Shah Rukh Khan Biography

SRK was born on 2 November 1965 in New Delhi, India into a Muslim family. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan was an ethnic Pathan and an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India and mother Lateef Fatima was the daughter of a senior government engineer. He was brought up in Mangalore for the first five years of his life. His father died of cancer when Shahrukh was 15 years old and his mother died in 1990 after prolonged illness. He has an elder sister named Shehnaz.

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Personal Profile:

Name                          : Shahrukh Khan
Other  names              : King Khan, SRK, King of Bollywood, Badshah of Bollywood
Date of Birth               : 2 November 1965
Place Of Birth             : New Delhi, India
Age                              : 50 years
Height                          : 5'8" (1.73 m) 
Occupation                  : Actor, producer, television presenter
Father's Name              : Meer Taj Muhammad Khan 
Mother's Name            : Lateef Fatima
Spouse                         : Gauri Khan (1991-present)
Children                       : Aryan Khan, Suhana Khan, AbRam Khan
Languages                    : Hindi, English, Urdu
Religion                        : Muslim
Zodiac                           : Scorpio


Education:-


Shahrukh Khan attended St. Columba's School and the Hansraj College earning his Bachelors degree in Economics. He pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia. He has also attended the National School of Drama in Delhi to pursue a career in Bollywood. 

Achievements :-

Shahrukh Khan is a highly celebrated actor cum producer of the Indian film industry in the present times. He has acted in various blockbuster movies like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayange, Dil to Pagal Hai, Khabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Chak De India et al. He is the most influential actor among all his contemporaries in present day Bollywood. Shahrukh Khan is a highly celebrated actor cum producer of the Indian film industry in the present times. He has acted in various blockbuster movies like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayange, Dil to Pagal Hai, Khabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Chak De India and others. These have made Shahrukh hugely popular not only in India, but also across several other countries. 

He can easily be said to be the most influential actor among all his contemporaries in present day Bollywood. So much so that he is famously called King Khan in the Hindi filmdom. Read on to delve deeper into the biography of the great King Khan, who was born to parents of Pathan ethnicity. 

Even though his family is Muslim, Shah Rukh was raised by Hindus for most of his life and as such, he nurtures a deep respect for both these religions. His father Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom activist, while his mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan. The life history of Shahrukh's filmi career started out by working in television serials during the late 1980s. 

Being immensely talented and good looking, Shahrukh got noticed by the audience while playing the role of Commando Abhimanya Rai in the television serial Fauji. His debut in films happened with Deewana in 1992 that fared well. Shahrukh Khan has bagged six Filmfare Best Actor Awards. 

He has worked with the best talents of Bollywood. His significant hits include films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Veer Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006) among others. The popularity of Shahrukh Khan can be gauged from the fact that his films not only witness substantial premiere screening in India, but also in the overseas destinations. Of late, he also tried his hand at production with films like Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and others. Recently, his statue was installed at London's Madame Tassauds.