Shah Rukh
Khan (born Shahrukh Khan, 2 November 1965), also known as SRK, is an Indian
film actor, producer and television personality.
Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" or "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards Khan has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide. In terms of audience size and income, he has been described as one of the most successful film stars in the world.
Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" or "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards Khan has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide. In terms of audience size and income, he has been described as one of the most successful film stars in the world.
Khan started
his career with appearances in several television series in the late 1980s. He
made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with Deewana. Early in his career, Khan was
recognised for portraying villainous roles in the films Darr (1993), Baazigar
(1993) and Anjaam (1994). He then rose to prominence after starring in a series
of romantic films, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal
Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000) and Kabhi Khushi
Kabhie Gham... (2001). He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of an
alcoholic in Devdas (2002), a NASA scientist in Swades (2004), a hockey coach
in Chak De! India (2007) and a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan
(2010). His highest-grossing films include the comedies Chennai Express (2013)
and Happy New Year (2014). Many of his films display themes of Indian national
identity and connections with diaspora communities, or gender, racial, social
and religious differences and grievances. For his contributions to film, the
Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, and the Government of
France awarded him both the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Légion
d'honneur.
As of 2015,
Khan is co-chairman of the motion picture production company Red Chillies
Entertainment and its subsidiaries, and is the co-owner of the Indian Premier
League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders. He is a frequent television
presenter and stage show performer. The media often label him as "Brand
SRK" because of his many endorsement and entrepreneurship ventures. Khan's
philanthropic endeavours have provided health care and disaster relief, and he
was honoured with UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni award in 2011 for his support of
children's education. He regularly features in listings of the most influential
people in Indian culture, and in 2008, Newsweek named him one of their fifty
most powerful people in the world.
Khan was born on 2 November 1965 in a Muslim family in New
Delhi.He spent the first five years of his life in Mangalore, where his
maternal grandfather, Ifthikar Ahmed, served as the chief engineer of the port
in the 1960s. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather, Jan Muhammad, an
ethnic Pashtun (Pathan), was from Afghanistan.Shah Rukh Khan also said in his
interviews that he is a Pathan (Pashtun) from Peshawar. Khan's father, Meer Taj
Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist in Peshawar, British India
(present-day Pakistan). As of 2010, Khan's paternal family was still living in
Shah Wali Qataal area of Peshawar's Qissa Khawani Bazaar.Meer was a follower of
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan,and affiliated with the All Indian National Congress.He
moved to New Delhi in 1948 partition of India. Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima,
was the daughter of a senior government engineer.His parents were married in
1959. Khan described himself on Twitter as "half Hyderabadi (mother), half
Pathan (father), [and] some Kashmiri (grandmother)". His paternal cousins
in Peshawar claim that the family is of Hindkowan origin from Kashmir, not
Pashtun, and also contradict the claim that his grandfather was from
Afghanistan.
Khan grew up in the Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood of Delhi.
His father had several business ventures including a restaurant, and the family
lived a middle-class life in rented apartments. Khan attended St. Columba's
School in central Delhi where he excelled in his studies and in sports such as
hockey and football, and received the school's highest award, the Sword of
Honour. In his youth, he acted in stage plays and received praise for his
imitations of Bollywood actors, of which his favourites were Dilip Kumar, Amitabh
Bachchan and Mumtaz. One of his childhood friends and acting partners was
Amrita Singh, who became a Bollywood actress.Khan enrolled at Hansraj College
(1985–88) to earn his bachelor's degree in Economics, but spent much of his
time at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG),where he studied acting under the
mentorship of theatre director Barry John.After Hansraj, he began studying for
a master's degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, but left to
pursue his acting career.He also attended the National School of Drama in Delhi
during his early career in Bollywood.His father died of cancer in 1981, and his
mother died in 1991 from complications of diabetes.After the death of their
parents, his older sister, Shahnaz Lalarukh, born in 1960, fell into a
depressed state and Khan took on the responsibility of caring for her.Shahnaz
continues to live with her brother and his family in their Mumbai mansion.
Although Khan was given the birth name Shahrukh Khan, he
prefers his name to be written as Shah Rukh Khan, and is commonly referred to
by the acronym SRK. He married Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu, in a traditional
Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991, after a six-year courtship. They
have a son Aryan (born 1997) and a daughter Suhana (born 2000)In 2013,
they became parents of a third child named AbRam, who was born through a
surrogate mother.According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Islam, he
also values his wife's religion. His children follow both religions; at home
the Qur'an is situated next to the Hindu deities.
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