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Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan at TAG Heuer Press Conference. Born 2 November 1965 (age 46) New Delhi, India Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]

Other names King Khan, SRK, The Baadshah of Bollywood[2] The king of romance[3] 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, is an Indian film actor, producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films.[4][5][6] Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian films,

eight of which are in the Best Actor category (a record). In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towardsIndian Cinema. Khan began his career appearing in theatre and several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars,[4] with a fan following claimed to number in the billions.[7][8][9] In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.[4] Eleven of the films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over 1 billion. [10] Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), Devdas (2002), Chak De! India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi(2008) remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), My Name Is Khan (2010) and Don 2 (2011) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, thus making him one of the most successful leading actors of India.[11] In addition to movie acting, Khan is a social activist, a television presenter, and a regular stage performer. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment and, along with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, owns the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
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1 Biography 2 Acting career 2.1 Background 2.2 1990s 2.3 2000s 2.4 2010s 3 Producer 4 Non-film work 4.1 Television presenting 4.2 Stage performances 4.3 Humanitarian work 4.4 Ownership of IPL cricket team

5 Filmography 5.1 Television appearances 6 Awards and nominations 7 See also 8 Notes 9 Bibliography 10 External links

Biography

Khan with his wife and children

Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim[12] parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India.[13] His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan.[14] His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.[15] Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India,[16] while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India.[17] Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.[18] He was given the birth name Shahrukh (meaning "Face of the King"), but prefers his name to be written as Shah Rukh Khan, and is also commonly referred to as SRK.[19] Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood,[20] Khan attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended theHansraj College (19851988) and earned his Bachelors 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 in Bollywood.[21] After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.[22] In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber, a Hindu, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.[23] They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hindu deities.[24] 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 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. It describes the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.[25][26] Khan's net worth is estimated at over 2,500 crore (US$475 million).[27][28]

Acting 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, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself."[29] Khan started shooting for Lekh Tandon's television series Dil Dariya, but its delay meant that he made his acting debut with the 1988 television series, Fauji, playing the leading role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.[22] [30] 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.[31] 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. When Khan appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the latter's.[32]

1990s
Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991,[22] Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood.[33] 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.[34] In 1993, Khan won acclaim for his performances in villainous roles as an obsessive lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits,Darr and Baazigar.[35] In Khan's entry in Encyclopdia

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."[36] Darr marked his first collaboration with renowned film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Raj Films, the largest production company in Bollywood. Baazigar, which saw Khan portraying an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend, shocked its Indian audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula.[37] His performance 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 performance that earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Khan maintains that this is his all-time favourite among the movies he has acted in.[38] In 1994, Khan once again played an obsessive lover/psycho's role in Anjaam, co-starring alongside Madhuri Dixit. Though the movie was not a box office success, Khan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.[39] In 1995, Khan starred in the two biggest hits of the year in India. His first release was Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun. The film, which dealt with reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year.[40] He followed it with Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, the romanceDilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. A major critical and commercial success, the movie became the year's top-grossing production in India.[41] 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 biggest movie blockbusters.[42] 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 Movies ranked the movie amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films, citing it as a "trendsetter of sorts". [43] In that same year's retrospective review by Rediff, Raja Sen stated, "Khan gives a fabulous performance, redefining the Lover for the 1990s 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 well enough to come across as effortless, as non-acting."[44] 1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office.[45] This was, however, followed by a comeback in 1997. He saw success with Subhash Ghai's social drama Pardes one of the biggest hits of the year and Aziz Mirza's comedy Yes Boss, a moderately successful feature.[46] His second project with Yash Chopra as a director, Dil to Pagal Hai became that year's second highest-grossing movie, and he won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as a stage director who falls in love with one of his new actresses.[46] In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of the year.[47] 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, in which he played the part of Aman Verma, an All India Radio correspondent who falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman terrorist, played by Manisha Koirala.[48] Though popular with critics, the movie failed financially in India, however, it was

a commercial success overseas.[49] becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts.[50][51] Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser.[52]

2000s

Khan during the filming ofSwades (2004), his performance in the film is considered one of his best to date.

Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, Mohabbatein, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film was a major financial success, and Khan's performance as a college teacher won him his second Critics Award for Best Performance. He also starred in Mansoor Khan's action film Josh. The film starred Khan as the tough leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a box office success.[53] In a positive review, Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times wrote that Khan "basks in his tailormade role, donning with panache the garb of a streetsmart tough."[54] In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla (see below). Both Khan and Chawla starred in the first movie of their production house, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.[53] His collaboration with Karan Johar continued in 2001 with the family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghamwhich was the second biggest hit of the year. He also received favourable reviews for his performance as Emperor Asoka in the historical epic, Asoka, a partly fictionalised account of the life of Ashoka the Great (304 BC232 BC).[55] In 2002, Khan received acclaim for playing the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance, Devdas. This was the third Hindi movie adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's well-known novel of the same name, and surfaced as one of the biggest hits of that year.[56] Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which did well at the box office.[56] In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successful

romantic drama, Chalte Chalte.[57] That same year, he starred in the tearjerker, Kal Ho Naa Ho, written by Karan Johar and directed by Nikhil Advani. Khan's performance in this movie as a man with a fatal heart disease was appreciated. The movie proved to be one of the year's biggest hits in India and Bollywood's biggest hit in the overseas markets.[57] 2004 was a particularly good year for Khan, both commercially and critically. He starred in Farah Khan's directorial debut, the action comedyMain 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 sagaVeer-Zaara, which was the biggest hit of 2004 in both India and overseas.[58] The film relates the love story of Veer and a Pakistani woman Zaara Haayat Khan, played by Preity Zinta. Khan's performance 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 Awardfor all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for Swades.[58] In 2006, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the fourth time with the melodrama 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.[59] His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film Don: The Chase Begins Again, a remake of the 1978 hit Don. The movie was a boxoffice hit.[59] 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's 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.[60] The film was a major critical success.[61] 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.[60] It earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. His 2008 release, the romantic drama Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was declared a blockbuster, and by the end of the year had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of alltime to that point.[62] His only 2009 release was Billu where he played film superstar Sahir Khan who is reunited with his childhood friend Billu played by Irrfan Khan.

2010s

Khan, Kapoor and Rampal (l-r) duringRa.One premiere in London

Khan's next film was My Name Is Khan, his fourth collaboration with director Karan 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 in Los Angeles, along with his wife Gauriand director Karan Johar, he took a break from filming to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards, held in Los Angeles, on 11 January 2009,[63][64] where he was introduced as the King of Bollywood.[65] Khan 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 February 2010.[66] Based on a true story, and set against the backdrop of perceptions 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.[67] Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time in the overseas market. Khan won his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal, thereby joining Dilip Kumar as the record holder in this category. Jay Wesissberg from Variety wrote, "Khan uses the mannerisms associated with Asperger's -- averted eyes, springy steps, stuttered repetitions of memorized texts -- yet captures the personality beneath the condition in a standout performance sure to receive the Autism Society's gold seal of approval."[68] His first release in 2011 was Anubhav Sinha's science fiction superhero film Ra.One opposite Kareena Kapoor. The film, which follows the story of a London-based videogame designer who creates the strongest villainonly to later realize that it has escaped from the game was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film.[69] With an estimated budget of 125 crore (US$23.75 million), [70] it witnessed a level of publicity campaigning previously unseen in Indian films and the use of several new technology equipment never seen before in the cinematic history of Bollywood.[71] The film was a box office success, grossing 240 crore (US$45.6 million) worldwide.[72][73] His second release in 2011 wasDon 2, a sequel to his 2006 film Don: The Chase Begins Again which fetched him critical praise, Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India noted, "Shah Rukh remains in command and never loses his foothold, neither through the dramatic sequences nor through the action cuts."[74] The film went on to become the year's highest-grossing Bollywood production outside of India.[75]

Producer

Khan with former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly, and Gauri Khan

Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited withJuhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza in 1999. The first two of the films he produced and starred in: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (co-starring Juhi herself and directed by Mirza) andAsoka (alongside Kareena Kapoor) were box office failures.[55] However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (with Rani Mukerji), proved a box office hit.[76] In 2004, Khan took over his old production company Dreamz Unlimited and transformed it into Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri also serving as a producer.[77] In the same year he produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit, which was directed by his friend and well-known choreographer Farah Khan.[58] The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which did poorly.[78] It was, however, India's official entry to theAcademy Awards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Khan 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 successful at the box office.[78] His company has further gone on to produce Om Shanti Om (2007) which emerged as India's highest grossing production ever up to that point,Billu (2009), Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011) and Ra.One [79] as well as his forthcoming releasesDon 2: The Chase Continues and Karan Johar's Student Of The Year. Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX which had been involved with many major movies like Chak De India, Om Shanti Om, Dostana, and Kurbaan and Ra.One. As well as studios for TV commercials known as Red Chillies TVC and TV shows/serials known as Red Chillies Idiot Box, which conceived popular shows like Up Close & Personal with PZ andIshaan. The company also has a little over 50% stake in the Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders often abbreviated as KKR, in the BCCI-backed IPLcricket competition. [80]

Non-film work
Television presenting

Khan at the Zee Carnival in Sun Tech City, Singapore, in 2008

In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third season of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati popularly known as KBC, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. [81] The previous had hosted the show for two previous seasons in 2000 and 2005. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host. The grand prize amount of 2 crore rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3.[82] and later ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale. .[83] 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?,[84] whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest.[85] On 1 February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV. The show ended on February 25, 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.[86]

Stage performances
Khan is a stage performer and has participated in several world tours and concerts. In 1997, he preformed in the Asha Bhosle's: Moments In Time in Malaysia. He returned to another concert there the following year with ShahrukhKarisma: Live in Malaysia concert. In 1999, he was part of The Awesome Foursome, which included Salman Khan, Juhi Chawla and Twinkle Khanna.[87] In November 2002, Khan took part in theFire & Flames concert in Malaysia, alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and BPL-Oye VJ Raageshwari with a 40-member troupe of singers and dancers.[87] In the same year, he participated in the show From India With Love in the UK, along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan,Preity Zinta and Aishwarya Rai. It took place at two outdoor venues, Manchester's Old Trafford and London's Hyde Park, with over 100,000 spectators.[88]

Khan during a performance in Dhaka,Bangladesh

Khan participated in a concert tour titled Temptations 2004 which was the most successful Bollywood concert at the time. Khan performed alongside Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta,Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra in nineteen stage shows across the globe. He sang, danced and performed in skits.[89] In 2008, Khan set up Temptation Reloaded 2008, a series of concerts showcased across several different countries. The show, which also featured Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Ganesh Hegde, Javed Ali and Anusha Dandekar, took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[90] Several months later, he again joined Kapoor, Rampal and Kaif to perform for 15,000 spectators at Dubai's Festival City Arena.[91] In 2010, Khan was joined by Rani Mukerji, Arjun Rampal, Neeraj Shridhar and Ishaa Koppikar for a concert at the Army Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh to a packed audience.[92] And in 2011, he joined Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the Friendship Concert, celebrating 150 years of IndiaSouth Africa friendship in Durban, South Africa.[93]

Humanitarian work
Khan is known for keeping a low profile and secrecy on his social commitments and Humanitarian work.[94][95] Apart from regular donations to organizations and individuals, especially in the case of AIDS and cancer patients, he is behind the creation of a children's ward at theNanavati hospital in Mumbai, in memory of his late mother.[95][96] He is also active with relief funds when the Indian nation faces a natural calamity.[95] Khan is also a member of the board of directors of Make-AWish Foundation in India.[97] In March 2004, Khan visited the border post at the Attari-Wagah section of the Indo-Pak border, near Amritsar (the only one where people can cross over to the other side) to boost the morale of the jawans. It was for a TV show called Jai Jawan where entertainers and stars visit Indian troops in far-flung regions to encourage them along with the NDTV team.[98] In February 2005, Khan performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in company with other Bollywood stars.[99] He organized and participated inthe Temptations 2005 show in New Delhi which helped to raise funds for the National Centre For Promotional of

Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a leading disabled rights group.[100] In 2007, Khan collaborated with veteran artist M.F. Husainto create a canvas in celebration of 60 years of Indian independence at a charity auction in Bonhams, London. The painting was sold for over 12 million.[101] During his 2009 appearance at the NDTV Greenathon, Khan adopted seven villages in Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara, to provide them with electricity under the solar energy harnessing project in its title initiative 'Light A Billion Lives'.[102] The following year, he adopted eight more villages,[103] and again adopted eleven during his appearance in in the third edition of the event.[104] In 2009, Khan committed to bear all the expenses for the treatment of two Kashmiri orphan children who suffered severe burns during a terrorist grenade attack inSrinagar. He also visited the two orphans at the hospital.[105] In 2011, Khan teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan and English actress Judi Dench to promote Resul Pookutty's foundation that works to better the living conditions of the underprivileged in India. The complain aims to spread awareness on the cause of education among the impoverished, in India and also discourages child labour in the low income bracket of society and focus on providing opportunities to let children have a proper childhood.[106] the same year, he was honored with the Unesco Pyramide con Marni award for his charity engagements and social commitment towards providing education for kids thus becoming the first Indian to win the accolade.[107] Later that year, Khan was appointed by The UNOPS to be the first global ambassador of The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council that works to improve the lives of poor people by enhancing collaboration among sector agencies and professionals around sanitation and water supply.[108]

Ownership of IPL cricket team

In 2008, Khan in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the a Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of USD 75.09 million (Rs 357 crores), and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR is the richest team in the IPL and it has been ranked as the most valued with a brand value of $42.1 million. [109] Financially, the KKR are the most profitable and successful franchise in the IPL as well. [110][111]