Shahrukh Khan
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Shahrukh Khan

Born
November 2, 1965 (1965-11-02) (age 42)Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Other name(s)
Shah Rukh Khan
Occupation
Actor, Producer
Years active
1988-Present
Spouse(s)
Gauri Khan
[show]Awards
Filmfare Awards
Best Actor1994 Baazigar1996 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1998 Dil To Pagal Hai1999 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai2003 Devdas2005 SwadesBest Actor (Critics)1995 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa2001 MohabbateinBest Villain1995 AnjaamBest Male Debut1993 DeewanaFilmfare Power Award (2004 & 2005)
Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Hindko/Urdu: شاہ رخ خان, Pushtu: شاه روخ خان), born 2 November 1965, is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and recent host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Khan started out his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut with the hit Deewana (1992), and has been part of numerous commercial successes, delivering a variety of critically acclaimed performances as well. During his career years, he has won six Filmfare Best Actor Awards, and has had significant box office success, with films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), being some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Veer Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006) are the biggest Bollywood hits in the overseas market. Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Career
2.1 As Actor
2.2 As a Producer
2.3 As Television Host
3 Awards and nominations
4 Filmography
4.1 Actor
4.2 Producer
4.3 Playback singer
4.4 Stunts Director
4.5 Television appearances
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
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[edit] Biography
Khan was born to parents of Pathan ethnicity.[1][2] Khan's family was Muslim, and he was raised by Hindus for most of his life.[3] His father Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom activist. 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.[4]
Khan's father came to Gurgaon from Kissa Kahani Bazaar in Peshawar before the Partition of India,[5] while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, also in present-day Pakistan.[6] Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.[7] Khan attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama and academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award bequeathed to the student who embodies most the spirit of the school. He later attended the Hansraj College (1985-1988) to earn an Honors degree in Economics. After this, he studied for a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia University.[8]

Shahrukh with wife, Gauri Khan at the launch of FHM (2007).
After the death of his parents, Khan moved from Gurgaon to Mumbai in 1991.[9] In 1991, he married Gauri Khan in a Hindu wedding ceremony.[10] They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000).
Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on Khan, titled The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (2005). 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. Another book Still Reading Khan was released in 2006 which details his family and his life. In 2007 another book by Anupama Chopra King of Bollywood "Shahrukh Khan" and the seductive world of Indian cinema was released. This book described the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.
Khan's life-size wax statue is available in Madame Tussauds wax museum, London, installed in April 2007.[11] Khan has been chosen for the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award of the French government for his “exceptional career”.[12]

[edit] Career

[edit] As Actor
Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John, at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG). In 2007 John commented on his former pupil,
“
The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shah Rukh's career goes to the superstar himself.[13]
”
Khan started his acting career in 1988 appearing in the television series Fauji playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.[14] He went on to appear in several other television serials most notably appearing in the 1989 serial Circus,[15] which depicted the life of circus performers and was directed by Aziz Mirza. That same year he also had a minor role in the English language made-for-television film In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was written by Arundhati Roy and based on life at Delhi University.
After the death of his parents Khan moved from Gurgaon to Mumbai in 1991.[16] He made his Bollywood film debut in Deewana (1992) which was a box office hit and launched his career in Bollywood.[17] His debut performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. His second release Maya Memsaab was known for its controversial issues as Khan appeared in what was an "explicit for Bollywood" sex scene for the film.[18]
In 1993 he won acclaim for his performances as a murderer and obsessive lover respectively in the box office hits Baazigar and Darr. He won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Baazigar. He was also appreciated for his role as a young musician in Kundan Shah's Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa which earned him the Filmfare Best Actor Award (critics) that same year. In 1994 Khan once again played an obsessive lover/psycho role in Anjaam. Even though the movie was not a box office success Khan's performance in a negative role earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.
In 1995 he starred in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which was a critical and commercial success[19] and has entered its twelfth year in Mumbai theaters, grossing over 12 billion rupees in all, making it as one of the biggest film blockbusters.[20]
1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his films released that year flopped.[21] 1997 meant his diminutive comeback, as his first release, Yash Chopra's Dil to Pagal Hai went on to be the year's second highest grossing film.[22] That same year he also had success with Subhash Ghai's Pardes which was one of the biggest hits of the year and Aziz Mirza's moderately successful film Yes Boss.
Khan was welcomed with similar success in 1998 starring in Karan Johar's directional debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which was the biggest hit of the year and won him his fourth Best Actor award at the Filmfare. He also won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se which did not do well at the box office in India, but earned good collections overseas.[23]
1999 was another non-notable year for Khan with the average grosser Baadshah as his only film release that year.[24] The year 2000 saw good success, with Aditya Chopra's second directional film Mohabbatein doing well at the box office, and Mansoor Khan's hit Josh. He gained critical acclaim for his performance in the former, which won him his second award for Best Actor (critics) at the Filmfare. In that same year, Khan set up his own production house Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla. Both Khan and Chawla starred in the first film from their production house Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. He also played a supporting role in Kamal Hassan's controversial film Hey Ram for which he received much acclaim although the film was a failure at the box office.[25]
In 2001, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the second time with the multi-starrer family drama film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, which was one of the biggest hits of the year. He also received favorable reviews for his performance as Emperor Asoka in the historical epic Asoka.
In 2002, Khan played the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance Devdas, which was the third Hindi adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel of the same name.
In 2003, Khan starred in the romantic drama Chalte Chalte which was a semi-hit.[26] He then made his third film with Karan Johar as the writer and Nikhil Advani as a director of the romantic drama Kal Ho Naa Ho. The movie was one of the year's biggest hits in India and in the overseas market as well. Khan's performance in this film as a guy who has heart disease was also well received.[27]
2004 proved to be a good year for Khan commercially and critically as well. He starred in Main Hoon Na which was the directorial debut of choreographer Farah Khan. The movie did well at the box office, whilst Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara was the biggest hit of that year. Khan's performance in the latter was much appreciated and he won various awards at several award ceremonies. Khan also won critical praise for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, which won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the sixth time although the film was a box office failure.[28]
His only major film release in 2005 was the fantasy film Paheli which was not as successful at the box office, but won him acclaim.[29]
In 2006 he once again collaborated with Karan Johar for the melodrama film Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna which did well in India and became the biggest hit in the overseas market.[30] That same year he played the title role in Don, a remake of the 1978 hit film Don which was also successful.[31]
His first release in 2007 was the sports film Chak De India which released on August 10, 2007. Khan received good reviews for his performance as the coach of a girl's hockey team in the film. Despite a low start at the box office, the film has been declared blockbuster, simultaneously becoming one of the year's biggest hits.[32] His latest film, Om Shanti Om, which released on November 9, 2007 has taken a terrific start worldwide.

[edit] As a Producer
Khan has also produced some of the films he has starred in but has had mixed success as both the producer and the star of his films. 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) were box office failures.[33] His third film, as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (2003), was the first box office hit from his production house.[34] In 2004 he set up another production company called Red Chillies Entertainment and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na which was another hit at the box office.[35] In 2005 he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which was a box office failure. It was India's official entry to the Oscars for a nomination for Best Foreign Film, but it did not pass the final selection. That same year he also 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.[36]
The latest film produced by his company Red Chillies Entertainment is Om Shanti Om which he has also starred in.

[edit] As Television Host
Khan was chosen as the host of the third series of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who wants to be a millionaire?,[37] in 2007 taking over from the original host Amitabh Bachchan who had hosted the show from 2000 to 2005. On Monday, January 22, 2007, "KBC" aired with Khan as the new host. The season ended on April 19 2007.[38]

[edit] Awards and nominations
Main article: List of Shah Rukh Khan's awards and nominations

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actor
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1992
Deewana
Raja Sahai
Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
Chamatkar
Sunder Srivastava
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
Raju (Raj Mathur)
Dil Aashna Hai
Karan
1993
Maya Memsaab
Lalit
King Uncle
Anil
Baazigar
Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Darr
Rahul Mehra
Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
1994
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Sunil
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance
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/Bholey
1996
English Babu Desi Mem
Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur
Chaahat
Roop Rathore
Army
Arjun
Special appearance
Dushman Duniya Ka
Badru
1997
Gudgudee
Special appearance
Koyla
Shanker
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
Special appearance
Dil Se
Amarkant Varma
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Rahul Khanna
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1999
Baadshah
Raj 'Baadshah'Heera
Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award
2000
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Ajay Bakshi
Hey Ram
Amjad Ali Khan
Tamil film. India'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
Shahrukh
Special appearance
2001
One 2 Ka 4
Arun Verma
Asoka
Asoka
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
Special appearance
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 Award
2005
Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye
Himself
Special appearance
Kaal
Special appearance in song Kaal Dhamaal
Silsiilay
Sutradhar
Special appearance
Paheli
Kishen/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
Don/Vijay
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
I See You
Special appearance in song Subah Subah
2007
Chak De India
Kabir Khan
Heyy Babyy
Raj Malhotra
Special appearance in song Mast Kalandar
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor
2008
Bhootnath
Special appearance
Dulha Mil Gaya
Raj
Releasing on March 21, 2008
Don 2
Don/Vijay
Announced
2009
My Name is Khan
Announced

[edit] Producer
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
Asoka (2001)
Chalte Chalte (2003)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kaal (2005)
Paheli (2005)
Om Shanti Om (2007)

[edit] Playback singer
Apun Bola - Josh (2000)
Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)
Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke - Chak De India (2007)

[edit] Stunts Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Chak De India (2007)

[edit] 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 Kareena (2004) Zee TV ... Special Appearance
Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host

[edit] See also
List of Indian Actors
Awards
Filmfare Awards
Preceded byAjay Devganfor Phool Aur Kaante
Best Male Debutfor Deewana1993
Succeeded bySaif Ali Khanfor Aashiq Awara
Preceded byAnil Kapoorfor Beta
Best Actorfor Baazigar1994
Succeeded byNana Patekarfor Krantiveer
Preceded byDimple Kapadiafor Rudaali
Best Actor (Critics)for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa1994
Succeeded byFarida Jalalfor Mammo
Preceded byParesh Rawalfor Sir
Best Villainfor Anjaam1995
Succeeded byMithun Chakrabortyfor Jallaad
Preceded byNana Patekarfor Krantiveer
Best Actorfor Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1996
Succeeded byAamir Khanfor Raja Hindustani
Preceded byAamir Khanfor Raja Hindustani
Best Actorfor Dil To Pagal Hai1998
Succeeded byShahrukh Khanfor Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Preceded byShahrukh Khanfor Dil To Pagal Hai
Best Actorfor Kuch Kuch Hota Hai1999
Succeeded bySanjay Duttfor Vaastav
Preceded byManoj Bajpaifor Shool
Best Actor (Critics)for Mohabbatein2001
Succeeded byAmitabh Bachchanfor Aks
Preceded byAamir Khanfor Lagaan
Best Actorfor Devdas2003
Succeeded byHrithik Roshanfor Koi... Mil Gaya
Preceded byTBD
Power Awardtied withAmitabh Bachchan2004
Succeeded byShahrukh Khan
Preceded byHrithik Roshanfor Koi... Mil Gaya
Best Actorfor Swades2005
Succeeded byAmitabh Bachchanfor Black
Preceded byShahrukh Khantied withAmitabh Bachchan
Power Award2005
Succeeded byYash Chopra

[edit] References
^ ABPL Group: Shah Rukh, Dilip Kumar invited to Pakistan.
^ Afghanland: Afghans of Guyana.
^ Interview with Shah Rukh.
^ Badshah at durbar and dinner. telegraphindia.com. Retrieved on 12 March 2007.
^ Rediff News Gallery: The Shahrukh Connection.
^ A Hundred Horizons by Sugata Bose, 2006 USA, p136
^ Shahrukh Khan - Journey.
^ Bollywood Blitz.
^ Shah Rukh Khan turns 42. zeenews.com. Retrieved on 2 Nov 2007.
^ SRK - 'Badshah' of Bollywood.
^ Shah Rukh Khan Now Live At Madame Tussauds.
^ Shah Rukh Khan to be honoured by French Govt..
^ Shahrukh's teacher gives him the credit.
^ The camera chose Shah Rukh Khan.
^ bbc.co.uk. Shahrukh goes global. Retrieved on 7 September 2007.
^ Bollywood's Brightest Star.
^ BoxOfficeIndia.Com.
^ Through the looking glass.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/alltime.htm.
^ ´DDLJ´ Enters The Twelfth Year At The Theaters!. planetbollywood.com. Retrieved on 14 January 2007.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/shahrukhkhan.htm.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/1997.htm.
^ boxofficeindia.com. Dil se performs better. Retrieved on July 21, 2007.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/shahrukhkhan.htm.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/2003.htm.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/2003.htm.
^ www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm.
^ boxofficeindia.com.
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^ BoxOfficeIndia.com.
^ Box Office India home page.
^ BoxOfficeIndia.com.
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^ IHT.com.
^ Businessofcinema.com.

[edit] External links
Shahrukh Khan at the Internet Movie Database

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