Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Urdu: شاہ رخ خان) born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor, who has been 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. During his years in the Indian film industry, Khan has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, seven of which are in the Best Actor category.
While some of Khan's best-known films, 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, films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) 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. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world..[1]Biography
Shahrukh Khan and family
Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India.[2] His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian freedom fighter from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his grandfather was originally from Afghanistan.[3][4] His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan. He served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.[5] Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India,[6] while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India.[7] Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.[8]
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 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.[9]
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.[10] In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber (who is a Hindu) in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.[11] They have two children, son Aryan Khan (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 gods.[12][13]
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 a number of honours. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London.[14] 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”.[15]
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 honored for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision.[16]. He was also honored with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.[17]
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."[18] Khan made his acting debut in 1988 when he appeared in the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.[19] 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.[20] 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,[21] Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood.[22] His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. His second movie, Maya Memsaab, generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie.[23]
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.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27]
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.[28] 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.[29] Earlier in the same year he found success in Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun which became the 2nd biggest hit of the year and Ram Jaane which was moderately successful ranking the 8th highest grossing film for 1995.
1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office.[30] 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.[31] 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.[31]
In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directoial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of the year.[32] 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.[33] Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser.[34]
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.[35] 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.[35] 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).[36]
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.[37] Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which did well at the box office.[37] In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successful romantic drama, Chalte Chalte.[38] 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.[38]
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.[39] 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.[39]
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.[40] His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film Don, a remake of the 1978 hit Don. The movie was a success.[40]
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.[41] The film was a major critical success.[42] 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.[41] 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 Billu.
As of 2009, Khan is filming My Name Is Khan, due for a November 2009 release.[43] 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.[44][45] Khan introduced Slumdog Millionaire along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto.[46][47]
Producer
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.[36] However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (2003), proved a box office hit.[38]
In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit.[39] The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which did poorly.[48] 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.[48] 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.
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?.[49] 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.[50]
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
Main article: List of Shahrukh Khan's awards and nominations
Filmography
Actor
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1992
Deewana
Raja Sahai
Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
Idiot
Pawan Raghujan
Chamatkar
Sunder Srivastava
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
Raju (Raj Mathur)
Dil Aashna Hai
Karan
1993
Maya Memsaab
Lalit Kumar
King Uncle
Anil Bhansal
Baazigar
Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Darr
Rahul Mehra
Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Sunil
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best PerformanceNominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1994
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
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
Shankar
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
Himself
Special appearance
Dil Se
Amarkant Varma
Dubbed into Tamil as UyireDubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Rahul Khanna
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1999
Baadshah
Raj Heera/Baadshah
Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award
2000
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Ajay Bakshi
Hey Ram
Amjad Ali Khan
Simultaneously made into Tamil as Hey RamIndia'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
Himself
Special appearance
2001
One 2 Ka 4
Arun Verma
Asoka
Asoka
Dubbed into Tamil as Samrat Ashoka
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
Cameo
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 AwardDubbed into Tamil as Desam
2005
Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye
Himself
Special appearance
Kaal
Special appearance in song Kaal Dhamaal
Silsiilay
Sutradhar
Special appearance in song Jab Jab Dil Mile
Paheli
Kishenlal/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
Vijay/Don
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor AwardNominated, Asian Film Award for Best Actor
I See You
Special appearance in song Subah Subah
2007
Chak De India
Kabir Khan
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Heyy Babyy
Raj Malhotra
Special appearance in song Mast Kalandar
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2008
Krazzy 4
Special appearance in song Break Free
Bhoothnath
Aditya Sharma
Special appearance
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Surinder Sahni/Raj
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2009
Luck by Chance
Himself
Special appearance
Billu
Sahir Khan
Dulha Mil Gaya
Post-production[51]
2010
My Name Is Khan
Rizwan Khan
Filming
Koochie Koochie Hota Hain
Rocky
Filming
Producer
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
Asoka (2001)
Chalte Chalte (2003)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kaal (2005)
Paheli (2005)
Om Shanti Om (2007)
Billu (2009)
Playback singer
Main to hoon Pagal - Baadshah (1999)
Apun Bola - Josh (2000)
Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)
Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke - Chak De India (2007)
Sattar Minute - Chak De India (2007)
Stunts Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Chak De India (2007)
Om Shanti Om (2007)
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) ... Special appearance
Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.....Guest
Koffee with Karan (2004-2007) ... Guest (3 episodes)
Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host
Jjhoom India (2007) ... Guest
Nach Baliye (2008) .... Guest
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008) .... 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. During his years in the Indian film industry, Khan has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, seven of which are in the Best Actor category.
While some of Khan's best-known films, 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, films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) 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. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world..[1]Biography
Shahrukh Khan and family
Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India.[2] His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian freedom fighter from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his grandfather was originally from Afghanistan.[3][4] His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan. He served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.[5] Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India,[6] while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India.[7] Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.[8]
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 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.[9]
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991.[10] In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber (who is a Hindu) in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.[11] They have two children, son Aryan Khan (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 gods.[12][13]
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 a number of honours. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London.[14] 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”.[15]
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 honored for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision.[16]. He was also honored with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.[17]
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."[18] Khan made his acting debut in 1988 when he appeared in the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.[19] 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.[20] 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,[21] Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in Deewana (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood.[22] His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. His second movie, Maya Memsaab, generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie.[23]
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.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27]
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.[28] 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.[29] Earlier in the same year he found success in Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun which became the 2nd biggest hit of the year and Ram Jaane which was moderately successful ranking the 8th highest grossing film for 1995.
1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office.[30] 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.[31] 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.[31]
In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directoial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of the year.[32] 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.[33] Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser.[34]
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.[35] 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.[35] 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).[36]
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.[37] Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which did well at the box office.[37] In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successful romantic drama, Chalte Chalte.[38] 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.[38]
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.[39] 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.[39]
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.[40] His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film Don, a remake of the 1978 hit Don. The movie was a success.[40]
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.[41] The film was a major critical success.[42] 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.[41] 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 Billu.
As of 2009, Khan is filming My Name Is Khan, due for a November 2009 release.[43] 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.[44][45] Khan introduced Slumdog Millionaire along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto.[46][47]
Producer
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.[36] However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (2003), proved a box office hit.[38]
In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit.[39] The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which did poorly.[48] 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.[48] 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.
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?.[49] 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.[50]
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
Main article: List of Shahrukh Khan's awards and nominations
Filmography
Actor
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1992
Deewana
Raja Sahai
Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
Idiot
Pawan Raghujan
Chamatkar
Sunder Srivastava
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
Raju (Raj Mathur)
Dil Aashna Hai
Karan
1993
Maya Memsaab
Lalit Kumar
King Uncle
Anil Bhansal
Baazigar
Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Darr
Rahul Mehra
Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Sunil
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best PerformanceNominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1994
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
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
Shankar
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
Himself
Special appearance
Dil Se
Amarkant Varma
Dubbed into Tamil as UyireDubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Rahul Khanna
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1999
Baadshah
Raj Heera/Baadshah
Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award
2000
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Ajay Bakshi
Hey Ram
Amjad Ali Khan
Simultaneously made into Tamil as Hey RamIndia'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
Himself
Special appearance
2001
One 2 Ka 4
Arun Verma
Asoka
Asoka
Dubbed into Tamil as Samrat Ashoka
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
Cameo
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 AwardDubbed into Tamil as Desam
2005
Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye
Himself
Special appearance
Kaal
Special appearance in song Kaal Dhamaal
Silsiilay
Sutradhar
Special appearance in song Jab Jab Dil Mile
Paheli
Kishenlal/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
Vijay/Don
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor AwardNominated, Asian Film Award for Best Actor
I See You
Special appearance in song Subah Subah
2007
Chak De India
Kabir Khan
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Heyy Babyy
Raj Malhotra
Special appearance in song Mast Kalandar
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2008
Krazzy 4
Special appearance in song Break Free
Bhoothnath
Aditya Sharma
Special appearance
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Surinder Sahni/Raj
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2009
Luck by Chance
Himself
Special appearance
Billu
Sahir Khan
Dulha Mil Gaya
Post-production[51]
2010
My Name Is Khan
Rizwan Khan
Filming
Koochie Koochie Hota Hain
Rocky
Filming
Producer
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
Asoka (2001)
Chalte Chalte (2003)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kaal (2005)
Paheli (2005)
Om Shanti Om (2007)
Billu (2009)
Playback singer
Main to hoon Pagal - Baadshah (1999)
Apun Bola - Josh (2000)
Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)
Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke - Chak De India (2007)
Sattar Minute - Chak De India (2007)
Stunts Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Chak De India (2007)
Om Shanti Om (2007)
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) ... Special appearance
Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.....Guest
Koffee with Karan (2004-2007) ... Guest (3 episodes)
Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host
Jjhoom India (2007) ... Guest
Nach Baliye (2008) .... Guest
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008) .... Host
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