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Shahrukh
Khan
Date of Birth 2 November 1965, New Delhi, India
Nickname King Khan SRK
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Shahrukh Khan was born on 12th november 1965. He was
brought up in Delhi. He has a sister named Shehnaaz, Wife
Gauri Khan, And a dog Named Chewbacca. Shah Rukh Khan has
won several awards for his outstanding performance in _Darr
(1994)_ , Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal
Hai (1997), and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Right now he is
the top most actor in the India. His recent hit Baadshah
(1999) has also earned many praises
Shahrukh started his career on a TV serial called "Fauji"
(1988), that won him instant recognition. He also acted in
another TV soap called "Circus" (1989). He was born and
raised in Delhi, and he was equally brilliant in studies
and sports. Fell in love with a girl called Gauri Chibba
who was then studying in Loreto Delhi. He later married
her before he got his break in Bollywood. Currently, he is
the most sought after actor in India. Has a son called
Aryan Khan and a daughter named Suhana Khan.
Spouse Gauri Khan (25 October 1991 - present) 2 children
Studied in St. Columba's school, New Delhi, where he was
awarded the 'Sword of Honor', essentially the award for
best student.
Although his birth name is spelled Shahrukh, he prefers
and signs his name Shah Rukh.
Hindi megastar
Number one Indian star actor in the 1990s, but is now
(2000) seriously challenged by the new wonder boy Hrithik
Roshan who has become the number one phenomenon in India
at the start of the new millenium.
Father of Aryan Khan.
2 children with Gauri, Aryan and Suhana
He agreed to star in Aditya Chopra's films without looking
at the script first.
One of the three Khans that ruled Bollywood in the 90s
till now (2005). The other two are Aamir Khan and Salman
Khan.
Formed a popular screen couple with Kajol
Runs a production company "Dreamz Unlimited" with actress,
friend, co-star Juhi Chawla and director, friend Aziz
Mirza.
Married to Gauri Khan
Named one of Time Magazine's 20 Asian Heroes under 40
(2004)
His son, Aryan Khan, portrayed SRK as an infant in Kabhi
Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001).
Son, Aryan Khan, voice of Tez Lajawaab (Dash), character
for Hindi dubbed version of Disney's animated film, The
Incredibles (Hum Hain Lajawaab).
Shah Rukh and his wife, Gauri Khan, own the production
company "Red Chilies Entertainments", which Shah Rukh
started for friend and colleague, director/choreographer
Farah Khan, for her debut directorial film - Main Hoon Na
(2004).
Born on exactly the same day as Samuel Le Bihan.
Purchased a villa on a man made island on the coast of
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
#74 on E!'s 101 Hottest Celebrity Bodies Countdown (aired
January 2006)
Was not very good at Hindi in school, until his mother
promised to take him to the cinema if he passed. As he
loved films,he got top marks from then on.
His father ran a transport company and his mother was a
magistrate.
Gets along very well with former co-stars Juhi Chawla and
Preity Zinta.
Loves computer games and hi-tech gadgets.
His first name "Shahrukh" means "face of the king".
Resides in a mansion called Mannat in Mumbai, India.
Being a Muslim man married to a Hindu woman, he and his
wife combine both religious backgrounds into their
children's education.
Personal Quotes
(December 2001, about Hrithik Roshan): I wish I looked
as good as he does. And I wish I danced as well as he
does!
"Yes, I do have a close circle of friends and I am very
fortunate to have them as friends. I feel very close to
them I think friends are everything in life after your
family. You come across lots of people all the time but
you only make very few friends and you have to be true to
them otherwise what's the point in life?"
"I'd rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat
like everyone else"
"I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me,
they have given me so much love and that love has taken me
to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing
I can do for my fans is to never stop working, and to do
films till the very end, it is the only way I can express
my love for them."
"To me, Devdas is the end of love stories. I've portrayed
an obsessed lover, a nice lover, an angry lover, a
romantic lover. And now I've played Devdas. For someone
who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful
lot of lovers. Personally speaking, I wouldn't see any of
the romantic films I've acted in."
"I'm the luckiest man in the world and I don't want to
hide from the faces I'm acting for. So I don't surround
myself with guards, I've never given an interview in which
I've said I feel bad that I can't go shopping or I can't
go to Chowpatty and eat bhelpuri without being mobbed. I'm
not the kind of guy who goes out wearing dark glasses (I
don't think I'm a big enough star to hide behind them,
honest). I go to see movies in the cinema theatres, I go
to restaurants with my family and friends even though I
know people are going to disturb me there."
"God has become a generic term like `mind blowing.' It is
embarrassing. I would have said that to Amitabh Bachchan,
Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar. I used to tell them I want
to stand in the same space as you. I've told Kamal Haasan,
I just want to touch you. They are the gods of acting.
When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or
saint of acting. I still have a long way to go."
(August 2004): Awards that ignore me are losers.
(August 2004): I'm try-sexual. I try anything that's
sexual.
(August 2004): I have no competition. Every year the names
I'm pitted against keep changing. You can't cream the
competition, you have to kill it.
"I keep hearing that our films are escapist and unreal but
I find our films the most real in the world. We don't have
people going up in a rocket and single-handedly blowing up
a meteor. We don't have a president on Air Force One
saving the world or things coming out of people's
stomachs. Our fantasies and escapism are real. It's just
people singing and dancing in the street. If England had
won the World Cup you would have seen people singing and
dancing like that."
"I don't like wearing dark glasses. I'm happy with the
fact that people know me. I want people to scream and
shout at me, I want people to trouble me when I'm having
lunch, I like six bodyguards around me. I love being a
star. I find it very strange when people who are famous
say they don't want to be photographed. I don't want to be
photographed first thing in the morning, I don't want
people peeping into my bedroom, but besides that, it's a
wonderful life."
"I haven't given up smoking. I'm very clear about it, it's
a personal choice. I want to cut down on it. It shouldn't
be made into an issue to say, damn good or damn bad.
Whether I give it up or not shouldn't be an issue." (Movie
Mag, May 2006)
"I was supposed to have done Rang De Basanti (2006), the
guy on the motorbike. I didn't have the dates. They were
shooting in Delhi and the dates were clashing with Paheli."
(Movie Mag, May 2006)
"It's not like Steven Spielberg is waiting with a script
for me. I don't think I'll ever be offered a great
international film in my lifetime, so I'd rather be a king
here. Moreover, Indian cinema is the greatest in the
world. But of course, after spending three months in LA,
London, and New York I found that our cinema is a little
exaggerated. To make a mark in the West we have to reach
their level without losing our identity, culture or songs.
I don't want to star in a Hollywood film, but want to make
a film that crosses over universally." (Movie Mag, May
2006)
On trying to get Paheli (2005) an Oscar nomination:
"There's a misreport here about our lobbying at the
Oscars. The understanding that we have of the Oscars is
very different from how it really is. Because Indian film,
foreign films are not known, you're supposed to hire a PR
company which we did. It's not as if you just go there,
show your films, lobby and talk to them. You're not
allowed to lobby as in you're not allowed to meet the
Academy members, talk to them or even make a call to them.
You just keep advertising in the 'For Consideration For
Oscars' category. We took out full page ads in papers like
Variety and Hollywood Reporter. The only good thing we did
was that we advertised very frequently, it was promoted on
the same scale as the biggest of films. We did it because
we could afford it." (Movie Mag, May 2006)
"I felt Asoka (2001) should have been chosen for the
Oscars. We had worked towards that. We had these
international distributors for it. We were the first to
actually release an Indian film internationally in
traditionally non-Indian theaters. We spent a lot of money
and lost a lot of money too. We were the first to put up
boardings in London, in tube stations. We did speak to
everyone who was anyone here, wondering if Asoka could go
to the Oscars. But the one that got chosen was Lagaan:
Once Upon a Time in India (2001) which was even better. So
we had no complaints. After that I didn't make any film
for the foreign market." (Movie Mag, May 2006)
Where Are They Now
(September 2004) He is doing a world wide concert with
Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Arjun Rampal,
and Priyanka Chopra. |
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