Shahrukh Khan
born 2 November 1965), sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and 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 commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. Khan has won thirteen Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian films, seven of which are in the Best Actor category.
Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), 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) and My Name Is Khan (2010) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, making him one of the most successful actors of India. 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. Khan is today considered to be the world's most successful movie star, with a fan following numbering in the billions and a net worth estimated at over Rs 2500 crore (US$ 540 million). In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.
Biography
Shahrukh Khan and familyKhan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan. 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 New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India, while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India. Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.
Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood, 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 the Hansraj College (1985–1988) 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.
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.[14] 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. 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.
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. This book described the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.
Khan has been awarded several honours which includes the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London. Another statue was installed at the Musée Grévin in Paris, the same year. 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 honoured for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision. He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.
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 Mirza's Circus, which depicted the life of circus performers. 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 and was written by Arundhati Roy.
1990s
Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991, Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood. 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.
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. 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. 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.[31] 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.
In 1995, Khan starred in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, a major critical and commercial success, for which he won his second Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 2007, the film entered its twelfth year in Mumbai theaters. By then the movie had grossed over 12 billion rupees, making it as one of India's biggest movie blockbusters. Earlier in the same year he found success in Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun which became the second biggest hit of the year.
1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office. 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.[36] 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.
In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of the year. 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. Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser.
2000s
Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, Mohabbatein, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. It did well at the box office, 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 leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a box office success. 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.[40] His work with Karan Johar continued as he collaborated on the family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham which was the second biggest hit of the year. He also received favorable reviews for his performance as Emperor Asoka in the historical epic, Asoka, a partly fictionalised account of the life of Ashoka the Great (304 BC–232 BC).
In 2002, Khan received acclaim for playing the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance, Devdas. It 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.[42] Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which did well at the box office. In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successful romantic drama, Chalte Chalte. 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.
2004 was a particularly good year for Khan, both commercially and critically. He starred in Farah Khan's directorial debut, the 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 hit of 2004 in both India and overseas. The film relates the love story of Veer and 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 Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for Swades.
In 2006, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the fourth time with the melodrama movie 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. 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 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'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. The film was a major critical success. 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. It 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 which was a huge box office success, and his only 2009 release was Billu which failed at the box office.
Khan's next film, My Name Is Khan, was released on 12 February 2010. 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 2009. Khan introduced Slumdog Millionaire along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto.
Producer
Shahrukh Khan (left) with Sourav Ganguly, the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Gauri Khan.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) 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 Paheli, which did poorly. It was, however, India's official entry to the Academy 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. 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.
Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX. It has also ventured into television content production, with shows like, The First Ladies, Ghar Ki Baat Hai', and Knights and Angels. Television advertisements are also produced by the company.
Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX. It has also ventured into television content production, with shows like, The First Ladies, Ghar Ki Baat Hai', and Knights and Angels. Television advertisements are also produced by the company.
In 2008, Red Chillies Entertainment became the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition.
Television host
In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan 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?. 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 Hain?, the 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
This is a list of Shahrukh Khan's awards and nominations. An actor from India, Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards, nine Star Screen Awards, four IIFA Awards, eight Zee Cine Awards, three Bollywood Movie Awards, two Global Indian Film Awards and many other awards. He also has won all the Best Actor awards at Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, and was nominated for Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards.
He was honoured Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence in the Field of Entertainment" in 2002, and a Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world. He was honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009
Filmfare Awards
Awards Won
1993 - Filmfare Best Debut Award for Deewana
1994 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Baazigar
1994 - Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1995 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for Anjaam
1996 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1998 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Dil To Pagal Hai
1999 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2001 - Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Mohabbatein
2003 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Devdas
2005 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Swades
2008 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Chak De India
Special Awards
2002 - Filmfare Special Award Swiss Consulate Trophy
2004 - Filmfare Power Award
2005 - Filmfare Power Award
Awards Nominated
1993 - Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Chamatkar
1994 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1994 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for Darr
1998 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Yes Boss
1999 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for Duplicate
2000 - Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Baadshah
2001 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Mohabbatein
2002 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2004 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Main Hoon Na
2005 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Veer Zaara
2007 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2007 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Don - The Chase Begins Again
2008 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Om Shanti Om
2009 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Star Screen Awards
Winner
1996: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
2002: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (along with Kajol) for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2003: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Devdas (along with Ajay Devgan) for Company
2003: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (along with Aishwarya Rai) for Devdas
2005: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Veer-Zaara
2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (along with Preity Zinta) for Veer-Zaara
2007: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (along with Rani Mukerji) for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2008: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Chak De India
2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (along with Deepika Padukone) for Om Shanti Om
2010: Star Screen Award Best Jodi of Decade (along with Kajol)
Nominated
1998: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Dil To Pagal Hai
1999: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2001: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Mohabbatein
2002: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2004: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Chalte Chalte
2006: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Paheli
2007: Star Screen Award Best Villain for Don - The Chase Begins Again
2009: Star Screen Award Best Actor for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Winner
2003: IIFA Best Actor Award for Devdas
2005: IIFA Best Actor Award for Veer-Zaara
2008: IIFA Best Actor Award for Chak De India
2009: IIFA Star of the Decade - Male
Nominated
2001: IIFA Best Actor Award for Mohabbatein
2002: IIFA Best Actor Award for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2006: IIFA Best Actor Award for Paheli
2007: IIFA Best Actor Award for Don - The Chase Begins Again
2009: IIFA Best Actor Award for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
1998: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Dil To Pagal Hai
1999: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2003: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Devdas
2004: Zee Cine Award Superstar of the Year- Male for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Veer-Zaara
2007: Fun Cinema Entertainer of the year for Don - The Chase Begins Again
2008 : Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Chak De! India
2008: Zee Cine Award Icon Award
Nominated
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Main Hoon Na
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Swades
2006: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Paheli
2007: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2007: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Don - The Chase Begins Again
2008: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male for Om Shanti Om
Bollywood Movie Awards
Winner
1999: Bollywood Movie Award - Most Sensational Actor for Dil Se
1999: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actor for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2003: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actor for Devdas
2005: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actor for Veer-Zaara
Global Indian Film Awards
Winner
2004: GIFA Best Actor Award for Veer-Zaara
2004: GIFA Most Searched Male Actor on Internet
Nominated
2006: GIFA Best Actor Award for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
2008: Apsara Best Actor Award for Chak De India
2010: Apsara Best Actor Award for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Nominated
2005: Apsara Best Actor Award for Swades
Asian Film Awards
Nominated
2007: Best Actor for Don - The Chase Begins Again
Other awards
2004 British Asian Guild Award for Best Actor of the Decade[3]
2004 11th Lions Gold Award for Excellence in his Field[4]
2007 V Shantaram Award for Best Actor for Chak De India
SRK awarded “My Amazing Actor” Award by Pogo channel
Ten Rupa Cinegoers Awards
Six Sansui Viewers Choice Movie Awards
Two AFJA Awards
One Aashirwad Award
One Disney Kids Channel Award
One MTV Immies Indian Music Excellence Awards
MTV Youth Icon of the Year for 2005
One Sports World Film Award
One Sahara One Sangeet Award - Best Actor Singer “Apun Bola” Josh - 2005[5]
Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards:[6]
2004: Sabsey Favourite actor
2005: Sabsey Favourite actor
2006: Sabsey Favourite actor
2007: Sabsey Favourite actor
2008: Sabsey Favourite actor
2007: HT Café Film Awards Best Actor Award for Chak De India.[7]
2007 CNBC-TV18's Entertainment Business Leader Award[8]
Sexiest Man in Asia (Jade Magazine, October 2001)
Sexiest Asian Man (Eastern Eye, October 2007)
2008 IDEA ITA Best Anchor/Show Host
2008 Annual Central European Bollywood Award for Chak De India (Best Actor) [9]
The Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards: the Best Actor Award for his performance in chak de india
2009 Apsara award Best Actor in a Leading Role RNBDJ.
, Shah Rukh Khan Awarded Global Entertainment And Media Personality At FICCI Frames 2010
National honours
2002 - Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in the Field of Entertainment
2005 - Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India
2009 - Among the 10 recipients of the IIFA-FICCI Frames Awards for the "Most Powerful Entertainer of the Decade"[10]
2010- Global Entertainment and Media personality Award at FICCI Frames 2010 Excellence awards.
International recognitions
In 2004 Time magazine in their third annual special on Asia's heroes selected him along with 19 other Asian's as the 20 Asian Heroes under the age of 40.[11]
2004 British Asian Guild Award for Best Actor of the Decade
In 2005 he appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of the National Geographic magazine dated February 2005. This was a rare honour extended by National Geographic since unlike many other magazines celebrities are not their natural choice for a cover image[12]
Khan has been accorded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his “exceptional career” in 2007.[13]
He was declared the Sexiest Man in Asia by Jade Magazine, October 2001
In 2003, a rare species of orchid, was named after him, Ascocenda Shahrukh Khan, in Singapore.[14]
He was declared Sexiest Asian Man by Eastern Eye, October 2007
In October 2008, he had been conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka which carries the honorific Datuk by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, the head of state of Malacca in Malaysia, for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001.
His life-like wax statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds Wax museum in 2007.
Khan's life-size wax statue was displayed in Grévin museum in Paris in 2007 along with only one other Indian who got this honour, Gandhi.
In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world where he is currently ranked 41.[15]
In 2009, the 66th Golden Globe Awards functionists entitled him to present the motion picture Slumdog Millionaire. This is the first time for an Indian actor they have invited.
In 2009, Britain's University of Bedfordshire rewarded him with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture.[16]
in 2009, he was conferred with a "Black Belt" honor from the South Korean government in taekwondo[17]
In 2009, he was declared amongst the 500 most influential Muslims around by Georgetown University, USA.[18]
A life-like Wax at Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Los Angelos in 2010.
A life-like Wax at Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Hong Kong in 2010.
In 2010 Time magazine ranked him as the 12th most influential personality in the world of the year.
