Shahrukh Khan biography

Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: ??????? ????, Hindko/Urdu: ??? ?? ???, Pushtu: ??? ??? ???), 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.
Biography
Khan was born to parents of Pathan ethnicity Khan's family was Muslim, and he was raised by Hindus for most of his life.
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.
Khan's father came to Gurgaon from Qissa Kahani Bazaar in Peshawar before the Partition of India, while his mother's
family came from Rawalpindi, also in present-day Pakistan. Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz. 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.
After the death of his parents, Khan moved from Gurgaon to Mumbai in 1991. In 1991, he married Gauri Khan in a Hindu
wedding ceremony. 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. 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”.
Career
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.
Khan started his acting career in 1988 appearing in the television series Fauji playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu
Rai. He went on to appear in several other television serials most notably appearing in the 1989 serial Circus, 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. 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.
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 VillainAward.
In 1995 he starred in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which was a critical and commercial
success 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.
1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his films released that year flopped. 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. 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.
1999 was another non-notable year for Khan with the average grosser Baadshah as his only film release that year. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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. That same year he played the title role in Don, a remake of the
1978 hit film Don which was also successful.
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. His latest film, Om Shanti Om,
which released on November 9, 2007 has taken a terrific start worldwide.
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. 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. 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.
The latest film produced by his company Red Chillies Entertainment is Om Shanti Om which he has also starred in.
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?, 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