Born to Mir Taj Muhammad Khan and Lateef Fatima in New Delhi, India. His mother always believed her son was destined to be a great actor often citing resemblance between Khan and Dilip Kumar.His acting style inspired from Rajesh Khanna, whom SRK regards as his favorite and Sharukh was huge fan of Rajesh Khanna in the 70’s and 80’s.
Born and brought up in Delhi, he was brilliant student and an all rounder.He was also the captain of his football, hockey, and cricket teams all at the same time. After sustaining a football injury, he started to consider acting as a career. He graduated with honors in economics from Hansraj College and did his master’s in mass communications from Jamia Millia Islamia.
Khan then went on to study theater under the reputed Barry John, whom he credits for carving out the actor inside him, but his mentor considers his pupil as being solely responsible for his greatness and glory, citing Shahrukh to have the perfect combination of talent, perseverance, belief in yourself, a never-give-up-attitude and of course, a bit of luck–factors needed for success.
Shahrukh began his journey by landing the lead role of a commando in 1988 drama series Fauji (1988). He was much applauded for his work and soon was appreciated in other serials as Circus (1989) and ‘Dil Dariya’. He also had a minor role in a made-for-television film called In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989).His big screen debut with small role in Dil Aashna Hai (…The Heart Knows) (1992) and his first success came in the form of Deewana (1992), in which he played second lead male hero and acted alongside the then-top actress of Bollywood, Divya Bharti and Rishi Kapoor, and won the prestigious Filmfare award for best debut actor–male. This was followed by another hit, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) and Chamatkar.
After this he had flops like Maya,King Uncle and then Khan made the unique choice against all advice to opt for villainous roles and played obsessive, somewhat psychotic characters in Darr (1993) and _Baazigar (1993)_ . To everyone’s surprise, the films were massive hits but Anjaam was unsuccessful and Shahrukh earned his first best actor award, and was also nominated in the villainous role category. His acting was applauded by in these 3 films. The same year, he bagged the Critics Award for best performance in _Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993)_,a film he often recalls as among his favorites.
After this came a film , what would be remembered as one of Khan’s most iconic performances, that is among India’s biggest blockbuster and truly complete with the very best of drama, comedy, romance, thrills, and a bit of action. The epic _Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)_was released on 20th October 1995 and still plays in a Mumbai theatre, thus being the longest-running initial release in cinema history. He was criticized from 1995-2001 for overacting in flop films like Trimurthi,English Babu Desi Mem, Chaahat, Raam Jaane, Guddu, Koyla, Army, Dil Se, Duplicate, Phir Bhi Dil, 12Ka4, Asoka, Josh and among them Koyla, Josh managed to be hits. His performances in Yes Boss, Dil To Pagal Hai,Pardes was appreciated in 1997 and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. But post 1999, Sharukh was criticized for playing just romantic roles again and again. Khan post 2000 started accepting off beat scripts especially after Aamir Khan’s Lagaan became a hit.
Khan after 1998 had some Bollywood’s biggest in both national and international markets under his belt, namely Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001),Devdas (2002),Kal Ho Naa Ho, Chalte Chalte, Swades (2004),Chakde! India (2007),Om Shanti Om (2007),My Name Is Khan (2010),Ra.One (2011),Don 2 (2011)and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)made him the undisputed mega-star of India with a record number of best actor trophies and numerous power awards. SRK accepted Swades and it was in this film where again old timers liked his acting the way they used to like him till 1995.
His fame does not stop there: following the release of his films overseas, he has been credited as the world’s biggest movie star and was named among the 50 most powerful people by “Newsweek.”
Even with all the success and a statue among the elite in Madame Tussaud’s, he is quoted as being one of the most humble and down-to-earth personalities, although his wit is unmatched by even the best in the business. This led to him being a host of many television programs, game shows, and award functions, but they was drop in TRP rating when he hosted India’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and his tenure in TV reality show was a failure with Kya Aap Pachvi Paas Fail Hai flopping.
He is an active philanthropist, funding numerous humanitarian projects and charities as well as being personally involved in them, although he prefers to keep this aspect out of the limelight.
His larger-than-life persona continues to win hearts all over the world with a fan following going into billions. He is the face of brands such as Pepsi, Tag Heuer, and he has a 8-billion-dirham property development that is comprised of multiple residential towers in the United Arab Emirates named after him called Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard. He co-owns two production houses–Red Chillies Entertainment and Red Chillies VFX–and the IPL Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
He is the recipient of the Padma Shri (India), l’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres (France), the Unesco Pyramide con Marni (UNESCO), l’Étoile d’Or (by the king of Morocco), and the Chubb fellowship (Yale). Khan resides in his palatial beach-side mansion called Mannat in Mumbai, India, with his wife Gauri Khan and 2 children, Aryan, Suhana and had 1 more child named AbRam born from a surrogate mother in 2013.
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