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Shah Rukh Khan at Kennedy Space Center in 2004 (during the filming of Swades) Born 2 November 1965 (age 45) New Delhi, India Other names Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan, SRK[1] Occupation Actor, producer, television presenter Years active 1988present Spouse Gauri Khan (1991present) Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: ; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan ian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred t o as "The King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films.[2][3][4] 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 numer ous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of hi s performances. Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian fil ms, eight of which are in the Best Actor category (a record). In 2005, the Gover nment of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards In dian Cinema. Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (19 98), Chak De! India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) r emain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gha m... (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (20 06) and My Name Is Khan (2010) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, thus making him one of the most successful actors of India.[5] 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. Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the bigges t movie stars,[2] with a fan following numbering in the billions[6] and a net wo rth estimated at over 2,500 crore (US$557.5 million).[7] In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Film career 2.1 Background 2.2 1990s 2.3 2000s 2.4 2010s 3 Producer 4 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 Filmography 6.1 Film actor 6.2 Producer 6.3 Television appearances 7 See also 8 Notes 9 Bibliography 10 External links Biography

Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim[8] parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India .[9] His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist from Pes hawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan.[10] His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Ma jor General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General i n the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.[11] Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India,[12] while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India.[13] Khan has an e lder sister named Shehnaz.[14] Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood,[15] Khan attended St. Columba's Scho ol where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the Sword o f Honour, an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the Hansraj College (19851988) and earned his Ba chelors degree in Economics (honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career i n Bollywood.[16] After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.[17] In that same y ear, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber, a Hindu, i n a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.[18] They have two chi ldren, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, whi le he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, h is children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hi ndu deities.[19] In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on 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 l ife, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, King of Bollywood: Sh ahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema, was released in 2007. It d escribes the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.[20][21] Film career Background Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John at Delhi's Thea tre Action Group (TAG). In 2007, John commented thus on his former pupil, "The c redit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's c areer goes to the superstar himself."[22] Khan made his acting debut in 1988 wit h the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.[17] He went on to appear in other television serials, such as the 1989 serial, Aziz Mirza's Circus, which depicted the life of circus performers.[23] The same year, Khan also had a minor role in the made-for-television English-language film, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was based on life at Delhi University an d was written by Arundhati Roy. When Khan appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with legendary actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the thespian.[24] 1990s Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991,[17] Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his car eer in Bollywood.[25] His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. He went on to star in Maya Memsaab, which generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie.[26] In 1993, Khan won acclaim for his performances in villainous roles as an obsessi ve lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits, Darr and Baazigar

.[27] In Khan's entry in Encyclopedia Britannica's "Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema " it was stated that "he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero."[28] Darr marked his first collaboration with renowned film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Ra j Films, the largest production company in Bollywood. Baazigar, which saw Khan p ortraying an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend, shocked its Indian au dience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula.[29] His p erformance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In that same year, Khan played the role of a young musician in Kundan Shah's Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a per formance that earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Khan mai ntains that this is his all-time favourite among the movies he has acted in.[30] In 1994, Khan once again played an obsessive lover/psycho's role in Anjaam, costarring alongside Madhuri Dixit. Though the movie was not a box office success, Khan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.[31] In 1995, Khan starred in the two biggest hits of the year in India. His first re lease was Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun. The film, which dealt with reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year.[32] He followed it with Ad itya Chopra's directorial debut, the romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. A majo r critical and commercial success, the movie became the year's top-grossing prod uction in India.[33] In 2007, it entered its twelfth year in Mumbai cinemas. By then the movie had grossed over 12 billion rupees, making it one of India's bigg est movie blockbusters.[34] Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge won ten Filmfare Awards, and Khan's performance as a young NRI who falls for Kajol's character while on a college vacation, won him his second Best Actor Award. In 2005, Indiatimes Mov ies ranked the movie amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films, citing it as a "tr endsetter of sorts".[35] In that same year's retrospective review by Rediff, Raj a Sen stated, "Khan gives a fabulous performance, redefining the Lover for the 1 990s with great panache. He's cool and flippant, but sincere enough to appeal to the junta. The performance itself is, like the best in the business, played wel l enough to come across as effortless, as non-acting."[36] 1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year fail ed to do well at the box office.[37] This was, however, followed by a comeback i n 1997. He saw success with Subhash Ghai's social drama Pardes one of the bigges t hits of the year and Aziz Mirza's comedy Yes Boss, a moderately successful fea ture.[38] His second project with Yash Chopra as a director, Dil to Pagal Hai be came that year's second highest-grossing movie, and he won his third Filmfare Be st Actor Award for his role as a stage director who falls in love with one of hi s new actresses.[38] In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, wh ich was the biggest hit of the year.[39] His performance won him his fourth Best Actor award at the Filmfare. He won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se. The movie did not do well at the Indian box office, though it was a commercial success overseas.[40] Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, wa s an average grosser.[41] 2000s Khan at the Zee Carnival in Sun Tech City, Singapore, in 2008 Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, Mohabbatein, co-starrin g Amitabh Bachchan. It did well at the box office, and Khan's performance as a c ollege teacher won him his second Critics Award for Best Performance. He also st arred in Mansoor Khan's action film Josh. The film starred Khan as the leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a bo x office success.[42] In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, D reamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla (see below). Both Khan and Chawla starred in th e first movie of their production house, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.[42] His co

llaboration with Karan Johar continued in 2001 i Kabhie Gham which was the second biggest hit ourable reviews for his performance as Emperor ka, a partly fictionalised account of the life .[43]

with the family drama Kabhi Khush of the year. He also received fav Asoka in the historical epic, Aso of Ashoka the Great (304 BC232 BC)

In 2002, Khan received acclaim for playing the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansa li's award-winning period romance, Devdas. This was the third Hindi movie adapta tion of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's well-known novel of the same name, and su rfaced as one of the biggest hits of that year.[44] Khan also starred opposite S alman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which d id well at the box office.[44] In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successfu l romantic drama, Chalte Chalte.[45] That same year, he starred in the tearjerke r, Kal Ho Naa Ho, written by Karan Johar and directed by Nikhil Advani. Khan's p erformance in this movie as a man with a fatal heart disease was appreciated. Th e movie proved to be one of the year's biggest hits in India and Bollywood's big gest hit in the overseas markets.[45] 2004 was a particularly good year for Khan, both commercially and critically. He starred in Farah Khan's directorial debut, the action comedy Main Hoon Na. The movie did well at the box office. He then played the role of an Indian officer, Veer Pratap Singh in Yash Chopra's love saga Veer-Zaara, which was the biggest h it of 2004 in both India and overseas.[46] The film relates the love story of Ve er and a Pakistani woman Zaara Haayat Khan, played by Preity Zinta. Khan's perfo rmance in the film won him awards at several award ceremonies. In that same year , he received critical acclaim for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker's drama Swades. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for Swades.[46] In 2006, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the fourth time with the melodra ma Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. It did well in India and much more so in the overseas market, becoming the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market of all-time.[4 7] His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action fil m Don: The Chase Begins Again, a remake of the 1978 hit Don. The movie was a suc cess.[47] Khan's success continued with a few more highly popular films. One of his most s uccessful works was the multiple award-winning 2007 film, Chak De! India, about the Indian women's national hockey team. Earning over Rs 639 million, Chak De! I ndia became the third highest grossing movie of 2007 in India and won yet anothe r Filmfare Best Actor Award for Khan.[48] The film was a major critical success. [49] In the same year Khan also starred in Farah Khan's 2007 film, Om Shanti Om. The film emerged as the year's highest grossing film in India and the overseas market, and became India's highest grossing production ever up to that point.[48 ] It earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. His 2008 release, the romantic drama Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was a box office success. H is only 2009 release was Billu where he played film superstar Saahil Khan who is reunited with his childhood friend Billu played by Irrfan Khan. 2010s Khan meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on the sets of Ra.One Khan's next film was My Name Is Khan, his fourth collaboration with director Kar an Johar and the sixth movie in which he is paired with Kajol. Filming commenced in December 2008 in Los Angeles and ended in October 2009. While on one shoot i n Los Angeles, along with his wife Gauri and director Karan Johar, he took a bre ak from filming to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards, held in Los Angeles, on 11 January 2009,[50][51] where he was introduced as the King of Bollywood.[52] K han introduced Slumdog Millionaire, a movie he had previously turned down, along

with a star from the film, Freida Pinto. My Name Is Khan was released on 12 Feb ruary 2010.[53] Based on a true story, and set against the backdrop of perceptio ns on Islam post 11 September attacks, My Name Is Khan stars Khan as Rizwan Khan , a Muslim man suffering from Asperger syndrome who sets out on a journey across America on a mission to meet the country's President and clear his name. During a promotional visit to the United States, Khan was detained at Newark Airport, New Jersey because of the similarity of his last name to known terrorists.[54] U pon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and became the high est-grossing Bollywood film of all time in the overseas market. Khan won his eig hth Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal, thereby joining Dilip Kumar as the record holder in this category. He has completed filming for Anubhav Sin ha's science fiction Ra.One opposite Kareena Kapoor, which is due for release on 26 October 2011. While shooting for the film, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Yash Raj Studios, to watch Khan at work.[55][56] Producer

Khan at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival in Germany Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and 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) we re box office failures.[43] However, his third film as a producer and star, Chal te Chalte (2003), proved a box office hit.[57] In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit.[46] The following year, he p roduced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which did poorly.[58] It was, ho wever, India's official entry to the Academy Awards for consideration for Best F oreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Kha n co-produced the supernatural horror film Kaal with Karan Johar, and performed an item number for the film with Malaika Arora Khan. Kaal was moderately success ful at the box office.[58] His company has further gone on to produce Om Shanti Om (2007) which emerged as India's highest grossing production ever up to that p oint. Billu (2009), Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011),[59] as well as his forthcoming re leases Ra.One and Don 2: The Chase Continues. Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known a s Red Chillies VFX. It has also ventured into television content production, wit h shows like, The First Ladies, Ghar Ki Baat Hai, and Knights and Angels. Televi sion advertisements are also produced by the company.[60] In 2008, Red Chillies Entertainment became the owner of the Kolkata Knight Rider s in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition. Television In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third series of the p opular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.[61] The previous had hosted the show for five years from 200005. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host[62] and later ended on 19 April 2007.[63] On 25 April 2008, Khan began hosting the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?,[64] whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special gu est.[65] In February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian vers

ion of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV. The show ended on February 25, 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.[66] Awards and nominations Main article: List of Shahrukh Khan's awards and nominations Apart from acting awards, Khan has been awarded several honours which include th e Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005.[67] In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at Mad ame Tussauds Wax Museum, London. Another statue was installed at the Muse Grvin in Paris, the same year.[68] During the same year, he was accorded the Ordre des A rts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French govern ment for his exceptional career.[69] There are also statues in Hong Kong[70] and N ew York[71] In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka which carries t he honorific Datuk (in similar fashion to "Sir" in British knighthood), by the Y ang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, the head of state of Malacca in Mal aysia. Khan was honoured for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two K a Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision.[72] He was also honou red with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.[73] Filmography Film actor Year Film Role Notes 1992 Deewana Raja Sahai Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut 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 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Darr Rahul Mehra NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negativ e Role Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Sunil Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor 1994 Anjaam Vijay Agnihotri Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negativ e Role 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 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Ram Jaane Ram Jaane Trimurti Romi Singh 1996 English Babu Desi Mem Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur Chaahat Roop Rathore Army Arjun Cameo Dushman Duniya Ka Badru 1997 Gudgudee Special appearance Koyla Shankar Yes Boss Rahul Joshi NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Pardes Arjun Saagar Dil To Pagal Hai Rahul Filmfare Award for Best Actor 1998 Duplicate Bablu Chaudhry/Manu Dada NominatedFilmfare Award f or Best Performance in a Negative Role Achanak Himself Special appearance

Dil Se Amarkant Varma Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Rahul Khanna Filmfare Award for Best Actor 1999 Baadshah Raj Heera/Baadshah NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role 2000 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Ajay Bakshi Hey Ram Amjad Ali Khan Josh Max Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Rahul Cameo Mohabbatein Raj Aryan Malhotra Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performa nce NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Gaja Gamini Himself Special appearance 2001 One 2 Ka 4 Arun Verma Asoka Asoka Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Rahul Raichand NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor 2002 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Gopal Devdas Devdas Mukherjee Filmfare Award for Best Actor Shakti: The Power Jaisingh Special appearance Saathiya Yeshwant Rao Cameo 2003 Chalte Chalte Raj Mathur Kal Ho Naa Ho Aman Mathur NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor 2004 Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke Dushant Main Hoon Na Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Veer-Zaara Veer Pratap Singh NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Swades Mohan Bhargava Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2005 Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye Himself Special appearance Kaal Special appearance in song "Kaal Dhamaal" Silsilay Sutradhar Cameo Paheli Kishenlal/The Ghost The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan Himself (Biopic) Documentary directed by Britishbased author and director Nasreen Munni Kabir 2006 Alag Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag" Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Dev Saran NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Don: The Chase Begins Again Vijay/Don NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor NominatedAsian Film Award for Best Actor I See You Special appearance in song "Subah Subah" 2007 Chak De! India Kabir Khan Filmfare Award for Best Actor Heyy Babyy Raj Malhotra Special appearance in song "Mast Kalandar" Om Shanti Om Om Prakash Makhija/ Om Kapoor NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor 2008 Krazzy 4 Special appearance in song "Break Free" Bhoothnath Aditya Sharma Cameo Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Surinder Sahni/Raj NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Actor Kismat Konnection Narrator 2009 Luck by Chance Himself Guest appearance Billu Sahir Khan 2010 Dulha Mil Gaya Pawan Raj Gandhi (PRG) Extended appearance My Name Is Khan Rizwan Khan Filmfare Award for Best Actor Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu Himself Cameo 2011 Always Kabhi Kabhi Special appearance in song "Antenna" Ra.One Shekhar Subramanium/G.One Post-production Don 2: The Chase Continues Don Post-production 2012 Koochie Koochie Hota Hain Rocky (Voice-over) Post-production 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) Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011) Ra.One (2011) Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011) Television appearances Dil Dariya (1988) Fauji (1988) ... Abhimanyu Rai Doosra Keval (1989) ... Keval Circus (1989) In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) Kareena Kareena (2004) ... Special appearance Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008) .... Host Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout (2011) ... Host