Biography
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards for acting. He is cited in the media as one of the most commercially successful actors of Indian cinema. The eldest son of screenwriter Salim Khan, Khan began his acting career with a supporting role in Biwi Ho To Aisi , followed by a leading role in Maine Pyar Kiya .
Khan continued in Bollywood in the 1990s with roles in several productions, including the romantic drama Hum Aapke Hain Koun. ! , the action comedy Andaz Apna Apna , the action thriller Karan Arjun , the comedy Biwi No. In addition to his acting career, Khan is a television presenter and promotes humanitarian causes through his charity, Being Human Foundation. Khan’s off-screen life is marred by controversy and legal troubles.
On 5 April 2018, Khan was convicted in a blackbuck poaching case and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Salman Khan has starred in ten of the highest grossers of the year, starting from 1947 to 2020, which is highest for any actor in history of Hindi cinema.
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan was born on December 27, 1965, in Mumbai to legendary screenwriter Salim Khan, who penned many super-hits in the yesteryear’s like Sholay , Deewaar , and Don . Khan started his acting career by doing a supporting role in the movie Biwi Ho To Aisi . The following year he had the leading role in the box office romantic hit When Love Calls . Following with other box office hits he showed his terrific performance in Saajan , Andaz Apna Apna , Hum Aapke Hain Koun…! , Karan Arjun , Khamoshi the Musical , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai .
His transformations can be sensitive, vulnerable, funny, aggressive and charming as his role demands. In September 2002, Khan had hit the headlines after he crashed his Land Cruiser near the American Express bakery in Bandra, killing one man and injuring others. He gave his emotionally charged performance as playing an obsessed lover in In Your Name that translated into good reviews and a good run at the box office. It was well appreciated by the World Health Organization for presenting the problems of AIDS patients in today’s world.
In 2007, he launched Being Human – Salman Khan Foundation.
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Shah, a producer of Chori Chori Chupke Chupke since Shah has also been linked with underworld mafia. One of the four Khans that ruled Bollywood from the 1990s onwards. The other three are Saif Ali Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. Son of Salim Khan, half of the famed Salim-Javed writing team.
Was voted 7th best-looking man in the world by People Magazine. On the night of September 28 2002, Salman Khan was involved in an incident in which several homeless people were hit by his vehicle in an area of north Bombay. Khan claims he was not at the wheel. Vivek Oberoi has later apologized to Salman and his family multiple times publicly for his actions.
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Elder Brother of Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Alvira Khan and Arpita Khan Sharma. While Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan are his early trainees. His favorite actor is Sylvester Stallone. In his early days as a struggling actor he never used his father’s name and influence like many other heroes with relatives in the industry.
Highest paid Bollywood Star. Father’s name is Salim Khan, mother’s name is Salma Khan and stepmother’s name is Helen. Has his own non-profit charitable foundation, Being human – The Salman Khan Foundation, whose emphasis is on health care and education. He is very good friends with Sooraj Barjatya and his entire family, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Kabir Khan, Mini Mathur and David Dhawan.
His other friends include Govinda, Rani Mukerji, Jackie Shroff, Prabhu Deva, Karisma Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Farah Khan, Sajid-Wajid, Himesh Reshammiya, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif, Bhushan Kumar, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shatrughan Sinha and family, and Sushmita Sen amongst many others. During Shahrukh Khan’s struggling days an actor he provided him and his wife with a roof over their heads. He trained Hrithik Roshan for his first movie, had a big hand in the careers of now super composers Sajid-Wajid and Himesh Reshamiyya, helped Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai, Zarine Khan, Sneha Ullal, Sonakshi Sinha and Hazel Keech. His film Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 broke all box office records upon their releases.
This new triumph has established Khan as one of the biggest superstars in Hindi cinema history. He is the only actor to have thirteen back to back 100 Crore plus films. Dabangg , Ready , Bodyguard , Ek Tha Tiger , Dabangg 2 , Jai Ho , Kick , Bajrangi Bhaijaan , Sultan , Tubelight , Tiger Zinda Hai , Race 3 and Bharat . His film Wanted grossed around 100 Crore plus at the Indian Box Office and even did great business at the International Box Office.
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In most of Salman’s films his character name has been Prem and more recently Radhe and Chulbul Pandey has now been synonymous with him. Apart from the very famous Galaxy apartment that Salman Khan lives in, the actor also owns a farmhouse in Panvel and a house in Hydra Towers, Jumeirah Village, Dubai. Salman was offered Baazigar by Abbas-Mustan, but turned down the film after the makers refused to accommodate changes suggested by his father Salim Khan. The role went to Shah Rukh Khan.
Some people suggest that he has taken after his mother Salma Khan, who is an artist too. Salman is also passionate about photography. Salman has delivered Top 2 biggest grossers of the year three times. 1 in 1999, Bodyguard and Ready in 2011, Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 in 2012.
Has 3 chauffeurs namely Ashok Singh, Altaf Khan and Dutta. The actor is rarely seen without his chunky bracelet with a blue stone and the accessory is now as much a part of Salman’s pop culture oeuvre as his shiny, slippery chest. The bracelet is a Khan family tradition with Sallu’s father Salim Khan too sporting one. The latest nod to Feroza came with Imran Khan sporting a similar one in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara .
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Whenever Salman has a strong urge, he pours out an alcoholic drink and keeps the glass in front of him. His recent Eid release Kick has joined the league of biggest Bollywood grossers like Dhoom 3 , 3 Idiots and Chennai Express . His biggest film now becomes the fifth top grosser of all time, upstaging ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ and Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ . ‘Kick’ is now within touching distance of Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ which amassed Rs 202.47 crore.
Kick has already ousted ‘Shah Rukh Khanqv’s Om Shanti Om from the top 10 highest Bollywood grossers overseas. The Sajid Nadiadwala film has now surpassed SRK’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan , his own Dabangg 2 and Ranbir Kapoor’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’s overseas collections and is now the sixth highest overseas grosser of all times. Kick had taken five days to enter the Rs 100-crore club. This year, the first film to open the roster for the exclusive club was another Salman starrer ‘Jai Ho’, which incidentally was the highest grosser before ‘Kick’ took over.
Kick is now all set to become Salman Khan’s highest grosser, cementing his Superstardom. the Salman wears a locket inscribed with the Ayatul Kursi . Salman is the only Bollywood Star to have his 7 films earn more than Rs 100 crores in a row. Salman first entered the club four years ago, with his cult film ‘Dabangg‘.
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Directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions, the film made over Rs 143 crores. His next films ‘Ready’ and ‘Bodyguard’ crossed the Rs 100 crore mark with net collections of Rs 122 crore and Rs 145 crore respectively. His next film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ earned over where Salman played a spy, opposite Katrina Kaif, was followed by ‘Dabangg 2’, where he thrilled the audience once again, as inspector Chulbul Pandey. According to media reports, these films made Rs 310 crore and Rs 251 crore, respectively.
His more recent hit ‘Jai Ho’, even if it was panned by the critics, made over Rs 126 crore. This was followed by ‘Kick’ which joined the Rs 100 crore club on Eid. Brother Sohail Khan is married to Chunky Pandey’s niece Seema. Was offered Vicky Arora’s role in Yalgaar .
Shaheen Jaffrey is always mistaken as Dilip Kumar’s actress niece Shaheen who acted in the film Mahasangram in 1990. Bajrangi Bhaijaan released on July 17, 2015 and turned out to be the biggest pre Eid opener for Salman. The film collected a whopping amount of INR 27.25 crore on its first day beating the record of his previous film Kick which had made INR 26.40 crore on its opening day. Bajrangi Bhaijaan has not only taken over Box Office in India but is doing the same oversees as well.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Bajrangi Bhaijaan managed to break the opening weekend records of Kick across the border. Salman’s latest release has broken all records by becoming the biggest Bollywood opener of 2015. The film collected Rs 27.25 crore on its opening day, beating previous record of Varun Dhawan’s ABCD 2 that had collected Rs 14.30 crore on its first day. With its roaring box office success, BB was estimated to collect a sum of Rs $ 700k on Friday in USA as well as Canada.
The venture earned the 10th position on this week’s box office chart in USA, beating Ian McKellen’s Mr Holmes . He was a bonafide star, but he had to wait till 2009 to obtain the superstar status and the unreal level of mass adulation he enjoys today. That year, with the release of Wanted, Salman crossed the Rs 100-crore barrier. The day 2 collection of Salman’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan was Rs 36.50 crore.
With this the superstar’s latest release emerged as the highest ever single day collection for a Salman Khan film. Bajrangi Bhaijaan has recorded the 3rd highest weekend collections of all time, behind Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year and Aamir Khan’s Dhoom 3 . Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan have all crossed the 100 crore mark in 3 days at the domestic box office . Uttar Pradesh government, headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has decided to make Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan tax free in the state.
Salman learned how to paint from his mother Salma Khan. The performance of Bajrangi Bhaijaan at the Box Office has apparently surpassed that of all his previous successes. According to trade experts, the film has broken all the records held by his movies so far, with a box-office collection of INR 250.02 crore in just 11 days. Starred in Jackie Shroff Entertainment’s shelved film,”Raju Raja Ram”.
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Starring Jackie Shroff, Govinda, Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rakesh Bedi. His uncle,father Salim Khan’s cousin, attempted to become a actor in the 1970’s. He was the actor in Sholay that had the dialogue ” Maalik jitna hain, sab laya hoon”. “Starred in the shelved movie, Leo Films International’s Bulund” Starring Salman Khan,Somy Ali,Danny Denzongpa,Moon Moon Sen,Mohnish Behl,Laxmikant Berde, Prem Chopra, Music by Anand -Milind, Directed by Shahjhan.
Starred in the shelved movie Shiva Art International’s “Chori Mera Kaam” Starring Salman Khan,Sunil Shetty,Kajol, Shilpa Shetty,Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi,Kader Khan, Music by Anu Malik, Directed by Aziz Sejawal. Was to star in TIPS films Untitled Project directed by Rajiv Rai. Co starring Arjun Rampal. After Garv, Puneet Issar started two new films with Salman Khan.
Starred in the shelved film produced by Vijay Galani, the remake of Tamil film Lesa Lesa. Was writing a script in 2005 titled “Mere Love Story” directed by Samir Karnik There was speculation the script was going to be based on Salman’s love life. Signed a film titled “Sautelay” with Rishi Kapoor, directed by Ashok Punjabi. D Rama Naidu wanted to remake the film Bobilli Raja with Salman Khan in 1992.
” It was the unofficial remake of Hollywood movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy. That film starred Venkatesh and Divya Bharti. D Rama Naidu had finally signed Salman Khan for the official Hindi remake of Bobilli Raja. When Salman got word that Ramesh Lakhiani’s movie Boy Friend was also a unofficial remake of The Gods Must Be Crazy, he approached Ramesh Lakhiani.
Salman told Ramesh to scrap his film because he was going to star in the remake of the film produced by D Rama Naidu. This angered Salman , but nothing could be done. Salman told D Rama Naidu to scrap the remake. Starred in the shelved film “Saaiyan” .
Starring Salman Khan, Pratibha Sinha, Anupam Kher. Starred in the shelved film Sonal Films International ” Patanga”. Starring Salman Khan, Neelam,Sheeba, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Arun Bakshi, Gulshan Grover. Was offered Shah Rukh Khan’s role in Chak De India.
Starred in the shelved movie “Gherao” . Starring Salman Khan,Manisha Koirala, Tanushree Kaushal. Starred in the shelved film “Ran Kshetra” . Starring Salman Khan Bhagyashree, Produced by Xavier Marquis,Directed by Dilip Shankar.
He screen tested Salman Khan but found him too young looking to be a hero. In 1992, producer Sundeep Sethi approached Salman Khan to act in a film with Vinod Khanna, directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Salman refused the film due to a problem Salim Khan had with Mahesh Bhatt during Jurm. After Maine Pyar Kiya became a hit, Salman left the film.
Was to leave for a world tour concert with Rekha, Bhagyashree,Bappi Lahiri in September 1990. Touted as the highest television deal for a Bollywood film, Race 3 beat Dangal, which was reportedly sold for Rs1.1 billion for its satellite rights. Starring Salman Khan,Sangeeta Bijlani,Nagma. Arbaaz Khan was to debut in a film in a film titled “Footpath” in 1992.
The film starred Salman Khan,Arbaaz Khan, Ritu Shivpuri, Directed by Deepak Shivdsani. Cineblitz October 1985 magazine reported that Salman Khan and Javed Jaffery were planning a video film for TV. They approached Jaya Pradha for the lead role. Most of Salman’s vehicles have a registration number of 2727.
Starred in Mukesh Duggal’s shelved untitled film in 1993. Starring Govinda,Salman Khan,Karishma Kapoor, Music by Anu Malik, Produced by Mukesh Duggal, Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. In 1997, Anees Bazmee had signed Salman Khan for a film titled “Aankh Micholi”. Salman had a double role.
Salman backed out as he just had done Judwaan. In 1996, Dimple Kapadia started her home production and signed Sunny Deol, Salman Khan and Kajol. Salman Khan was signed for Planman Motion Pictures untitled film in 2006. Starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee , Directed by Aziz Mirza.
In 2007, Sohail Khan wanted to direct a remake of Jerrry McGuire. He spoke to both Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. Starred in the shelved movie Raam Raj Kalamandir’s untitled film in 1990. Starring Salman Khan, Produced and Directed by S. He had already been in Bollywood for nearly 25 years before his first project with Yash Raj Film Studios in 2012.
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Since then, he has collaborated with the production company in 3 films, all of whom have gained “blockbuster” status with combined worldwide box-office earnings of nearly INR 15 billion unadjusted for inflation. there Starred in the shelved movie Emkay Films “Aankh Macholi” Starring Salman Khan , Manisha Koirala, Story by Gyandev Agnihotri, Music by Raam Laxman, Produced by Mohan Kumar, Directed by Gautam Kumar. Starred in the shelved movie Shiva Arts Internationals “Haqdaar” Starring Raaj Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Salman Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Atul Agnihotri, Music by Anu Malik,Produced by Sanjay Roy,Directed by Iqbal Durrani. Starred in the shelved film, United Seven’s “Magroor”.
Starring Mithun Chakraborthy, Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Zeba Bhaktiar,Johnny Lever,Prem Chopra, Anand Balraaj, Mehmood, Bindu,Music by Anu Malik , Produced by Girish Jain,Directed by Abbas Mustan . Holds the record for most Filmfare nominations in the Best Actor category without winning the award with 10. On the eve of the centenary celebrations of Indian Cinema in 2013, he was voted the 11th greatest Bollywood star of all-time in a poll conducted by UK’s Eastern Eye magazine. Surprisingly, Salman was ranked a place above his childhood idol and favorite actor Dharmendra, who was placed 12th as well as his favorite actress and Dharmendra’s wife Hema Malini, who finished 15th.
As per Forbes, his earnings for 2018 happen to be US$ 37.7 million, making him 82nd highest money making celebrity in the world and the highest ranked Indian on the list. In 2021, he surpassed Dilip Kumar as the Bollywood actor with most number of movies which became the highest grossers of their respective years, with 10 such releases. Unadjusted for inflation, he is also the second highest grossing Bollywood star ever, behind only Aamir Khan who has starred two of Bollywood’s biggest box-office hits of all-time.
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