Sources indicating Khan's status as one of the most successful film stars in the world. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival and the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival to a positive response,[105] but it performed poorly at Indian box offices. “Happy birthday @iamsrk.... the most valuable Antiques are old friends(sic)," she captioned a throwback photo with Khan. [211][212][213] In 2007, he replaced Amitabh Bachchan for one season as the host of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,[214] and a year later, Khan began hosting Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. [108] He was subsequently diagnosed with a prolapsed disc, and attempted multiple alternative therapies. [146], Khan collaborated for the third time with Aditya Chopra on the romantic drama Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Anushka Sharma, at that time a newcomer. [248] He is the object of a sometimes fanatical following, with a fan base estimated to exceed one billion. [136][137], —Khan reflecting in 2007 on his position as the Hindi film industry's top star[138], In 2007, Khan portrayed a disgraced hockey player who coaches the Indian women's national hockey team to World Cup success in Yash Raj Films' semi-fictional Chak De! [109], Successes during this time included Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000), and Karan Johar's family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001),[99][113] which Khan cites as a turning point in his career. [64] His initial film roles saw him play characters who displayed energy and enthusiasm. He's cool and flippant, but sincere enough to appeal to the [audience]. [181] In 2014, the actor was featured in Farah Khan's ensemble action comedy Happy New Year, which co-starred Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan and Boman Irani; his third collaboration with the director. India (2007) and a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan (2010). "[101] Khan did a supporting role in Kamal Hassan's Hey Ram (2000), which was made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. [6][250] In 2011 he was declared "the biggest movie star you've never heard of...perhaps the world's biggest movie star, period" by Steven Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times[e][252] and has been called the world's biggest movie star in other international media outlets. In Josh (2000) he sang the popular song "Apun Bola Tu Meri Laila". [287] Khan has received five honorary doctorates; the first from The University of Bedfordshire in 2009,[288] the second from The University of Edinburgh in 2015,[289] the third from Maulana Azad National Urdu University in 2016,[290] and his latest from The University of Law and La Trobe University in 2019. He has regularly featured among the top ten on The Times of India's list of the 50 most desirable men in India,[260][261] and in a 2007 poll by the magazine Eastern Eye he was named the sexiest man in Asia. Have a legendary birthday Shah Rukh(sic).”, The duo has also starred in ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ and ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal.’, With Deepika, Khan has worked on ‘Om Shanti Om,’ ‘Happy New Year’ and ‘Chennai Express.’. [102] He performed free of charge as he wanted to work with Kamal Haasan. [179][180] On 7 March 2013—a day before International Women's Day—The Times of India reported that Khan had requested a new convention with the name of his lead female co-stars appearing above his own in the credits. [230], In 2008, Khan, in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) for US$75.09 million, and named the team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The film was India's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards. [231] As of 2009[update], KKR was one of the richest teams in the IPL, with a brand value of US$42.1 million. Bhaichand Patel notes that Khan, who had a background in the sport playing for his university's hockey team,[139] essentially portrayed himself as a "cosmopolitan, liberal, Indian Muslim". Shetty shared an Instgram Story wishing the actor on his birthday. The success of these films made SRK one of the most in-demand actors of his generation and earned him many precious friends in the industry including choregrapher-director Farah Khan. [129] Derek Elley of Variety found Khan's performance "unsettling" as "a self-satisfied expatriate determined to bring Western values to poor Indian peasants",[130] but several film critics, including Jitesh Pillai, believed it to have been his finest acting to date. [291][292], Indian actor, producer and television personality, "SRK" redirects here. [177] The critic Khalid Mohamed thought that Khan overacted in the film and criticised him for "re-rendering every old trick in the acting book". [63][68] Filmfare later included his performance in the 2010 issue of Bollywood's "Top 80 Iconic Performances". Mumbai malls to reopen but the vibe will be odd, For Vangani's visually impaired people, lockdown spells doom. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" (in reference to his 1999 film Baadshah), "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 80 Hindi films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards. [22] His father had several business ventures including a restaurant, and the family lived a middle-class life in rented apartments. [165] To prepare for his role, Khan exercised extensively and performed most of the stunts himself. [155][156] Upon release, My Name is Khan became one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of all time outside India,[78][113] and earned Khan his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor,[63] equalling the record for the most wins in the category with actor Dilip Kumar. [68] Khan became a producer in 1999 in a collaboration with the actress Juhi Chawla and the director Aziz Mirza for a production company called Dreamz Unlimited. Khan plays Rizwan Khan, a Muslim suffering from mild Asperger syndrome who sets out on a journey across America to meet the country's president, in a role that film scholar Stephen Teo sees as a "symbol of assertive rasa values" and another example of Khan representing NRI identity in global Bollywood. [114] Both films co-starred Amitabh Bachchan as an authoritarian figure, and presented ideological struggles between the two men. He underwent extensive physiotherapy sessions at the time but the pain left him almost immobile and he had arthroscopic surgery in February 2009. [103][104] On Khan's performance, T. Krithika Reddy of The Hindu wrote, "Shah Rukh Khan, as usual comes up with an impeccable performance. [160][161] Despite negative media coverage of the film's box office performance, Ra.One was a financial success with a gross of ₹2.4 billion (US$34 million). [76] Lauded by both critics and the public, it became the year's highest grossing production in India and abroad and was declared an "all time blockbuster" by Box Office India,[75][77] with a gross of over ₹1.22 billion (US$17 million) worldwide. As superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday turned a year older, his co-actors Juhi Chawla, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Madhuri Dixit-Nene as well as Bollywood stars Anushka Sharma and Rajkummar Rao among others wished him health and happiness. [68], Although he has never won a National Film Award,[285] he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005. India. [78] It is the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema; it is still showing at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai after more than 1000 weeks as of early 2015. [38] He married Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991, after a six-year courtship. India Today cites it as one of the first major Bollywood pictures to succeed in the United States. He regularly features in listings of the most influential people in Indian culture, and in 2008, Newsweek named him one of their fifty most powerful people in the world. [71] In 2003, the Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema stated that Khan "defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero". A fictionalised account of India–Pakistan relations, it was viewed by some commentators as a conscious effort to move away from the stereotypical portrayal of Pakistan as the constant villain. [276] In 2011, he received UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni award for his charitable commitment to provide education for children, becoming the first Indian to win the accolade. [47][48] Suhana made her acting debut in November 2019, in a short film titled "The Grey Part of Blue. He is a frequent television presenter and stage show performer. [164] Khan's second release of 2011 was Don 2, a sequel to Don (2006). After working on series of cute love stories, Khan made a switch to playing grey characters with films like ‘Baazigar,’ ‘Darr’ and ‘Anjam.’. [78] The film earned numerous accolades including 10 Filmfare Awards, with Best Actor for Khan,[63] and a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. [232] The team performed poorly on the field during the first three years. [58] His first offer was for Hema Malini's directorial debut Dil Aashna Hai,[31][52] and by June, he had started his first shoot. 100 crore lifetime", "Star Rankings Jan 2019 - Shahrukh Khan Ranveer Singh Impacted", "PlayStation launches game on SRK flick RA.One", "Indian cinema must evolve; Ra.One not urban centric: Shahrukh Khan", "Top Bollywood stars who have sung for themselves", "Shah Rukh Khan turns singer and lyricist", "SRK and Saif at their funniest best on Filmfare night", "Zee Cine Awards: Why Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan are a 'jodi, "Shah Rukh Khan to host Screen Awards 2014", "Shah Rukh Khan: Actor, producer, activist", "Zee sponsors Awesome Foursome, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Kajol, Juhi Chawla", "SRK, Shahid and Priyanka set to rock Durban", "Blast in Dubai: SRK arrives with 'Temptation Reloaded, "SRK's Temptations Reloaded 2008 kick starts! [184][185][186], Khan next appeared alongside Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in Rohit Shetty's action comedy Dilwale (2015). "[102], In 2001, Dreamz Unlimited attempted a comeback with Khan portraying the title role in Santosh Sivan's historical epic Aśoka, a partly fictionalised account of the life of emperor Ashoka. [205] As of 2015, the company has produced or co-produced at least nine films. His highest-grossing films include the comedies Chennai Express (2013), Happy New Year (2014), Dilwale (2015), and the crime film Raees (2017). [78][126], In his final release of 2004, Khan starred as a NASA scientist who patriotically returns to India to rekindle his roots in Ashutosh Gowariker's social drama Swades (meaning "Homeland"), which became the first Indian picture to be shot inside the NASA research centre at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Answer – Chennai Express! [91], The roles in this phase of his career, and the series of romantic comedies and family dramas that followed, earned Khan widespread adulation from audiences, particularly teenagers,[92] and according to author Anupama Chopra, established him as an icon of romance in India. [203] According to a Box Office India report, Khan's stardom was impacted by his films failing to do well. [267] He is a member of the board of directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in India,[274] and in 2011 he was appointed by UNOPS as the first global ambassador of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.