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Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
, born
December 27,
1965) is an
Indian
film actor who appears in
Bollywood films.
Khan, who made his acting debut with the film
Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988), had his first commercial success with the
blockbuster
Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), and won a
Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. He went on to star
in some of Bollywood's most successful films, such as
Saajan (1991),
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994),
Biwi No.1 (1999), having appeared in the highest earning films of
five separate years during his career.
In 1999, Khan won a
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his extended appearance in
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and since then has starred in several
critical and commercial successes, including
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999),
Tere Naam (2003),
No Entry (2005) and
Partner (2007). Khan has thus established himself as one of the
most prominent leading actors of Hindi cinema.
Biography
Career
Salman Khan made his acting debut in the 1988 film
Biwi Ho To Aisi where he played a supporting role. His first
leading role in a
Bollywood movie was in
Sooraj R. Barjatya's romance
Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). The film went on to become one of India's
highest grossing films.It also won him a
Filmfare Best Male Debut Award, and a nomination for
Filmfare Best Actor Award.
1990 saw only one film release starring Khan,
Baaghi, co-starring alongside southern actress
Nagma. The film was a box office success,and was followed by another
successful year in 1991 when he starred in three hit films,
Patthar Ke Phool,
Sanam Bewafa and
Saajan.Despite these tremendous early box office successes, all of
his 1992-1993 releases resulted in box office failures.
Khan clawed back his previous success in 1994 with his
second collaboration with director Sooraj Barjatya in the romance
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, co-starring
Madhuri Dixit. This film was the biggest hit of that year, and turned
out to be one of Bollywood's highest grossing films ever, becoming the
fourth highest earner of all time. Apart from being a commercial success,
the film was widely acclaimed and Khan was praised for his performance,
earning his second nomination for Best Actor at the
Filmfare. Three more films released that year featured Khan, none of
which making a significant impact on the box-office as was the case with
the previously mentioned title. He did however win praise for his
performance in
Andaz Apna Apna, alongside co-star
Aamir Khan, which has gained a cult status since its release. In 1995
he cemented his success with
Rakesh Roshan's blockbuster
Karan Arjun, co-starring alongside
Shahrukh Khan.The film was the second biggest hit of the year, and his
role of Karan once again put his name among the nominees for the Best
Actor award at the Filmfare, which was eventually won by his Karan
Arjun co-star Shahrukh Khan.
1996 was followed by two successes. The first one being
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directional debut
Khamoshi: The Musical, co-starring
Manisha Koirala,
Nana Patekar and
Seema Biswas. Though a box office failure, the film was critically
acclaimed. He next starred alongside
Sunny Deol and
Karisma Kapoor in
Raj Kanwar's action hit
Jeet.
He had only two releases in 1997:
Judwaa and
Auzaar. The former was a comedy directed by
David Dhawan co-starring
Karisma Kapoor, where he played a dual role of twins separated at
birth. The film was a box office hit. The latter, co-starring
Shilpa Shetty failed to do well, but developed a cult following after
its video release.
Khan worked in five different films in 1998, his first
release being the comedy
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya opposite
Kajol, one of the biggest commercial successes of that year. This was
followed by the moderately successful drama
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai.Khan played a young man who has to take
a child who claims to be his son, under his custody. Khan's performance in
the film earned him several positive notices and favourable reviews from
critics. He rounded of the year with
Karan Johar's directorial debut,
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Co-starring alongside
Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, he had only an extended cameo playing the
role of Aman. However, it eventually turned out beneficial to him, as his
performance earned him his second
Filmfare Award under the
Best Supporting Actor category.
In 1999, Khan starred in three hit films:
Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United, which reunited him with
Sooraj Barjatya for the third time;
Biwi No.1, which became the top grossing film that year; and
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which was a major critical success, and
earned him another Best Actor nomination at the Filmfare. In 2000, Khan
acted in six films, most of which failed critically and commercially,
except for the two moderately successful films,
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega and
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, both of which co-starred
Rani Mukerji and
Preity Zinta. His performance in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, the
release of which was delayed until 2001, was received well. The film was
one of the first Bollywood movies to handle the issue of
surrogate childbirth; Khan played the role of a rich industrialist,
who hires a surrogate mother after his wife becomes infertile. Critics
noted his turn towards a more serious role, which reportedly had more
substance in comparison to his previous roles.In 2002 he starred in the
delayed release
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam which was semi-hit at the box office.
Khan's following releases failed at the box office
until he made a comeback in 2003 with
Tere Naam. The film was a major earner and his performance was
praised by critics, with film critic
Taran Adarsh noting, "Salman Khan is exceptional in a role that fits
him to the T. He breathes fire in sequences that demand uneasiness. But
beneath the tough exterior lies a vulnerable person and this facet in
particular comes to the fore in the latter reels. His emotional outbursts
are splendid..." He subsequently continued his success at the box office,
with comedies like
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and
No Entry (2005)2006 was an unsuccessful year for him when
Jaan-E-Mann and
Baabul both failed to do well at the box office.
Khan started 2007 with the ensemble film
Salaam E Ishq which failed to do well at the box office. His next
release
Partner did very well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster
verdict.He next appeared in his first
Hollywood movie,
Marigold: An Adventure in India opposite American actress
Ali Larter. Telling the love story of an Indian man and an American
woman, the film was a major failure, both commercially and critically.
Khan starred in three films throughout 2008, all of
which underperformed.
God Tussi Great Ho was a remake of the
Jim Carrey Hollywood hit,
Bruce Almighty. The film performed abysmally at the box office.
His second film of the year,
Heroes, met with praise from critics but performed just moderately
at the box office, even with the aid of the
Diwali season.
Personal life
Khan is the eldest son of celebrated screenwriter
Salim Khan and his first wife Salma Khan (maiden name Sushila Charak).
His stepmother is
Helen, a famous yesteryear Bollywood actress, who has co-starred with
him in
Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). He has two brothers,
Arbaaz Khan and
Sohail Khan, and two sisters, Alvira and Arpita. Alvira is married to
actor/director
Atul Agnihotri.
Khan is a dedicated bodybuilder. He trains everyday and
is famous for taking off his shirt in movies and stage shows alike. In
2004, he was voted 7th best-looking man in the World and the best looking
man in India by
People magazine,
U.S.Khan has been involved in several charities during his career.
Despite being romantically linked with several
actresses, and having relationships with ex-girlfriends
Aishwarya Rai,
Somy Ali and
Sangeeta Bijlani, Khan is frequently featured by Indian media as
Bollywood's most eligible bachelor. He has been dating
model-turned-actress
Katrina Kaif since 2003.
On October 11, 2007, Khan accepted an offer from
Madame Tussauds wax museum in
London to have a wax replica made of himself. His life-size wax figure
was finally installed there on January 15, 2008, making him the fourth
Indian actor to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum.
Controversies
Legal troubles
On September 28, 2002, Salman was arrested for rash and
negligent driving. His car had collided into a bakery in Mumbai; one
person who was sleeping on the pavement outside the bakery died and three
others were injured in the mishap.Charges of culpable homicide were laid
against him, but later dropped, and he was found not guilty. However, he
will still have to stand trial for a series of lesser charges pertaining
to the incident.
On February 17, 2006, Khan was sentenced to one year in
prison for hunting an endangered species, the
Chinkara. The sentence was stayed by a higher court during appeal.On
April 10, 2006, Salman was handed a five year
jail term for hunting the endangered Chinkara. He was remanded to
Jodhpur jail, and remained there until April 13, when he was granted
bail.On August 24, 2007, the Jodhpur sessions court, upheld the 5 year
jail term for Khan in the Chinkara poaching case by turning down his
appeal against the 2006 judgement. At the time of the hearing, he was busy
with a shooting elsewhere, while his sister attended the proceedings.[22]
Day after, he was placed under police arrest in Jodhpur after a
Rajasthan court upheld a prison sentence passed upon him for poaching.
On August 31, 2007, Khan was released on bail from the Jodhpur Central
jail where he has spent six days.
Relationship troubles
His turbulent relationship with actress
Aishwarya Rai was a well publicised topic in the Indian media, and had
constantly filled gossip columns.After their break-up in March 2002, Rai
accused him of harassing her. She claimed that Khan had not been able to
come to terms with their break-up and was hounding her; her parents lodged
a complaint against him.
In 2005, news outlets released what was said to be an
illicit copy of a mobile phone call recorded in 2001 by the Mumbai police.
It appeared to be a call in which he threatened his ex-girlfriend,
Aishwarya Rai, in an effort to force her to appear at social events held
by Mumbai crime figures. The call featured boasts of connections to
organized crime and derogatory comments about other actors. However,
the alleged tape was tested in the
government's Forensic lab in
Chandigarh, which concluded that it was fake.
Fatwas
In September 2007, a Muslim organisation issued a
fatwa against Khan for attending a
Ganesh puja. Stating that
Islam prohibits
idol worship, the organisation stated that unless Khan reads the
kalmas - the declaration of faith, all over again, he will not be
considered a
Muslim. In addition to that, Khan celebrated the Ganesh Mahostav with
his family in
Bandra; they brought a Ganesh idol for one day for the sake of his
stepmother, Helen. Khan was among the group who danced in the procession.
His father responded by criticising the fatwa, and stated that Salman had
done nothing wrong.
Another fatwa was raised against Khan by a Muslim
cleric in India,
mufti Salim Ahmad Qasmi, for allowing
Madame Tussauds in
London to make a wax model of himself. The mufti said the statue is
illegal and the
Sharia forbids depictions of all living creatures. This created
speculation in the press, as no fatwa was released against fellow Muslim,
Shahrukh Khan who also has a wax model in the museum. Salman responded
by saying, "These fatwas are becoming a joke".
The fatwa was raised upon Khan again in September 2008,
for celebrating the
Ganeshotsav Hindu ceremony at his home with the family. The fatwa was
raised by the member of the Advisory Council, Jama Masjid, in
New Delhi. On this occasion, his father, Salim, again questioned the
fatwa and criticised those who raise it.
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