Sunday 20 January 2013

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan

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Bollywood Shahrukh Khan Biography

His debut film was Dil Aashna Hai but due to the delay in the release of the film Deewana was considered as his debut film.
His acting career in Bollywood was launched by his friend Vivek Vaswani and Hema Malini.
Is very scared of riding horses.For a short span of time Shahrukh ran a restaurant in Dariya Ganj in New Delhi, India.
SRK joined Barry John’s theatre group in New Delhi and learned acting from him, Barry John also taught acting to Manoj Bajpai in his theatre group.
Owns three Production Houses in India, Dreamz Unlimited, Red Chillies Entertainment and Red Chillies Idiot Box. Red Chillies Idiot Box Production house will start producing Television Serials in India.
Has started producing Television Serials in India.
Turned down the Quiz Master’s (Prem Kapoor) role in Slumdog Millionaire and the role went to Anil Kapoor.
Owns a VFX company, Red Chillies VFX.
He was the one who recommended Rani Mukerji to Karan Johar for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and has maintained a close friendship with the actress since.
All time favorite actor is Megastar Dilip Kumar.
All time favorite actresses are Megastars Mumtaz and Saira Banu.
Had done a nude sex scene with his female co-star Deepa Sahi in Maya Memsaab in 1993.
Is a chain cigarette smoker. Smokes at least 2 packs a day.
Shahrukh Khan often called as SRK is one of the biggest heartthrobs of not only million of Indians but also of his fan following throughout the world.
In spite of being so well educated he always wanted to be an actor.
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In 1988 Khan’s first starring role was in Lekh Tandon’s television series Dil Dariya, but due to production delays, the 1988 television series, Fauji was his television debut. He played the leading role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai in the critically acclaimed show, which earned him mass recognition.
In the year of 1988 he also had a minor role in the English language made-for-television film In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was written by Arundhati Roy and based on life at Delhi University.
His appearance in these tele serials, lead critics to compare his acting style with that of film actor Dilip Kumar.
He went on to appear in other television serials, such as the 1989 serial, Aziz Mirza’s Circus, which depicted the life of circus performers. When Khan appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the latter’s.
He subsequently featured in Mani Kaul’s adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, Idiot. Originally made for television, the film eventually received a theatrical release and debuted at the New York Film Festival on 8 October 1992.
Later that year, he played the titular character in the comedy, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, which was his first of many collaborations with actress Juhi Chawla. The film proved to be a box office hit. He went on to star in Ketan Mehta’s Maya Memsaab, an adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary. Upon release, the film generated controversy in India due to Khan’s appearance in an “explicit” sex scene with co-star Deepa Sahi.
Shah Rukh Khan made his Bollywood debut with Raj Kanwar’s “Deewana” in 1992 alongside Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti. The film was a box office hit. He made his Bollywood film debut in Deewana (1992), which was a box office hit and launched his career in Bollywood. His debut performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. His second release Maya Memsaab was known for its controversial issues as Khan appeared in what was an “explicit scene in Bollywood” sex scene for the film.
In 1990, Khan shifted base to Mumbai and received his first film offer with Hema Malini’s directorial debut Dil Aashna Hai. However, due to production delays, his second film, Deewana (1992), opposite Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti released first. The film became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood. Despite portraying a supporting character in the film, he won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award, the following year.
The year is 1991. First-time director Hema Malini looks anxious on the sets of her directorial debut, ‘Dil Aashna Hai’. The cause of her anxiety triggers laughter as it is discovered that the lady, despite employing all haircut methods on her boyish-looking hero Shahrukh Khan, remains unsuccessful with his unruly mop. Hema finally lets go of the boy and his effervescent hair without a crop.
The film bungled at the box office. Was it due to Shah Rukh Khan’s boisterous hair?
Today, in retrospect, it looks like it was his disheveled hair, big nose, average height and average looks that broke conventions to give birth to a new-age star.
In 1993, Khan garnered appreciation for portraying negative roles, that of an obsessive lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits, Darr and Baazigar. The “Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema” analyzed that “he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero.”Darr marked the first of many collaborations of Khan with film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Raj Films. Khan’s stammering in the film and the usage of the phrase, “I love you, Kkkiran,” were popular with the audiences. His other release, Baazigar, in which he played an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend, “shocked the Indian audiences” with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula. His performance in Baazigar won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award.
The same year, Khan played the role of a love-struck musician in Kundan Shah’s dramedy Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a performance that earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. In a retrospective review by Rediff, Sukanya Verma called it Khan’s best performance and added, “He was spontaneous, vulnerable, boyish, mischievous and acting straight from the heart.”Khan, himself, considers this film to the best film that he has acted in.[53] In 1994, Khan once again played an obsessive lover in Anjaam, co-starring Madhuri Dixit. Though the film was a commercial failiure, Khan’s performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.
Sharukh’s USP were his energy, fizz and ‘dreamz unlimited’. The boy just refuses to sit idle. Says Juhi co-star and friend: ”Shahrukh went on even when others stopped due to exhaustion. He breathes films. He is down-to-earth, without an attitude. He is very friendly and has a funny sense of humor”.
In 1995, Khan starred in two box-office blockbusters. His first release was Rakesh Roshan’s melodramatic thriller Karan Arjun, in which Khan was a part of an ensemble cast that included Salman Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee and Amrish Puri. The film, which dealt with the concept of reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year in India. He followed it with Aditya Chopra’s directorial debut, the romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. A major critical and commercial success, the film became the year’s top-grossing production in India and abroad. The film was declared an “all time blockbuster”; it remains the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema and as of 2011, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge has grossed over INR 1.2 billion worldwide. The film won ten Filmfare Awards, and Khan’s performance as a young NRI who falls for Kajol’s character while on a trip across Europe won him critical acclaim and his second Best Actor Award at the Filmfare.
In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the film amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films, citing it as a “trendsetter of sorts”. Raja Sen reviewed, “Khan gives a fabulous performance, redefining the lover for the 1990s with great panache. He’s cool and flippant, but sincere enough to appeal to the junta [audience]. The performance itself is, like the best in the business, played well enough to come across as effortless, as non-acting.”
1996 proved to be a disappointing year for Khan, as he appeared in two critical and commercial failiures, Praveen Nischol’s English Babu Desi Mem and Mahesh Bhatt’ Chaahat.
In 1997, his starring role in Subhash Ghai’s social drama Pardes earned him commercial success. The film, which also featured Mahima Chaudhry and Apurva Agnihotri, saw him portray the role of Arjun, a musician facing a moral dilemma. His performance earned him a nomination for the Best Actor at the Filmfare Award ceremony. He then featured in Aziz Mirza’s romantic comedy, Yes Boss, opposite Juhi Chawla. Upon release, the film performed moderately well at the box-office. His final release of the year was Yash Chopra’s blockbuster musical romance, Dil to Pagal Hai. The project, also featuring Madhuri Dixit and Karishma Kapoor, marked his second collaboration with the filmmaker. Khan essayed the role of Rahul, a stage director who falls in love with one of his new actresses, played by Dixit. The film as well as his performance met with critical appreciation; he won his third Best Actor Award at the Filmfare.
Khan is a stage performer and has participated in several world tours and concerts. In 1997, he preformed in the Asha Bhosle’s: Moments In Time in Malaysia. He returned to another concert there the following year with Shahrukh–Karisma: Live in Malaysia concert.
Shah Rukh was welcomed with similar success in 1998 starring in Karan Johar’s directional debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of the year and won him his fourth Best Actor award at the Filmfare. He also won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se, which did not do well at the box office in India, but earned good collections overseas.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, he started his career with theater and TV appearances. One of his most famous TV series was Fauji, which aired on DD National in 1988.
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. 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.
Khan studied acting under the mentorship of theater director Barry John at Delhi’s “Theater
In 1998, Khan appeared in three films. His first release was Mahesh Bhatt’s action comedy, Duplicate opposite Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre. The film, which saw him portray a double role, marked his first of many collaborations with Yash Johar’s production company, Dharma Productions. The film however, failed to do well at the box office. He then won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam’s acclaimed Dil Se… The film was the third in Ratnam’s trilogy of terror films that depict human relationships against a background of Indian politics, after Roja (1992) and Bombay (1995). Khan played the part of Amarkant “Amar” Varma, an All India Radio correspondent, who develops an infatuation for a mysterious terrorist, played by Manisha Koirala. Khan delivers a compelling performance. He plays the part with taut restraint, and expresses exasperation superbly. “The film,which failed financially in India, however, emerged as a commercial success overseas, becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 at the United Kingdom box office.
His final release of the year was Karan Johar’s candyfloss romance, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which paired him with Kajol and Rani Mukerji. The film was declared an “all time blockbuster”, with a worldwide gross of over INR 1.03 billion. Khan played the role of Rahul Khanna, a college student, who falls in love with his best friend (Kajol) after the death of his wife (Mukerji), years after breaking contact with her. His performance won him the Best Actor award at the Filmfare ceremony for the second consecutive year. Khan’s only release in 1999, Baadshah opposite Twinkle Khanna, was an average grosser, for which he earned a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Performance in a Comic Role. In the same year, Khan set up his own production company, Dreamz Unlimited with actor, Juhi Chawla and director, Aziz Mirza.
Khan’s next release was Mansoor Khan’s action drama Josh. The film starred Khan as the leader of a Christian gang in Goa, with Aishwarya Rai playing his twin sister. The film emerged as a box office success in both India and abroad.
Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times wrote that Khan “basks in his tailormade role, donning with panache the garb of a streetsmart tough. ” He next played the role of a Muslim archaeologist, beaten to death during the unrest following the partition of India in Hey Ram. Directed by and co-starring Kamal Hassan, the film was critically acclaimed and was selected as India’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars that year. Additionally, for the Tamil version of the film, Khan dubbed for his own lines. His final release of the year was Aditya Chopra’s romantic drama, Mohabbatein, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film was a major financial success, and Khan’s performance as a music teacher was acclaimed by critics; He was awarded his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.
In 1999, he was part of The Awesome Foursome, which included Salman Khan, Juhi Chawla and Twinkle Khanna.
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 (co-staring Juhi herself and directed by Mirza) and Asoka (alongside Kareena Kapoor) were box office failures. However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (with Rani Mukerji), proved a box office hit.
In 2000, the three collaborated on their first film, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. The film opened to mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike and failed to emulate the commercial success of the trio’s previous films, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and Yes Boss.
He agreed to star in Aditya Chopra’s films without looking at the script first.
He is one of the three Khans that ruled Bollywood in the 90s till now (2005). The other two are Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.
In 2001 his son, Aryan Khan, portrayed SRK as an infant in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
In 2001, Khan essayed the titular role in Santosh Sivan’s historical epic, Asoka, a partly fictionalised account of the life of Ashoka the Great. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival and the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival to a positive response. The film, which also featured Kareena Kapoor received generally positive reviews with Khan receiving favourable reactions for his performance; Rediff concluded that “he puts in a strong performance, in this well defined role.
He next collaborated with Karan Johar again in the family drama, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, in which he featured as a part of an ensemble cast that included Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. The film was a major financial success in India and the top-grossing Indian production of all-time in the overseas market until 2006, earning over INR 1.17 billion worldwide. Khan’s portrayal of Rahul Raichand, an adopted son of Bachchan’s character, who disowns him for marrying a girl belonging to a lower socio-economic group than his family, played by Kajol, met with wide public appreciation. Khan described the character of Rahul by saying, “I love the vulnerability and the honesty in his eyes. He has the appeal of a boy next door. Besides, his intensity and ability to convey emotions without words is amazing. Taran Adarsh reviewed, “Khan sparkles yet again”, noting that he performed the part “with amazing poise, class, honesty and maturity”. It garnered him another nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. Khan termed Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as “a turning point in his career”.
In December 2001, while filming a special appearance for Krishna Vamsi’s Shakti: The Power, Khan suffered a spine injury while doing one of the action sequences. He flew to Lucknow a week later for a series of stage shows which led to further aggravation of his condition. By the time he returned to Mumbai, Khan was experiencing severe pain. He was subsequently diagnosed with a prolapsed disc between vertebrae six and seven. Khan is one of the few celebrities worldwide to have had the problem. Hoping to avoid surgery in a bid to not delay his pending projects, and based on his former experience with a failed knee surgery three years earlier, Khan tried multiple alternative therapies from homoeopathy to Reiki but nothing offered a permanent solution. He eventually shot Devdas (2002) and Chalte Chalte (2003) in acute pain and continued with the shoot for Kal Ho Na Ha (2003) until the day he left for London. He reached the point where he had doctors and ambulances on standby on the sets.
In 2002, Khan played the titlular role, The role of Devdas in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period romance, Devdas, which was the most expensive Bollywood film ever made at the time. This was the third Hindi film adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel of the same name. Featuring opposite Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, Khan’s performance as a rebellious alcoholic was well received and he won yet another Filmfare Best Actor Award. The film surfaced as the highest-grossing film of the year in India and overseas, earning a revenue of INR39 million (US$709,800) domestically. Devdas numerous awards, including 10 Filmfare Awards and received a special screening at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. It received a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Language Film as well and was India’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. In an interview with Rediff.com, Khan commented, “We stars live in this bubble where everyone is smiling at you, where everyone loves you. Somehow, you lose touch with real, deep down sadness. Working on this film put us in touch with that emotion. After the release of the film, Khan took a six months break from acting. He explained that during his break, he “just enjoyed the feeling of being sad”.
Khan also starred alongside Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam. The film, which took six years to make, due to unending production problems, emerged as an average grosser at the box office.
In November 2002, Khan took part in the Fire & Flames concert in Malaysia, alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and BPL-Oye VJ Raageshwari with a 40-member troupe of singers and dancers. In the same year, he participated in the show From India With Love in the UK, along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta and Aishwarya Rai. It took place at two outdoor venues, Manchester’s Old Trafford and London’s Hyde Park, with over 100,000 spectators.
By the beginning of 2003, Khan’s condition severely worsened. The slipped disc was eventually touching his nerves which put pressure on his legs and neck. It also presented the risk of paralysis of his arms. In February, Khan was told by doctors that he had to undergo an urgent Anterior Cervical Discectomy. The main concern was the possibility of irreparable nerve damage during surgery which would have left him with a permanent weak left side. During his acceptance speech for the Filmfare Best Actor award he received for his performance in Devdas (2002), Khan stated that emotionally he was a bit shaken as he was going in for a surgery that was described by him as a “not a very good thing to go in for. ”The surgery took place on February 24 in Wellington Hospital in London and lasted for one hour – a titanium disc was inserted in his spine and he was discharged after two days.
Khan faced several post-operative problems including hoarseness, weakness, pain and high risk of infection. In an interview with Rediff four months after the surgery, he said “I am supposed to be on the road to recovery. For a year, I have to take things easy. I have my good and bad moments. Mornings aren’t good. Till about 2 pm, I feel a lot of pain. When I bend down or play with my kids, I get some pain in the neck (…) For now I have to go to London every month for a checkup. ” He resumed shooting Kal Ho Na Ha (2003) and Main Hoon Na (2004) in June of the same year however, the songs sequences in those films had to be postponed to late October. The injury resulted in Khan cutting down noticeably on work and reducing his number of films per year.
Overall a close bond with Yash Chopra and Karan Johar, led to a series of hit success like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and Veer-Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006). Don – The Chase Begins Again (2006) a remake of the 1978 classic hit Don, starring him in the title role was a box-office success. 2007 saw Shah Rukh Khan in a totally different role that of Kabir Khan, ex-Indian hockey team captain turned coach. The film was highly successful and brought crtical acclamation for Shah Rukh Khan. Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om (2007) became the year’s highest grossing film in India and overseas. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) saw Shah Rukh romancing debutant actress Anushka Sharma. The film was a major box office success. My Name is Khan (2010) saw the hit combination of Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The film received tremendous success at home as well as abroad.
In 2003, Khan produced and starred in Aziz Mirza’s, Chalte Chalte, a romance dealing with the troubles faced by a married couple, opposite Rani Mukerji. The film was moderately successful in India and additionally, fared better in the overseas markets. His following release was Kal Ho Naa Ho, a dramedy set in New York City; written by Karan Johar, directed by Nikhil Advani and co-starring Jaya Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan. Khan received unanimous critical appreciation for the portrayal of Aman Mathur, a man with a fatal heart disease. The Hindu noted, “His enthusiasm unbounded, his energy unbridled, Shah Rukh is in form here. And as a guy with a few days to live and a life to spend in a moment, he looks for your sympathy. He reduces many to tears. And with each tear he rises a rank higher in the echelons of actors”. The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming the second highest grossing film domestically and the top-grossing Bollywood film in the overseas market that year. When adjusted for inflation its total gross worldwide is INR 1.3 billion. The film earned him another Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.
He, who formed a popular screen couple with Kajol.
Shah Rukh Khan has acted in over 70 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 eight Filmfare Best Actor Award wins make him the most awarded Bollywood actor of all time in that category, tied only with Dilip Kumar.
Eleven films (1993-2010) he has acted in have accumulated gross earnings more than Rupees 1 billion, making him one of the most successful leading actors of Hindi cinema.
He is now performing his duties as CEO and Co-Chairman of the motion picture production and distribution company Red Chillies Entertainment and the animation studio Red Chillies VFX.
Shah Rukh Khan has gone and built a state-of-the-art mini theatre at Mannat so the next time him and his friends fancy a preview they won’t even have to leave the house! The select few who have seen the 45-seat theater (and alas I am not one of them) can’t stop raving about the sound system and the plush interiors. A source reveals that “The theater was SRK’s idea and Gauri took special interest in making it a reality. The seats recline back with the press of a button and are super-comfortable. There’s also a popcorn  machine that serves fresh refreshments.” I guess that’s where trials (and tribulations) of “My Name is Khan” will be held next month. Till then the kids are having a blast, Aryaan and Suhana have been watching action and animation films in the theater.
Disney collaborated with India’s Yash Raj Films Studios – known for its mushy Bollywood romances – to produce a series of computer-animated films for Indian audiences.
2004 was a critically and commercially successful year for Khan. He produced and starred in Farah Khan’s directorial debut, the action comedy Main Hoon Na alongside Suniel Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Kirron Kher, Amrita Rao and Zayed Khan. Dealing with a fictionalized account of the India–Pakistan relations, the film emerged as a major commercial success. He then played an Indian Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh in Yash Chopra’s love saga Veer-Zaara alongside Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta. The film was the biggest hit of 2004 in both India and overseas, with a worldwide gross of over INR 940 million and was screened at the 55th Berlin Film Festival to critical appreciation. Veer-Zaara, which narrated the love story of Singh and a Pakistani woman, Zaara Haayat Khan (Zinta) fetched Khan appreciation with Rama Sharma from The Tribune writing, “Shah Rukh Khan here scales the heights of sensitivity, rising above the mundane. His expressions are mature and reach out to touch the heart of the common man.”
In 2004, Khan took over his old production company Dreamz Unlimited and transformed it into Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri also serving as a producer. In the same year he produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit, which was directed by his friend and well-known choreographer Farah Khan. 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 further gone on to produce Om Shanti Om (2007) which emerged as India’s highest grossing production ever up to that point, Billu (2009), Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011) and Ra.One as well as his forthcoming releases Don 2: The Chase Continues and Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year.
In 2004 SRK named one of Time Magazine’s 20 Asian Heroes under 40.
Son, Aryan Khan, voice of Tez Lajawaab (Dash), character for Hindi dubbed version of Disney’s animated film, The Incredibles (Hum Hain Lajawaab).
In December 2004, Khan received wide critical acclaim for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker’s social drama, Swades. Also featuring Gayatri Joshi, Swades narrated the story of a NASA scientist who returns to India to get in touch with his roots. Several film critics consider Khan’s performance in the film to be his best till date. Critic Jitesh Pillai analyzed, “Ultimately your heart leaps out to the magical Shah Rukh Khan, who unarguably gives his career’s finest performance. Shorn of any artifice or nervous energy, his anguish is tangible. He inhabits Mohan Bharghava with consummate ease, you can feel the earnestness of his intentions, the wetness of his tears”. Filmfare included his performance in the 2010 issue of the “Top 80 Iconic Performances”. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, and eventually won the award for Swades. The film itself was featured on Rediff’s list of the 10 Best Bollywood Movies of the Decade.
Khan participated in a concert tour titled Temptations 2004 which was the most successful Bollywood concert at the time. Khan performed alongside Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra in nineteen stage shows across the globe. He sang, danced and performed in skits.
His only release in 2005, Paheli opposite Rani Mukerji, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was chosen as India’s official entry to the Oscars for the 79th Academy Awards. Despite flopping at the box-office, Paheli was critically acclaimed, as was Khan’s performance, which Raja Sen called ” A top-notch performance, [That] justifies his supremacy in the film world”. The following year, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the third time for the adult-drama, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. With an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Kirron Kher, the film told the story of two unhappily married couples in New York, which results in an extramarital affair. Khan played the role of Dev Saran, a bitter and cynical former football player, who is insecure of his wife’s (Zinta) successful career as a fashion magazine editor. The film received polarizing reviews from film critics but emerged as a major commercial success; emerging as India’s biggest grosser in the overseas market, with earnings of over INR 1.13 billion worldwide.
His subsequently essayed the titular role in the action thriller, Don, a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. The film as well as Khan received mixed comments from film critics. His performance was extensively compared to that of Amitabh Bachchan, the actor in the original. Taran Adarsh noted that Khan “does very well as Don. He enacts the evil character with flourish. But he fails to carry off the other role [Vijay] with conviction. It looks made up, it doesn’t come natural to him at all. While Derek Elley of Variety argued that “it’s hard to accept him (Khan) as the title character” and that “Khan is far more convincing as Vijay, playing up to his rom-com fanbase with plenty of boyish humor. The film became the fifth-highest grossing film of the year in India and the highest grossing film of the year in the overseas market. It grossed a total of INR 1.04 billion worldwide. Both Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Don earned him Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare, while the latter earned him a Best Actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards.
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.
In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX  which had been involved with many major movies like Chak De India, Om Shanti Om, Dostana, and Kurbaan and Ra.One. As well as studios for TV commercials known as Red Chillies TVC and TV shows/serials known as Red Chillies Idiot Box, which conceived popular shows like Up Close & Personal with PZ and Ishaan.
The company also has a little over 50% stake in the Cricket team Kolkata Knight Ridersn often abbreviated as KKR, in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition.
Shah Rukh’s life-size wax statue is kept in the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum, London. It was made public on April 2007. Shah Rukh has been chosen for the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award of the French government for his “exceptional career”.
In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third season of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati popularly known as KBC, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The previous had hosted the show for two previous seasons from in 2000 and 2005. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host. The grand prize amount of 2 crore rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3. and later ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale.
In 2007, Khan featured in Yash Raj Films’ Chak De! India, a semi-fictional account of the Indian women’s national hockey team. Khan stated that he accepted the role of Kabir Khan, the captain of the team, because he liked “the thought of a film whose plot is about women”. Additionally, he was a hockey player during his college days and aspired to be a professional hockey player before he suffered a back injury. Khan noted that while this background helped him during the filming, he also felt that the experience of playing again after a long time was “very difficult and different”. Khan tore a hamstring three days before the filming was over. Chak De!India was a major critical and commercial success in India and abroad. Earning over INR 1.03 billion worldwide, Chak De! India became the third-highest grossing film of 2007 in India and won Khan yet another Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN wrote about his performance, “For the first time since Swades, Shah Rukh plays a role without any of his typical trappings, without any of his trademark quirks. He sinks his teeth into the part of the determined coach and comes up with such a terrific performance. He’s hopeful at times and despondent at others, he’s humorous at times, and stern at others. He plays Kabir Khan like a real flesh-and-blood human being. Filmfare also included his performance in the 2010 issue of the “Top 80 Iconic Performances”.
In the same year, Khan starred in Farah Khan’s second film, Om Shanti Om alongside Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade and Arjun Rampal. In the re-incarnation melodrama, Khan essayed the role of Om Prakash Makhija, a junior artiste from the 1970s who is reborn in the 2000s as a superstar named Om Kapoor. His performance was generally well received by critics; Khalid Mohammed from Hindustan Times wrote, The enterprise belongs to Shah Rukh Khan, who tackles comedy, high drama and action with his signature style – spontaneous and intuitively intelligent. The film emerged as the year’s highest grossing motion picture in India and the overseas market with a worldwide gross of over INR1.48 billion. Om Shanti Om earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony.
Shah Rukh along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan also has his statue at the world famous wax museum Madame Tussauds in the United Kingdom which was set up in 2007.
In 2008, Khan collaborated with Aditya Chopra for the third time for the romantic drama, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, opposite newcomer Anushka Sharma. Khan played Surinder Sahni, a shy man with a low self-esteem, whose love for his accidental wife (Sharma), causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving alter-ego of Raj. The film received mixed reviews from film critics, but was declared a blockbuster at the box-office. His performance was appreciated by critics, with Rachel Saltz of The New York Times writing, “The Surinder/Raj dual role seems tailor-made (probably was) for Mr. Khan, who gets to show off his twin talents: he suffers nobly and entertains with panache. It earned him yet another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. In December of the same year, Khan suffered a serious shoulder injury while filming for a cameo role in Mudassar Aziz’s Dulha Mil Gaya. He subsequently underwent extensive physiotherapy sessions at the time, but due to immense pain that left him almost immobile, he had to undergo an arthroscopic surgery in February 2009.
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.Shah Rukh Khan has also been recently chosen for the “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” award by the French government for his exceptional career as an actor in the year 2008.
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.
In 2008, Khan set up Temptation Reloaded 2008, a series of concerts showcased across several different countries. The show, which also featured Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Ganesh Hegde, Javed Ali and Anusha Dandekar, took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Several months later, he again joined Kapoor, Rampal and Kaif to perform for 15,000 spectators at Dubai’s Festival City Arena.
After turning down an opportunity to star in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Khan began shooting for My Name Is Khan, his fourth collaboration with director, Johar and sixth with actress, Kajol. Based on a true story, and set against the backdrop of perceptions on Islam, post the September 11 attacks, the film featured Khan as Rizwan Khan, a Muslim man suffering from mild-Asperger syndrome who sets out on a journey across America to meet the country’s President. Khan spent several months researching by reading books, watching videos and talking to people affected with the disorder in an effort to portray the character of Rizwan Khan. In an interview with Hindustan Times he said, “Whenever you’re dealing with a disorder or a near atypical situation, the first thought is that the sort of parameters you have to set that in no which way you are derogatory or deriding the disorder. The second part is you have to come as close to reality in depicting that characterization and so one had to study a lot and one does get worried Upon release, My Name is Khan received positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time in the overseas market. Khan’s performance in the film was appreciated by most critics with Jay Wesissberg from Variety reviewing, “Khan uses the mannerisms associated with Asperger’s – averted eyes, springy steps, stuttered repetitions of memorized texts – yet captures the personality beneath the condition in a standout performance sure to receive the Autism Society’s gold seal of approval.
My Name is Khan fetched Khan his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor, thereby sharing the record with actor Dilip Kumar.
In 2010, Khan was joined by Rani Mukerji, Arjun Rampal and Ishaa Koppikar for a concert at the Army Stadium, Dhaka, bangladesh to a packed audience. And in 2011, he joined Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the Friendship Concert, celebrating 150 years of India-South Africa friendship in Durban, South Africa.
In 2011, Khan produced and starred in Anubhav Sinha’s science fiction superhero film Ra.One, alongside Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor. The film, which follows the story of a London-based videogame designer who creates a villain that escapes the reel world into the real world, was billed as Bollywood’s most expensive production. With an estimated budget of INR125 crore (US$22.75 million), the film witnessed months of massive campaigning before its theatrical release. Upon release, Ra.One emerged as a box office success, with a gross of INR 2.4 billion. Khan was involved in several aspects of the making of Ra. One—he volunteered to write the film’s console game script, dubbed for it, and oversaw its technical development; he also authored the digital comics based on the film’s characters. Ra.One received negative reactions from film critics in India and abroad, while Khan received mixed comments for his portrayal of a dual role in the film. While most critics praised his performance as the robotic superhero G.one, they panned the one of Shekhar, the videogame designer.
On 1 February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV. The show ended on February 25, 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.
His second release of the year was Don 2, a sequel to the 2006 hit, Don. For the portrayal of the titular character, Khan experimented with a variety of looks, including long unkempt hair and a stubble. In order to prepare for his role, Khan exercised extensively and performed most of the stunts himself. His performance fetched him positive comments from critics with Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India noting, “Shah Rukh remains in command and never loses his foothold, neither through the dramatic sequences nor through the action cuts. The film was a major success in India and it went on to become the year’s highest-grossing Bollywood production abroad with a worldwide gross of more than INR 2.1 billion. Additionally, Don 2 earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony .
Khan’s only release in the year 2012 Jab Tak Hai Jaan, opposite Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma which got released in 13 November 2012. He is also set to feature in Rohit Shetty’s action thriller Chennai Express and Farah Khan’s comedy Happy New Year.
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Khan has been very involved in philanthropic endeavors related to healthcare, relief funds and children’s education, for which he was presented the UNESCO’s Pyramide con Marni award in 2011.
In 2011, the Los Angeles Times called SRK “the world’s biggest movie star.” In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world. Khan has an estimated net worth of over Rupees 25 billion (US $540 million).
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) 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.
For every loss there is a new hope. Shahrukh is too full of zest to be defeated and live quietly. He will explore other avenues in films even if he ceases to be a superstar. He will continue to be there.
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