Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan born 2 November 1965 in New Delhi, India. he also call king khan.khan is an Indian film actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host.

Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980. He made his film debut in Deewana 1992. Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian films, eight of which are in the Best Actor category (a record). In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian Cinema.

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, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna 2006 and My Name Is Khan 2010 have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, making him one of the most successful actors of India.

Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars, with a fan following numbering in the billions[4] and a net worth estimated at over Indian Rupee symbol.svg2,500 crore. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

In 2008, Red Chillies Entertainment became the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition.



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.

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