Amir Khan - Biography

Amir Khan

Amir Khan

Biography

• Born in Bandra's Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai, India.
• Aamir Khan belonged to family of Indian freedom fighter Abul Kalam Azad.He is also a descendant of former President of India, Dr. Zakir Hussain and a second cousin to former Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, Dr Najma Heptullah.
• His father, Tahir Hussain, died on Feb 3, 2010.
• While he was in school and had became a state tennis champion for Maharashtra.
• Amir fell in love with the girl next door in the meantime. He proposed to her the day he turned 21, and she accepted. But apparently, there was opposition since she was from a Hindu family and he, from a devout Islamic one. So, they eloped, got married and returned to their homes. Later they revealed it to the world after his debut movie as lead "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak".
• After his first marriage he took another flat in the same building where he lived with his parents, and started living there. Amir's wife Reena even appears in the song "Papa Kehte Hain". Khan married Reena Dutta, who had a small part in "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak". They have two children, a son named Junaid and a daughter namely Aira. Reena was involved briefly in Khan's career when she worked as a producer for Lagaan. In December 2002, Khan filed for divorce, ending the 15-year marriage. He received divorce from wife Reena on December 9, 2002. Reena took custody of both children.
• On 28 December 2005, Khan married Kiran Rao who had been an assistant director to Ashutosh Gowariker during the filming of Lagaan. Khan is a follower of spiritual leader J. P. Vaswani.
• 2007 - Khan lost a custody battle for his younger brother Faisal to their father, Tahir Hussain.
• His hairstyles from "Dil Chahta Hai" to "Ghajini", are served as appetizers for cinephiles. An actor, director, producer, playback singer, a state tennis champion and mentor to his nephew – he’s all that and more.
• Amir Khan began his film career when he was only eight years old, as a child actor in "Yaadon Ki Baraat".it was not a real part just a blink and miss appearance in the title song of the film.
• His ancestors hail from Afghanistan.
• Cites Daniel Day-Lewis and Dilip Kumar as his favorite actors.
• Is a Tennis-enthusiast, and particularly admires Roger Federer.
• Amir Khan, a method actor, his range of characterizations remains unparalleled and because of this diversity and his ability to portray different characters believably on screen, today he is regarded as not only one of the biggest Superstars but also one of the finest actors of Indian Cinema.
• Has been a big fan of Alfred Hitchkock stories.
• Visited Pakistan for fund raising of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital on invitation by the cricketer Imran Khan.

• Formed a popular on-screen pair with Juhi Chawla
• The Press Trust of India reported Khan will marry girlfriend Kiran Rao in Panchgani, India on 1 January 2006. It later reported Khan and Rao married in a small ceremony at his home in Mumbai, India on 28 December 2005.
• Highest paid actor in Bollywood.
• Time magazine refers to him as the Indian 'Sean Penn'.
• He faced protests and a partial ban on his film Fanaa but the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh supported him by saying Everyone has the freedom of expression.
• His salary is less for acting in certain movies because he becomes a stakeholder and shares a certain percentage of profits from the movie.
• He is very good friends with superstar Salman Khan, with whom he worked with in the 1994 cult film "Andaz Apna Apna". His other close friend is Rani Mukerji, with whom he was been friends with since her second film "Ghulam" in 1998. His other best friend is Juhi Chawla.
• His home production, Lagaan, in which he also starred in, was the third Indian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar.
• 1994 - He Was offered Shahrukh Khan's role in "Darr".
• He commonly known as a perfectionist, and he deserve this word expecially for him, who insists on getting a finished script before committing to a film and also refuses to work on more than one film at a time, both very unusual behaviour for Bollywood.
• He is one of the three Khans who ruled Bollywood in the 90s. The other two are Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan.
• March 2001 - He was ranked 3rd Most Powerful Indian Film Star by Forbes.
• December 2001 - He was named "Man of the Year" by Bombay Times.
• 2001 - Aamir Khan set up a production company namely 'Aamir Khan Productions'. Its first movie was "Lagaan" whaich was released in 2001 having stars like Aamir Khan as the lead actor. Upon its world over success due to its topic, the movie was selected being India's official entry for the 74th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The movie won the National Film Award for Most Popular Film, an award shared between Aamir Khan and the film's director, Ashutosh Gowariker.
• August 2003 - He was voted No.2 "Greatest Actor" in the film personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News. Amitabh Bachchan tops the poll.
• 2003 - Awarded Padma Shri India's fourth highest Civil Honour by the Government of India.
• Aamir Khan took a four year break citing personal problems, and returned in 2005 with Ketan Mehta’s Mangal Pandey.
• April 2006, Amir participated in the demonstrations put up by the Narmada Bachao Andolan committee with their leader Medha Patkar after the Gujrat government's decision to raise the height of the Narmada dam.
• 2007 - He produced "Taare Zameen Par" which marked his directorial debut. Amir Khan also played a supporting role in the film, sharing the screen with the debut of child actor Darsheel Safary. The film was initially conceived of and developed by the husband and wife team, Amole Gupte and Deepa Bhatia. It was a story of a young child who suffers in school until a teacher identifies him as dyslexic. The movie was critically acclaimed, as well as a box office success. Taare Zameen Par won the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award as well as a number of other Filmfare and Star Screen Awards. Khan's work won him two awards at the Filmfare, the Best Movie and the Best Director awards, which established his status as a competent filmmaker in Bollywood.
• 2007 - Aamir Khan was invited to have a wax imitation of himself put on display at Madame Tussauds in London. However, he declined stating that, "It's not important to me... people will see my films if they want to. Also, I cannot deal with so many things, I have bandwidth only for that much.
• April 2008 - He received a "Special Award" from Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratisthan for his exceptional services to Indian cinema.
• 2008 - Amir Khan launched his nephew Imran Khan's debut in the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na under his production house. The film was a big hit in India, and eventually earned Khan another nomination for Best Movie at the Filmfare.
• He has the highest grossing Indian film of all time with 3 Idiots.
• He was the first Bollywood actor to cross the 100 crore mark with his 2008 film Ghajini, which became the highest grossing film of all time until his next release 3 Idiots.
• January 2009 - He received "Indian of The Year in Cinema" Award by NDTV
• January 2009 - He received the "Indian of the Year in Entertainment" Award from CNN-IBN.
• February 2009 - He was among the 10 recipients of the IIFA-FICCI Frames Awards for the "Most Powerful Entertainers of the Decade".
• May 2009 - He received "Raj Kapoor Smriti Vishesh Gaurav Puraskar" by the Government of Maharastra for outstanding contribution to the Indian cinema.
• Humanitarian and political causes Khan with United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2009.
• He got awarded the Padma Bhushan India's third highest Civil Honor in 2010 by the Government of India.
• He quit the GOI's copyrights panels in February 2010 after facing sharp differences with other members.
• July 2010 - He topped the Filmfare Power List for the third year in a row.
• August 2011 - Amir lent his support to Janlokpal Bill Movement led by Anna Hazare.
• 5 December 2011 - Amir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao announced the birth of their son, Azad Rao Khan, through a surrogate mother.
• 2011 - Amir Khan released his home production Dhobi Ghat. which was directed by his wife Kiran Rao. He is also the co-producer of "Satyamev Jayate"-a television Talk Show.
• On 16 July 2012, Khan met Prime Minister and the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, discussed the plight of manual scavengers and sought eradication of manual scavenging in the country.
• He has been supporting common causes and in the same row when asked about views on entertainment tax in 2012 budget Amir said, I don't want any reduction in that, all I expect is focus on education and nutrition.
• August 2012 - He was voted No.2 "India's Greatest Actor" in NDTV poll.
• August 2012 - TIME magazine put his picture on its cover page. Before Amir Khan, only Aishwarya Rai and Parveen Babi’s picture were placed on its cover page.
• He quoted to support adivasis(tribes), who might be displaced from their homes.
• In 2012 he released "Talaash" which is a joint production by M/s. Excel Entertainment and Amir Khan Production.

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