dil To Pagal Hai Rahul Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award 1998 Duplicate Bablu Chaudhry/Manu Dada Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award Achanak Himself Special appearance Dil Se Amarkant Varma Dubbed into Tamilas UyireDubbed into Telugas Prema Tho Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Rahul Khanna Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award 1999 Baadshah Raj Heera/Baadshah Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award 2000 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Ajay Bakshi Hey Ram Amjad Ali Khan Simultaneously made into Tamil as Hey RamIndia's official entry to the Oscars Josh Max Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Rahul Special appearance Mohabbatein Raj Aryan Malhotra Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best PerformanceNominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award Gaja Gamini Himself Special appearance 2001 One 2 Ka 4 Arun Verma Asoka Asoka Dubbed into Tamil as Samrat Ashoka Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Rahul Raichand Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award 2002 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Gopal Devdas Devdas Mukherjee Winner, Filmfare Best Actor AwardIndia's official entry to the Oscars Shakti: The Power Jaisingh Special appearance Saathiya Yeshwant Rao Cameo 2003 Chalte Chalte Raj Mathur Kal Ho Naa Ho Aman Mathur Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award 2004 Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke Dushant Main Hoon Na Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award Veer-Zaara Veer Pratap Singh Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award Swades Mohan Bhargava Winner, Filmfare Best Actor AwardDubbed into Tamilas Desam 2005 Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye Himself Special appearance Kaal Special appearance in song Kaal Dhamaal Silsiilay Sutradhar Special appearance in song Jab Jab Dil Mile Paheli Kishenlal/The Ghost India's official entry to the Oscars The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan Himself (Biopic) Documentary directed by British-based author and director Nasreen Munni Kabir 2006 Alag Special appearance in song Sabse Alag Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Dev Saran Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award Don - The Chase Begins Again Vijay/Don Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor AwardNominated, Asian Film Awardfor Best Actor I See You Special appearance in song Subah Subah 2007 Chak De India Kabir Khan Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award Heyy Babyy Raj Malhotra Special appearance in song Mast Kalandar Om Shanti Om Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award 2008 Krazzy 4 Special appearance in song Break Free Bhoothnath Aditya Sharma Special appearance Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Surinder Sahni/Raj Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award 2009 Luck by Chance Himself Special appearance Billu Sahir Khan Dulha Mil Gaya Post-production[46] Koochie Koochie Hota Hain Rocky Filming My Name is Khan Rizwan Khan Filming Producer Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani(2000) Asoka (2001) Chalte Chalte (2003) Main Hoon Na (2004) Kaal (2005) Paheli (2005) Om Shanti Om (2007) Billu (2009) Playback singer Main to hoon Pagal - Baadshah (1999) Apun Bola - Josh (2000) Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006) Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke - Chak De India (2007) Sattar Minute - Chak De India (2007) Stunts Director Kuch Kuch Hota Hi (1998) Main Hoon Na (2004) Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) Chak De India (2007) Om Shanti Om (2007) Television appearances Dil Dariya (1988) Fauji (1988) ... Abhimanyu Rai Doosra Keval 1989 Circus (1989) In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) Idiot (1991) ... Pawan Raghujan Kareena Kareena2004 ... Special appearance Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.....Guest Koffee with Karan (2004-2007) ... Guest (3 episodes) Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host Jjhoom India (2007) ... Guest Nach Baliye2008Guest Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai? (2008) .... Host |
