Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Sunny Deol
birth name	Ajay Singh Deol
birth place	New Delhi, India
birth date	October 19, 1956
yearsactive	1983-Present
occupation	Actor, Director, Producer
spouse	Pooja Deol
parents	Dharmendra, Prakash Kaur
residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
relatives	Bobby Deol (younger brother) Abhay Deol (first cousin) Esha Deol (half-sister) Ahana Deol (half sister) }}

Sunny Deol (, , born Ajay Singh Deol on 19 October 1956 ) often credited as The Action King of Bollywood is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting. He joined theater called the Old Web Theater in Birmingham, England where he studied theatre and acting while films like Border (1997), Dillagi (1999), Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003), Apne (2007) and Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011) are biggest hits in modern multiplex era and in overseas markets, thus making him one of the most successful actors of India.

Early life

He was born into a Punjabi Jat Sikh family in Punjab state in Sanhewal to Bollywood actor Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. Sunny is eldest son of Dharmendra. His stepmother is Hema Malini. He has a brother Bobby Deol and two sisters Vijayta Deol and Ajeeta Deol who are settled in California, he also has two half sisters one is Ahana Deol and actress Esha Deol.

Career

1980s

Sunny Deol made his film debut opposite Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'' (1983). He went through a lean phase for a couple of years until Rahul Rawail's ''Arjun'' (1985). The film went on to become a major hit and established Sunny’s status as an action hero. What followed were a bunch of hits in ''Paap Ki Duniya'' (1988), ''Tridev'' (1989), ''Chaalbaaz'' (1989).

1990s

With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother’s murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's ''Ghayal'', Sunny proved that he still ruled the industry when it came to action sequences. Produced by the home banner Vijayta Films, the movie was an instant hit with the masses and went on to win seven Filmfare Awards. Some of his other popular hits in the early 90s include ''Vardi'', ''Krodh'', ''Yodha'' and ''Shankara''. Rajiv Rai's ''Vishwatma'' was Sunny's only release in 1992. His role of a lawyer in ''Damini'' (1993) fetched him several awards and accolades in Bollywood. He shared screen space with Juhi Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Chopra’s blockbuster ''Darr''. In the mid-nineties he delivered five big hits in a row ''Jeet'' (1996), ''Ghatak: Lethal'' (1996), ''Ajay'' (1996), ''Ziddi'' (1997) and ''Border'' (1997) In 1999, after starring opposite Juhi Chawla in ''Arjun Pandit'', Sunny Deol tried his hand at direction and helmed ''Dillagi''. He also acted alongside younger brother Bobby Deol and Urmila Matondkar in his directorial debut, which was very well appreciated by critics

2000s

In 2001 Sunny played the role of lorry driver Tara Singh who falls in love with a Muslim girl in Anil Sharma’s ''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''. The partition saga went to become a all time blockbuster and was the highest grossing Bollywood film ever that time and currently 5th highest grossing Bollywood film Sunny’s next few projects were extremely patriotic in nature and struck a chord with audiences across the country. He played the role of an Indian military officer in ''Maa Tujhhe Salaam'' and essayed the character of freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad in ''23rd March 1931: Shaheed''. In 2003 Sunny Deol teamed up with director Anil Sharma yet again for ''The Hero: Love Story of a Spy'', which also starred Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra in her first onscreen appearance. Sunny made an appearance alongside Dharmendra and Bobby Deol in ''Apne'' (2007) and then yet again in ''Yamla Pagla Deewana''

2010s

Deol's first release of 2010 was ''Right Yaaa Wrong''. Deol's first release of 2011 was ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' which was one of the biggest successes of the year He is currently filming for Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's ''I Love New Year'' opposite Kangana Ranaut, which is due for release on 23 December 2011. Recently Deol announced sequel of their 1990 blockbuster Ghayal named Ghayal Returns He will began shoot in September for Ghayal Returns

Personal life

Sunny Deol has always maintained a low profile in the media about his personal life. He is married to Pooja Deol. His wife has never faced the media till date like other celebrity wives. The couple have two sons Rajvir Deol and Ranvir Deol, the names which he chose for himself and Bobby Deol in his directorial debut ''Dillagi''. They live close to their extended family in Mumbai, India.

Awards and nominations

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Filmography

Film actor

''Sunny (1984 film) ''Zabardast'' ''Saveray Wali Gaadi'' ''Dacait '' ''Yateem '' ''Nigahen: Nagina Part II'' ''Vardi'' ''Yodha'' ''Vishwatma'' ''Gunaah'' ''Insaniyat'' ''Imtihaan'' ''Himmat'' ''Border (film) ''Zor'' ''Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin'' ''Champion (2000 film) ''Farz'' ''Maa Tujhhe Salaam (film) ''The Hero: Love Story of a Spy'' ''Lakeer - Forbidden Lines'' ''Jo Bole So Nihaal (film) ''Naksha'' ''Kaafila'' ''Heroes (2008 film) ''Fox(film) ''Right Yaaa Wrong '' ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' ''Ghayal Returns''

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
rowspan="1"	1983	''Betaab''	Sunny
rowspan="3"	1984	Sunny'' ||	Sunny Inderjit
''Sohni Mahiwal (film)	Sohni Mahiwal''	Mahiwal
''Manzil Manzil''	Vijay
rowspan="2"	1985	|	Shyam
''Arjun (1985 film)	Arjun''	Arjun
rowspan="3"	1986	|	Ravidas
''Sultanat''	Sultan
''Samundar''	Ajit
rowspan="1"	1987	|	Arjun Yadav
rowspan="4"	1988	|	Inspector Krishna
''Inteqam''
''Paap Ki Duniya''	Suraj/Ashok
''Ram-Avtar''	Ram
rowspan="6"	1989	|	Anand
''Majboor''	Inspector Sunil
''Main Tera Dushman''	Gopal
''Joshilaay''	Dara
''Tridev ''	Inspector Karan Saxena
''ChaalBaaz''	Suraj
rowspan="4"	1990	|	Ajay Kumar Singh
''Aag Ka Gola''	Vikram Singh/Shankar 'Shaka'
''Krodh''	Ajay Shukla
''Ghayal (1990 film)	Ghayal''		Filmfare Best Actor Award
rowspan="5"	1991	|	Advocate Karan Srivastav
''Shankara (film)	Shankara''	Shankara
''Narsimha (1991 film)	Narsimha
''Veerta	Mangal
''Vishnu-Devaa''	Insp. Vishnu Subramaniam / Jack D'Souza
rowspan="1"	1992	|	Inspector Prabhat Singh
rowspan="7"	1993	|	Ravi Sohni
''Lootere''
''Kshatriya''	Vinay Pratap Singh
''Veerta''	Mangal Singh
''Damini	Govind	Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
''Izzat Ki Roti''
''Darr''	Sunil Malhotra
rowspan="1"	1994	|	Karim Lala
rowspan="3"	1995	|	Raja
''Dushmani: A Violent Love Story''	Suraj Singh
''Angrakshak''	Ajay
rowspan="4"	1996	|	Agent Ajay Saxena
''Jeet''	Karan
''Ghatak: Lethal''	Kashi Nath
''Ajay''	Ajay
rowspan="4"	1997	Border'' ||	Major Kuldeep Singh	Nominated- Filmfare Best Actor Award
''Ziddi''	Deva Pradhan
''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya''	Himself
''Qahar''	Raja
rowspan="3"	1998	|	Arjun Singh
''Salaakhen''	Vishal Agnihotri
''Iski Topi Uske Sarr''	Bhangra dancer
rowspan="3"	1999	|	Anand
''Arjun Pandit''	Arjun Dixit/Arjun Pandit
''Dillagi (1999 film)	Dillagi ''	Ranvir Singh
rowspan="1"	2000	Champion'' ||	Rajveer Singh
rowspan="5"	2001	|	DCP Karan Singh
''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''	Tara Singh
''Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke''	Sagar
''Indian (2001 film)	Indian''	DCP Rajshekhar Azad
''Kasam''	Shankar
rowspan="4"	2002	Maa Tujhhe Salaam'' ||	Major Pratap Singh
''23rd March 1931: Shaheed''	Chandrashekhar Azad
''Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani''	Karan Saxena
''Karz: The Burden of Truth''	Suraj Singh
rowspan="4"	2003	|	Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid
''Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai''
''Jaal: The Trap''	Ajay Kaul
''Khel''	A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia
rowspan="2"	2004	|	Arjun Rana
''Rok Sako To Rok Lo''	Kabir (Phantom)
rowspan="1"	2005	Jo Bole So Nihaal'' ||	Havaldar Nihaal Singh
rowspan="2"	2006	|	Veer
''Teesri Aankh''	ACP Arjun Singh
rowspan="4"	2007	|	Col. Sameer Ahmed Khan
''Fool and Final ''	Munna
''Big Brother (film)	Big Brother''	Devdhar Gandhi / Sharma
''Apne''	Angad Singh Choudhary
rowspan="1"	2008	Heroes'' ||	Vikram Shergill
rowspan="1"	2009	Fox '' ||	Yashwant Deshmukh
rowspan="2"	2010	|	Ajay Shridhar
''Khuda Kasam''	Hussain
rowspan="3"	2011	|	Paramveer Dhillon
''Mohalla Assi ''	Sanskrit Teacher
''I Love New Year ''
rowspan="1"	2012	|	Ajay	Announced

Director

Dillagi (1999)

See also

List of Indian Actors

References

External links

Official Website Of Deols

Sunny Deol on Facebook

Deols Official You Tube Channel

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Shahrukh Khan
other names	Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan, SRK
birth date	November 02, 1965
birth place	New Delhi, India
years active	1988–present
spouse	Gauri Khan (1991–present)
occupation	Actor, producer, television presenter }}

Shahrukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "The King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films.

Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. 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, thus 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 and a net worth estimated at over . In 2008, ''Newsweek'' named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

Biography

Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan. His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose. Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India, while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India. Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.

Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood, Khan attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the ''Sword of Honour'', an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the Hansraj College (1985–1988) and earned his Bachelors degree in Economics (honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career in Bollywood.

After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber, a Hindu, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991. They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hindu deities.

In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on Khan, titled ''The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan''. Featuring his 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasted Khan's inner world of family and daily life with the outer world of his work. The book ''Still Reading Khan'', which details his family life, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, ''King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema'', was released in 2007. It describes the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.

Film career

Background

Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG). In 2007, John commented thus on his former pupil, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself." Khan made his acting debut in 1988 with the television series, ''Fauji'', playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai. He went on to appear in other television serials, such as the 1989 serial, Aziz Mirza's ''Circus'', which depicted the life of circus performers. The same year, Khan also had a minor role in the made-for-television English-language film, ''In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones'', which was based on life at Delhi University and was written by Arundhati Roy. When Khan appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with legendary actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the thespian.

1990s

Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991, Khan made his Bollywood movie debut in ''Deewana'' (1992). The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood. His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. He went on to star in ''Maya Memsaab'', which generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie.

In 1993, Khan won acclaim for his performances in villainous roles as an obsessive lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits, ''Darr'' and ''Baazigar''. In Khan's entry in Encyclopedia Britannica's "Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema" it was stated that "he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero." ''Darr'' marked his first collaboration with renowned film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Raj Films, the largest production company in Bollywood. ''Baazigar'', which saw Khan portraying an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend, shocked its Indian audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In that same year, Khan played the role of a young musician in Kundan Shah's ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'', a performance that earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Khan maintains that this is his all-time favourite among the movies he has acted in. In 1994, Khan once again played an obsessive lover/psycho's role in ''Anjaam'', co-starring alongside Madhuri Dixit. Though the movie was not a box office success, Khan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.

In 1995, Khan starred in the two biggest hits of the year in India. His first release was Rakesh Roshan's ''Karan Arjun''. The film, which dealt with reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year. He followed it with Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, the romance ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge''. A major critical and commercial success, the movie became the year's top-grossing production in India. In 2007, it entered its twelfth year in Mumbai cinemas. By then the movie had grossed over 12 billion rupees, making it one of India's biggest movie blockbusters. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' won ten Filmfare Awards, and Khan's performance as a young NRI who falls for Kajol's character while on a college vacation, won him his second Best Actor Award. In 2005, ''Indiatimes Movies'' ranked the movie amongst the ''25 Must See Bollywood Films'', citing it as a "trendsetter of sorts". In that same year's retrospective review by Rediff, Raja Sen stated, "Khan gives a fabulous performance, redefining the Lover for the 1990s with great panache. He's cool and flippant, but sincere enough to appeal to the junta. The performance itself is, like the best in the business, played well enough to come across as effortless, as non-acting."

1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office. This was, however, followed by a comeback in 1997. He saw success with Subhash Ghai's social drama ''Pardes'' – one of the biggest hits of the year – and Aziz Mirza's comedy ''Yes Boss'', a moderately successful feature. His second project with Yash Chopra as a director, ''Dil to Pagal Hai'' became that year's second highest-grossing movie, and he won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as a stage director who falls in love with one of his new actresses.

In 1998, Khan starred in Karan Johar's directorial debut, ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'', which was the biggest hit of the year. His performance won him his fourth Best Actor award at the Filmfare. He won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam's ''Dil Se''. The movie did not do well at the Indian box office, though it was a commercial success overseas. Khan's only release in 1999, ''Baadshah'', was an average grosser.

2000s

Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, ''Mohabbatein'', co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. It did well at the box office, and Khan's performance as a college teacher won him his second Critics Award for Best Performance. He also starred in Mansoor Khan's action film ''Josh''. The film starred Khan as the leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a box office success. In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, ''Dreamz Unlimited'' with Juhi Chawla (see below). Both Khan and Chawla starred in the first movie of their production house, ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''. His collaboration with Karan Johar continued in 2001 with the family drama ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' which was the second biggest hit of the year. He also received favourable reviews for his performance as Emperor Asoka in the historical epic, ''Asoka'', a partly fictionalised account of the life of Ashoka the Great (304 BC–232 BC).

In 2002, Khan received acclaim for playing the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance, ''Devdas''. This was the third Hindi movie adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's well-known novel of the same name, and surfaced as one of the biggest hits of that year. Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama ''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam'', which did well at the box office. In 2003, Khan starred in the moderately successful romantic drama, ''Chalte Chalte''. That same year, he starred in the tearjerker, ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'', written by Karan Johar and directed by Nikhil Advani. Khan's performance in this movie as a man with a fatal heart disease was appreciated. The movie proved to be one of the year's biggest hits in India and Bollywood's biggest hit in the overseas markets.

2004 was a particularly good year for Khan, both commercially and critically. He starred in Farah Khan's directorial debut, the action comedy ''Main Hoon Na''. The movie did well at the box office. He then played the role of an Indian officer, Veer Pratap Singh in Yash Chopra's love saga ''Veer-Zaara'', which was the biggest hit of 2004 in both India and overseas. The film relates the love story of Veer and a Pakistani woman Zaara Haayat Khan, played by Preity Zinta. Khan's performance in the film won him awards at several award ceremonies. In that same year, he received critical acclaim for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker's drama ''Swades''. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for ''Swades''.

In 2006, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the fourth time with the melodrama ''Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna''. It did well in India and much more so in the overseas market, becoming the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market of all-time. His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film ''Don: The Chase Begins Again'', a remake of the 1978 hit ''Don''. The movie was a success.

Khan's success continued with a few more highly popular films. One of his most successful works was the multiple award-winning 2007 film, ''Chak De! India'', about the Indian women's national hockey team. Earning over Rs 639 million, ''Chak De! India'' became the third highest grossing movie of 2007 in India and won yet another Filmfare Best Actor Award for Khan. The film was a major critical success. In the same year Khan also starred in Farah Khan's 2007 film, ''Om Shanti Om''. The film emerged as the year's highest grossing film in India and the overseas market, and became India's highest grossing production ever up to that point. It earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. His 2008 release, the romantic drama ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' was a box office success. His only 2009 release was ''Billu'' where he played film superstar Saahil Khan who is reunited with his childhood friend Billu played by Irrfan Khan.

2010s

Khan's next film was ''My Name Is Khan'', his fourth collaboration with director Karan Johar and the sixth movie in which he is paired with Kajol. Filming commenced in December 2008 in Los Angeles and ended in October 2009. While on one shoot in Los Angeles, along with his wife Gauri and director Karan Johar, he took a break from filming to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards, held in Los Angeles, on 11 January 2009, where he was introduced as the ''King of Bollywood''. Khan introduced ''Slumdog Millionaire'', a movie he had previously turned down, along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto. ''My Name Is Khan'' was released on 12 February 2010. Based on a true story, and set against the backdrop of perceptions on Islam post 11 September attacks, ''My Name Is Khan'' stars Khan as Rizwan Khan, a Muslim man suffering from Asperger syndrome who sets out on a journey across America on a mission to meet the country's President and clear his name. During a promotional visit to the United States, Khan was detained at Newark Airport, New Jersey because of the similarity of his last name to known terrorists. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in the overseas market. Khan won his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal, thereby joining Dilip Kumar as the record holder in this category. He has completed filming for Anubhav Sinha's science fiction ''Ra.One'' opposite Kareena Kapoor, which is due for release on 26 October 2011. While shooting for the film, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Yash Raj Studios, to watch Khan at work.

Producer

Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called ''Dreamz Unlimited'' with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza in 1999. The first two of the films he produced and starred in: ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' (2000) and ''Asoka'' (2001) were box office failures. However, his third film as a producer and star, ''Chalte Chalte'' (2003), proved a box office hit.

In 2004, Khan set up another production company, ''Red Chillies Entertainment'', and produced and starred in ''Main Hoon Na'', another hit. The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film ''Paheli'', which did poorly. It was, however, India's official entry to the Academy Awards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Khan co-produced the supernatural horror film ''Kaal'' with Karan Johar, and performed an item number for the film with Malaika Arora Khan. ''Kaal'' was moderately successful at the box office. His company has further gone on to produce ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), ''Billu'' (2009), ''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' (2011), as well as his forthcoming releases ''Ra.One'' and ''Don 2: The Chase Continues''.

Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as ''Red Chillies VFX''. It has also ventured into television content production, with shows like, ''The First Ladies'', ''Ghar Ki Baat Hai', and ''Knights and Angels''. Television advertisements are also produced by the company.

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

Television

In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third series of the popular game show ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'', the Indian version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. The previous had hosted the show for five years from 2000–05. On 22 January 2007, ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' aired with Khan as the new host and later ended on 19 April 2007.

On 25 April 2008, Khan began hosting the game show ''Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?'', the Indian version of ''Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'', whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest.

In February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV.

Awards and nominations

Apart from acting awards, Khan has been awarded several honours which include the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London. Another statue was installed at the Musée Grévin in Paris, the same year. During the same year, he was accorded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his “exceptional career”. There are also statues in Hong Kong and New York

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.

Filmography

Film actor

''Maya Memsaab'' ''Anjaam'' ''Karan Arjun'' ''English Babu Desi Mem'' ''Gudgudee'' ''Duplicate (1998 film) ''Baadshah'' ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' ''One 2 Ka 4'' ''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam'' ''Chalte Chalte (2003 film) ''Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke '' ''Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye'' ''Alag'' ''Chak De ''Krazzy 4'' ''Luck by Chance'' ''Dulha Mil Gaya'' ''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' ''Koochie Koochie Hota Hain''

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Film	Role	Notes
rowspan="5"	1992	Deewana (1992 film)>Deewana''	Raja Sahai
''Idiot (1992 film)	Idiot''	Pawan Raghujan
''Chamatkar''	Sunder Srivastava
''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman''	Raju (Raj Mathur)
''Dil Aashna Hai''	Karan
rowspan="5"	1993	|	Lalit Kumar
''King Uncle''	Anil Bhansal
''Baazigar''	Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra
''Darr''	Rahul Mehra
''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''	Sunil
1994	|	Vijay Agnihotri	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
rowspan="7"	1995	|	Arjun Singh/Vijay
''Zamana Deewana''	Rahul Malhotra
''Guddu''	Guddu Bahadur
''Oh Darling	Yeh Hai India!''	Hero
''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge''	Raj Malhotra
''Ram Jaane''	Ram Jaane
''Trimurti (film)	Trimurti''	Romi Singh
rowspan="4"	1996	|	Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur
''Chaahat''	Roop Rathore
''Army (film)	Army''	Arjun
''Dushman Duniya Ka''	Badru
rowspan="5"	1997	|		Special appearance
''Koyla''	Shankar
''Yes Boss''	Rahul Joshi
''Pardes (film)	Pardes''	Arjun Saagar
''Dil To Pagal Hai''	Rahul
rowspan="4"	1998	Duplicate'' ||	Bablu Chaudhry/Manu Dada	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
''Achanak (1998 film)	Achanak''	Himself
''Dil Se''	Amarkant Varma
''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''	Rahul Khanna
1999	|	Raj Heera/Baadshah	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
rowspan="6"	2000	|	Ajay Bakshi
''Hey Ram''	Amjad Ali Khan
''Josh (2000 film)	Josh''	Max
''Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega''	Rahul
''Mohabbatein''	Raj Aryan Malhotra
''Gaja Gamini''	Himself
rowspan="3"	2001	|	Arun Verma
''Asoka (2001 film)	Asoka''	Asoka
''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''	Rahul Raichand
rowspan="4"	2002	|	Gopal
''Devdas (2002 film)	Devdas''	Devdas Mukherjee
''Shakti (2002 film)	Shakti: The Power''	Jaisingh
''Saathiya''	Yeshwant Rao
rowspan="2"	2003	Chalte Chalte'' ||	Raj Mathur
''Kal Ho Naa Ho''	Aman Mathur
rowspan="4"	2004	|	Dushant
''Main Hoon Na''	Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma
''Veer-Zaara''	Veer Pratap Singh
''Swades''	Mohan Bhargava
rowspan="5"	2005	|	Himself	Special appearance
''Kaal (2005 film)	Kaal''
''Silsilay''	Sutradhar
''Paheli''	Kishenlal/The Ghost
''The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan	The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan''	Himself (Biopic)
rowspan="4"	2006	|		Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag"
''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna''	Dev Saran
''Don: The Chase Begins Again''
''I See You (film)	I See You''
rowspan="3"	2007	India''	Kabir Khan
''Heyy Babyy''	Raj Malhotra
''Om Shanti Om''	Om Prakash Makhija/ Om Kapoor
rowspan="4"	2008	|		Special appearance in song "Break Free"
''Bhoothnath''	Aditya Sharma
''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi''	Surinder Sahni/Raj
''Kismat Konnection''	Narrator
rowspan="2"	2009	|	Himself	Guest appearance
''Billu''	Sahir Khan
rowspan="3"	2010	|	Pawan Raj Gandhi (PRG)	Extended appearance
''My Name Is Khan''	Rizwan Khan
''Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu''	Himself
rowspan="3"	2011	|		Special appearance in song "Antenna"
''Ra.One''	G.One
''Don 2: The Chase Continues''	Don
2012	|	Rocky	Post-production

Producer

''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' (2000)

''Asoka'' (2001)

''Chalte Chalte'' (2003)

''Main Hoon Na'' (2004)

''Kaal'' (2005)

''Paheli'' (2005)

''Om Shanti Om'' (2007)

''Billu'' (2009)

''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' (2011)

''Ra.One'' (2011)

''Don 2: The Chase Continues'' (2011)

Television appearances

''Dil Dariya'' (1988)

''Fauji'' (1988) ... Abhimanyu Rai

''Doosra Keval'' (1989) ... Keval

''Circus'' (1989)

''In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones'' (1989)

''Kareena Kareena'' (2004) ... Special appearance

''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' (2007) ... Host

''Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?'' (2008)  .... Host

''Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout'' (2011) ... Host

See also

List of Indian Actors

Newark Airport Incident

Notes

Bibliography

Nasreen Munni Kabir. ''The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan'' (Documentary, 2005).

''Shahrukh Khan – Still Reading Khan''. A1Books Distributor 2007. ISBN 9788187107798.

Gahlot, Deepa; Agarwal, Amit. ''King Khan SRK''. Augsburg Weltbild 2007. ISBN 9783828988699.

Ghosh, Biswadeep. ''Hall of fame: Shahrukh Khan'' (in English). Mumbai: Magna Books, 2004. ISBN 8178092379.

Chopra, Anupama. ''King of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema'' (English). New York: Warner Books, 2007. ISBN 9780446578585.

External links

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Juhi Chawla
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
yearsactive	1986–present
spouse	Jai Mehta (1997–present)
occupation	Film actress, Producer, Television presenter
birth name	Juhi S Chawla }}

Juhi Chawla (, born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.

After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career. She went on to become one of the top leading actresses of Bollywood and starred in films ranging from the romances ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' and ''Darr'' to ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'', which earned her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, to ''Yes Boss'' and ''Ishq''. Chawla has been mostly recognised for her comic timing in films as well as her vivacious screen persona.

An important fact is that she knows Tamil very well as she studied in chennai during her childhood days.

During the 2000s, after having starred in over 70 mainstream Hindi films, Chawla started acting in art and independent films. She appeared in films in her native tongue of Punjabi, and has been mostly working in parallel cinema. She gained critical recognition for her performances in films like ''Jhankaar Beats'', ''3 Deewarein'', ''My Brother Nikhil'' and ''Bas Ek Pal''. Since 2000, Chawla branched out into film production and television presenting as well.

Early life and background

Juhi Chawla was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She is the first child born to Dr. S. Chawla and Mona Chawla.

She completed her schooling from Ludhiana before the family moved over to Mumbai. She graduated from Sydenham College, Mumbai with a specialisation in HR. She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984; later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984. She is also a very good dancer. In a Baaje Payal (a film based on a collection of interviews for dancers/actresses) interview, she mentioned having learnt Kathak for three (3) years and regretted giving it up as it could have helped her in her career as an actress. She is also an accomplished classical singer and has been training for the last 6 years.

Career

Film

Chawla ventured into films with the 1986 ''Sultanat''. She also acted in Kannada classic Premaloka directed by Ravichandran in 1987. Her first major role in Bollywood was in ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' in 1988, in which she starred with Aamir Khan. The film, a modern-day adaption of Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'', became both a major critical and commercial success. It won the Filmfare Best Movie Award, and Chawla won the Filmfare Lux New Face Award and received her first nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award. The film subsequently received classic status.

In 1990, she starred in such films as ''Pratibandh'', which was a box office success and for which she was nominated the ''Filmfare Best Actress Award'', and ''Swarg''. In 1992, she was nominated for a Filmfare for ''Bol Radha Bol'' which performed well commercially.

In 1993 she starred in the moderately successful project ''Aaina'', and hits like Lootere opposite Sunny Deol and Mahesh Bhatt's hit ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke''. She followed it with a leading role in Yash Chopra's thriller ''Darr'', which went on to become the third top-grossing film of the year in India. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke''. Most of Chawla's films of 1994–6 were unsuccessful, though she received a Filmfare nomination for her performance as a battered wife in ''Daraar''. She had a revival in 1997 with such romantic comedies as ''Yes Boss'', ''Deewana Mastana'' and ''Ishq''. ''Ishq'' became one of the top-earners of the year, and Chawla received her sixth Filmfare nomination for her portrayal of a model in ''Yes Boss''.

Chawla's pairing with Aamir Khan and their on-screen chemistry was often cited by the media as successful. She has also teamed up with Shahrukh Khan in several movies, including ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'', ''Darr'', ''Duuplicate'' and ''Yes Boss''.

Through the 2000s, Chawla started appearing in independent and art films, and her work in the genre included the critically acclaimed films ''3 Deewarein'', ''7½ Phere'' and ''My Brother Nikhil'', which Taran Adarsh termed as "amongst the finest in her career". She won a Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''3 Deewarein''.

She was seen in Nikhil Advani's ''Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love'' for which she received good reviews. She starred with Urmila Matondkar in ''Bas Ek Pal'' (2006) and with Manoj Bajpai in ''Swami''. Juhi's latest releases include Ravi Chopra's ''Bhoothnath'' with Amitabh Bachchan, in which she made her singing debut with the song "Chalo Jaane Do". Another film called ''Krazzy 4'' with Irfan Khan and Arshad Warsi was released in 2008. Both ''Bhootnath'' and ''Krazzy 4'' were critical and commercial successes in India. In 2009, she appeared in a supporting role in ''Luck By Chance'' for which she dyed her hair blonde. The film got extremely positive reviews and has got a good opening at the box office.

Chawla has appeared in several non-Hindi language films. She has appeared in various Punjabi films: ''Shaheed Uddham Singh'' (2000), ''Des Hoyaa Pardes'' (2004), ''Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waris'' (2006) and "Sukhmani:hope for life" (2010). Her first Malayalam film was ''Harikrishnans'', which also starred actors Mohanlal and Mammootty. In the beginning of her career she acted in Kannada films, which include the successful ''Premaloka'' and unsuccessful films like ''Shanthi Kranthi'' and ''Kindara Jogi''. She acted with popular Kannada actor Ravichandran in all these three films.

Her last release was Onir's critically acclaimed feature ''I Am Megha''(2011) alongside her one-time rival Manisha Koirala playing Juhi Chawla's childhood friend. The feature consists of a few movies with different storylines with ''I Am Megha'' being one of them.

Television

During the 2000s, Chawla has also been presenter and host of numerous television shows, particularly award ceremonies, including the Filmfare Awards and the Zee Cine Awards. Chawla has been a judge for the entertainment show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa alongside Saroj Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant during the show's third season.

Producer

Juhi later turned producer and became the co-owner of a production company called ''Dreamz Unlimited'' with Shahrukh Khan and director Aziz Mirza. The first two films produced by the production company were ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' and ''Asoka''. Their third film, ''Chalte Chalte'' was the first success for the company.

Personal life

Juhi Chawla is married to industrialist Jai Mehta. The couple have two children; a daughter Jhanvi born in 2001, and a son Arjun born in 2003. Her mother died in a car accident in Prague during the shooting of the movie ''Duplicate'' in 1998.

Jai Mehta and Juhi Chawla are the co-owners of the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders in partnership with Shahrukh Khan under their company Red Chillies Entertainment.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

As actress

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Other notes
1986	''Sultanat''	Zarina
1987	''Premaloka''	Shashikala	Kannada Film
	''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak''	Rashmi	Winner, Filmfare Lux New Face AwardNominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
''Paruva Ragam''	Shashikala
	''Chandni''	Devika	Cameo
''Kindari Jogi''	Ganga	Kannada Film
''Vicky Dada''	Shyamalee
	Reema Goswami
''Goonj''	Sangeeta Kalekar
	''Kaafila''	Kalpana Awasti
''Swarg''	Jyoti
''Prathibandh''	Shanti	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
''Tum Mere Ho''	Paro / Nagin
''Zahreelay''
''Shandaar''	Tulsi
	Inspector Raksha Sharma
	''Shanti Kranti''	Jyothi
''Shanthi Kranti''	Jyothi	Kannada Film
''Nattukku Oru Nallavan''
''Benaam Badshah''	Jyoti
''Karz Chukana Hai''	Radha
''Bhabhi''
	''Bol Radha Bol''	Radha	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
''Radha Ka Sangam''
''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman''	Renu
''Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana''
''Bewafa Se Wafa''	Ruksaar
''Daulat Ki Jung''	Asha Agrawal
	''Lootere''
''Shatranj''
''Izzat Ki Roti''
''Pehla Nasha''
''Tadipar''		Cameo
	Reema Mathur
''Darr''	Kiran Awasti
''Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke''	Vyaijanti Iyer	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na''		Guest appearance
	''Eena Meena Deeka''	Meena
''The Gentleman''
''Andaz''	Saraswati
''Andaz Apna Apna''	Herself	Guest appearance
''Ghar Ki Izzat''	Geeta
''Bhagyavan''	Geeta
''Pramaatma''
''Saajan Ka Ghar''	Laxmi
	''Ram Jaane''	Bela
''Kartavya''	Kajal Sahay
''Naajayaz''	Inspector Sandhya
''Aatank Hi Aatank''	Neha
	''Talaashi''
''Loafer''	Kiran Mathur
''Bandish''	Kanta
''Daraar''	Priya Bhatia	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	''Yes Boss''	Seema Kapoor	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award''
	Madhu
''Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi''	Shalu
''Deewana Mastana''	Dr Neha Sharma
	''Saat Rang Ke Sapne''	Jalima
''Harikrishnans''	Mira Varma	Malyalam Film
	Sonia Kapoor
''Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate''	Urmila Abhyankar
	''Safari''	Anjali Agarwal
''Arjun Pandit''	Nisha Chopra
''Shaheed Uddham Singh''	Noor Jehan
		Sanam
''Karoobar: The Business Of Love''	Seema Saxena
''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''	Ria Banerjee
	''One 2 Ka 4''	Geeta Chowdhary
''Ek Rishtaa''	Priti Kapoor
''Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa''	Jhoomri
	''3 Deewarein''	Chandrika
''Jhankaar Beats''	Shanti
2004	''Des Hoya Pardes''	Jassi
	''My Brother Nikhil''	Anamika
''Paheli''	Gajrobai
''Khamosh: Khauf Ki Khaufnak Raat''	Dr Sakshi Saagar
''Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak''	Parvati Kakkar
''7½ Phere''	Asmi Ganatra
''Dosti: Friends Forever''	Aditi
	''Bas Ek Pal''	Ira Malhotra
''Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waaris''	Bhaagbhari
	''Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love''	Seema
	Radha
''Om Shanti Om''	Herself	Cameo
	''Bhootnath''	Anjali Sharma
''Krazzy 4''	Dr Sonali
''Kismat Konnection''	Haseena Bano Jaan
	''Luck By Chance''	Minty
''Kal Kissne Dekha''		Special appearance
		Megha

As producer

2000 – ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''

2001 – ''Asoka''

2003 – ''Chalte Chalte''

See also

List of Indian film actresses

References

External links

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