Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan (born 2 November
1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan
and informally referred as SRK , is an
Indian film actor. Referred to in the media
as "Badshah of Bollywood" or "King
Khan", he has acted in 75 Hindi films in
genres ranging from romantic dramas to
action thrillers . His
contributions to the film industry have
garnered him numerous achievements,
including fourteen Filmfare Awards from
thirty nominations. His eighth Filmfare
Best Actor Award win made him the most
awarded Bollywood actor of all time in
that category, tied only with actor Dilip
Kumar . In 2005, the Government of India
honoured him with the Padma Shri for his
contributions towards Indian cinema.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree
in economics, he started his career
appearing in theatre and several
television serials in the late 1980s and
later made his Hindi film debut in 1992
with Deewana. Early in his career, Khan
was recognised for his unconventional
choice of portraying negative roles in
films such as Darr (1993), Baazigar
(1993), and Anjaam (1994). He later rose
to prominence by playing a series of
romantic roles in the films Dilwale
Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)., [8] Dil To
Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
(1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
(2001). The commercial success of
these films earned him the tag of "the
King of Romance". Khan then
subsequently earned wide critical
appreciation for his portrayal of a NASA
scientist in Swades (2004), a hockey coach
in Chak De! India (2007), and as the titular
characters in Devdas (2002) and My Name
Is Khan (2010). Twelve of the
films he has acted in, have accumulated
gross earnings of over 100 crore (US
$15 million) worldwide, making
him one of the most successful leading
actors of Hindi cinema.
Khan occupies the position of co-
chairman of the motion picture
production and distribution company, Red
Chillies Entertainment and the animation
studio, Red Chillies VFX. He is also co-
owner of the Indian Premier League
cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders .
The year 2007 marked his debut as a
television presenter with the Star Plus
gaming show Kaun Banega Crorepati .
Khan is often labelled by the media as
"Brand SRK "due to his various brand
endorsement and entrepreneurship
ventures. He has also been involved in
philanthropic endeavors related to Health
care, relief funds and children's
education, for which he was honoured
with the UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni
award in 2011. Khan is
considered to be one of the biggest film
stars in cinematic history, with a fan
following claimed to number in the
billions; in 2011, the Los Angeles Times
called him "the world's biggest movie
star." He has also been regularly
featured in the listing of the most
powerful names in Indian Cinema and in
2008, Newsweek named him one of the
50 most powerful people in the world.
Early life and background
Khan was born on 2 November 1965 in
New Delhi , India, and brought up
in Mangalore for the first five years of his
life. His grandfather was a Chief
engineer in Mangalore port in 60s.
His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, a
Pathan , was an Indian independence
activist from Peshawar, British India,
present day Pakistan. According to Khan,
his paternal grandfather was originally
from Afghanistan. His mother, Lateef
Fatima, was the adopted daughter of
Major General Shah Nawaz Khan , who
served in the Indian National Army.
Khan's father came to New Delhi from
Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before
the partition of India, Regarding his
origins, he described himself on Twitter
as "half hyderabadi (mom) half Pathan
(Dad) some kashmiri (grandmom)
His father died from cancer when Khan
was 15 years old, and his mother died in
1990 after prolonged illness. khan
was very attached to his parents as a
child and describes their early deaths as
a turning point in his life and as his
biggest motivation for hard work. He
explained that his ideology in life is "... to
make movies so damn bloody big...that
my parents somewhere sit down on a
star and from there also can look at their
son and say 'I can see his movies from
here better than I can see the Wall of
China or anything. We see his movies
covering the face of this earth'. Khan
has an elder sister named Shehnaz.

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