The Filmfare Power Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

The first award was given for the year 2003 and is given every year to those who are ranked No. 1 in the listing of the most powerful names of Bollywood. It is voted each year by the film fraternity.

The winners are listed below.

Year	Personalities
2008	Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra
2007	Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra
2006	Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra
2005	Shahrukh Khan
2004	Amitabh Bachchan & Shahrukh Khan

See also

Filmfare Awards

Bollywood

Cinema of India

Power Awards

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
name	Shahrukh Khan
other names	King Khan, SRK, King of Bollywood, The Baadshah of Bollywood
birth date	November 02, 1965
birth place	New Delhi, India
years active	1988—present
residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
spouse	Gauri Khan (1991—present)
occupation	Actor, producer, television presenter
children	2 }}

Shahrukh Khan (pronounced ; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan and informally referred to as SRK, is an Indian film actor. Often referred to as "The King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films. Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards from thirty nominations for his work in Indian films and shares the record for the highest number of Best Actor awards with Dilip Kumar, 8 wins. In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian Cinema.

After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in economics, he started his career appearing in theatre and several television serials in the late 1980s and later made his film debut in 1992 with ''Deewana''. Early in his career he was recognised for his unconventional choice of negative roles in films such as ''Darr'' (1993), ''Baazigar'' (1993) and ''Anjaam'' (1994). Since then he has played leading roles in a wide variety of film genres, including romantic films, comedies, thrillers, action and sport films and historical dramas, among others.

Eleven of the films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over 1 billion. Khan's films such as ''Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'' (1995), ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998), ''Devdas'' (2002), ''Chak De! India'' (2007), ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007) and ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' (2008) and ''Ra.One'' (2011) 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), ''My Name Is Khan'' (2010) and ''Don 2'' (2011) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets thus making him one of the most successful leading actors of India.

In addition to movie acting, Khan is a television presenter, a regular stage performer, and a social activist. He is the founder/owner of two production companies: Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment and, along with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, the owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and the Mumbai franchise in the motorsport racing league i1 Super Series. Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars, with a fan following claimed to number in the billions. In 2008, ''Newsweek'' named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

Early life and background

Khan was born on 2 November 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 in the Indian National Army. 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. His father lost his battle with cancer when Khan was 15 years old and his mother passed away in 1990 after a long illness. Khan was very attached to his parents as a child and describes their death at such a young age as a turning point in his life and as his biggest motivation for hard work, he explained that is ideology in life was:"I want to make movies so damn bloody big...that my parents somewhere sit down on a star and from there also can look at their son and say 'I can see his movies from here better than I can see the Wall of China or anything. We see his movies covering the face of this earth'." Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz. Growing up in Rajendra Nagar, 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. When Hansraj College celebrated its 50th anniversary, it gave away 17 shields to its alumni who had excelled in their lives and professions. Khan was one of them. Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to pursue a career in Bollywood. He also attended the National School of Drama in Delhi.

After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. 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.

Khan studied acting under celebrated theatre director Barry John at Delhi's "Theatre Action Group" (TAG). In 2007, John commented that on his former pupil, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself." Khan started shooting for Lekh Tandon's television series ''Dil Dariya'', but its delay meant that he made his acting debut with the 1988 television series, ''Fauji'', playing the leading role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai. He went on to appear in other television serials, such as Aziz Mirza's ''Circus'' in 1989, 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, written by Arundhati Roy. When he appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the latter's.

Acting career

1990s

Khan received his first break upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai when Hema Malini offered him a role in her directorial debut ''Dil Aashna Hai''. However, the delay in the release of the film meant that his first release was ''Deewana'' opposite Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti. The movie became a box office hit, and launched his career in Bollywood. His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. In a 2001 interview with Rediff, Khan recalled: "Actually, June 26 marks exactly 11 years since I faced the cameras for my first shot for ''Dil Aashna Hai'', in 1990. I knew it would be a tough field, a very demanding profession." 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 Encyclopædia 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. Khan's scene in the film, in which he makes obsessive phone calls to Chawla's character stammering "i love you, kkkiran," attained great popularity. ''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. In a 2004 retrospective review by Rediff, Sukanya Verma called it Khan's best performance and added:"He was spontaneous, vulnerable, boyish, mischievous and acting straight from the heart." 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'', Khan was part of an ensemble cast including Salman Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee and Amrish Puri. The film, which dealt with reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year in India. 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 and abroad. The film was declared an all time blockbuster and it remains the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' grossed over 1.2 billion. The film 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 much critical acclaim and 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 proved a disappointing year for Khan, he appeared in two films—''English Babu Desi Mem'' and Mahesh Bhatt' ''Chaahat'' both of which proved critically and commercially unsuccessful in India. This was, however, followed by a comeback in 1997. He saw success with Subhash Ghai's social drama ''Pardes'' opposite newcomer Mahima Chaudhry. The film brought to light the culture shock and difficulties that may be involved in the cases of young Indian women immigrating to foreign countries after their marriage to Non Resident Indian men. It was one of the biggest hits of the year and earned him a nomination for the Best Actor Award at the Filmfare ceremony. He then appeared in Aziz Mirza's comedy ''Yes Boss'' which paired him with Juhi Chawla for the fourth time. The film was 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 paired him with Kajol and Rani Mukerji. The movie was declared an all time blockbuster, with a worldwide gross of over 1.03 billion. Khan played the role of Rahul Khanna, a young college student who falls in love with his best friend after the death of his wife, years after breaking contact with her. His performance won him the Best Actor award at the Filmfare Awards for the second consecutive year. He won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed ''Dil Se..'', in which he played the part of Amar Varma, an All India Radio correspondent who falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman terrorist, played by Manisha Koirala. Rediff wrote: "Khan delivers a compelling performance. He plays the part with taut restraint, and expresses exasperation superbly." The movie failed financially in India, however, it was a commercial success overseas. becoming the first Indian film to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom box office charts. Khan's only release in 1999, ''Baadshah'' opposite Twinkle Khanna, was an average grosser, for which he earned a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Performance in a Comic Role.

2000s

Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, ''Mohabbatein'', co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film was a major financial success, and Khan's performance as a college teacher was acclaimed by critics; Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote that he "is outstanding as Raj Aryan." He was awarded his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for the role. He also starred in Mansoor Khan's action film ''Josh''. The film starred Khan as the tough leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a box office success. In a positive review, Vinayak Chakravorty of ''Hindustan Times'' wrote that Khan "basks in his tailormade role, donning with panache the garb of a streetsmart tough." He further played the role of an archaeologist Muslim beaten to death by Hindu fanatics during the unrest following the partition of India in ''Hey Ram''. Directed by and co-staring Kamal Hassan, the film was critically acclaimed and was selected as India's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars that year. Khan also dubbed his own voice in Tamil for the film. In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, ''Dreamz Unlimited'' with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza (see below). The three collaborated on the first film of their production house, ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''.

In 2001, His collaboration with Karan Johar continued with the family drama ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' in which he featured as part of an ensemble cast that included Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Kajol and Hrithik Roshan. the movie was a major financial success and became India's second highest-grossing film of the year and one of the biggest Bollywood success of all time in the overseas market, earning over worldwide. Khan's portrayal of Rahul Raichand, an adopted young man who's disowned by his rich and powerful father, played by Bachchan, for marrying a middle-class girl Anjali, played by Kajol was well received by critics. Taran Adarsh commented, "Khan sparkles yet again", noting that he performed the part "with amazing poise, class, honesty and maturity". It garnered him a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. This was his last collaboration with Kajol until they would be cast again by Johar as a lead pair in early 2010.

The same year, Khan essayed the role of Emperor Asoka in Santosh Sivan's historical epic, ''Asoka'', a partly fictionalised account of the life of Ashoka the Great. It was widely screened across the United Kingdom and North America, and was also selected for screening at the Venice Film Festival and the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, where it got positive response. While promoting the film in New York City, Khan along with the film director, Sivan were stuck in the city due to the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The film received generally positive reviews and Khan received favourable reactions for his performance, Rediff concluded that "He puts in a strong performance, in this well defined role."

In 2002, Khan played the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance, ''Devdas'' which was the most expensive Bollywood film ever made at the time. This was the third Hindi movie adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's well-known novel of the same name. Featured opposite Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, Khan's performance as a rebellious alcoholic is often considered one of his best performances, and won him a Filmfare Best Actor Award. The film surfaced as the highest-grossing film of the year in India and overseas, earning a revenue of domestically. ''Devdas'' won numerous awards, including 10 Filmfare Awards and received a special screening at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. It received a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Language Film as well and was India's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. After the release of the film, Khan took a six months break from acting, he explained that during that period he "Just enjoyed the feeling of being sad". In an interview with Rediff, Khan commented: "For an entire year, that is what I did. I was sad. " and added, "We stars live in this bubble where everyone is smiling at you, where everyone loves you. Somehow, you lose touch with real, deep down sadness. Working on this film put us in touch with that emotion." Khan also starred opposite Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in the family-drama ''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam''. The film took six years to make, with huge sabbaticals in between shoots due to unending production problems, and was an average grosser at the box office.

In 2003, Khan starred in Aziz Mirza's romantic drama, ''Chalte Chalte'' opposite Rani Mukerji. The film was moderately successful in India but fared much better in the overseas. Khan played the role of Raj Mathur, a middle class man who falls in love and marries Priya Chopra, a successful fashion designer whose family is quite wealthy. But after the marriage, differences arise between the couple, leading to an irreversible separation. Manish Gajjar of BBC mentioned that he is "a sheer natural which explains why he is a great asset to Bollywood." Several critics were not as positive, including Vivek Fernandes from Rediff, who noted: "Shah Rukh hams and haws his way through the film -- biting his lip, crinkling his eyebrows -- it is oh-so-familiar. He is over the top, especially as the inebriated Raj who confronts the estranged wife."

That same year, he starred in ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' a drama set in New York City, written by Karan Johar and directed by Nikhil Advani co-starring Jaya Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan. Khan's performance as a man with a fatal heart disease was met with positive response from critics. ''The Hindu'' noted, "His enthusiasm unbounded, his energy unbridled, Shah Rukh is in form here. And as a guy with a few days to live and a life to spend in a moment, he looks for your sympathy. He reduces many to tears. And with each tear he rises a rank higher in the echelons of actors". while rediff concluded, "Shah Rukh excels as the supercool Aman (...) He steals the show with a designer-made role." The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming the second top-grossing movie domestically and the top-grossing Bollywood film in the overseas market that year.When adjusted for inflation its total gross worldwide is 1.3 billion. The film earned him an other Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.

2004 was a particularly good year for Khan, both commercially and critically. He produced and 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, with a worldwide gross of over 960 million. It was also screened at the Berlin Film Festival. 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 was praised by critics and won him awards at several award ceremonies. Rama Sharma from The Tribune wrote:"Shah Rukh Khan here scales the heights of sensitivity, rising above the mundane. His expressions are mature and reach out to touch the heart of the common man. As a prisoner lodged in a Pakistani jail, he breathes life into the story. His trauma becomes a saga and speaks about the untold sufferings of innocent prisoners."

In that same year, he received critical acclaim for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker's drama ''Swades'' which most of the critics deemed as one of his best performance till date. Jitesh Pillai said of his role, "Ultimately your heart leaps out to the magical Shah Rukh Khan, who unarguably gives his career's finest performance. Shorn of any artifice or nervous energy, his anguish is tangible. He inhabits Mohan Bharghava with consummate ease, you can feel the earnestness of his intentions, the wetness of his tears". His performance was later included in the 2010 issue of the "Top 80 Iconic Performances" by Filmfare. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for ''Swades''. The film itself was featured on Rediff's list of the 10 Best Bollywood Movies of the Decade.

His only release in 2005, ''Paheli'' opposite Rani Mukerji, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was chosen as India’s official entry to the Oscars for the 79th Academy Awards. The film was critically acclaimed, as was Khan's performance, which Raja Sen called " A top-notch performance, [That] justifies his supremacy in the film world". In 2006, Khan collaborated with Karan Johar for the third time with the melodrama ''Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna'', with an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Kirron Kher. The film told the story of two unhappily married couples in New York, which later results in an extramarital affair. Khan played the role of Dev Saran, a bitter and cynical former football player who is jealous of his wife Rhea's successful career as a fashion magazine editor, played by Zinta. The film opened to mixed reviews but emerged as a major commercial success; becoming the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market of all-time. It grossed over 1.13 billion worldwide

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''. He played the character of Don, a role which was played by Amitabh Bachchan in the original movie. While the film was generally well received, Khan's performance received mixed critical reactions. His performance was extensively compared to that of Bachchan. Tarab Adarsh noted that Khan "carries a massive responsibility on his shoulders since direct comparisons with Bachchan are foreseeable" adding that "He does very well as Don. He enacts the evil character with flourish. But he fails to carry off the other role [Vijay] with conviction. It looks made up, it doesn't come natural to him at all." While Derek Elley of ''Variety'' argued that "it's hard to accept him (Khan) as the title character" and that "Khan is far more convincing as Vijay, playing up to his rom-com fanbase with plenty of boyish humor." The film became the fifth-highest grossing film of the year in India. and the highest grossing film of the year in the overseas market. It grossed a total of 1.04 billion worldwide. Both the films earned him Filmfare Best Actor Award nominations while his role as Don earned him a nomination for the Asian Film Awards.

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. The film was a major critical and commercial success in India and abroad. Earning over 1.03 billion worldwide. ''Chak De! India'' became the third-highest grossing movie of 2007 in India and won yet another Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Khan. Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN wrote about his performance, "For the first time since ''Swades'', Shah Rukh plays a role without any of his typical trappings, without any of his trademark quirks. He sinks his teeth into the part of the determined coach and comes up with such a terrific performance. He's hopeful at times and despondent at others, he's humorous at times, and stern at others. He plays Kabir Khan like a real flesh-and-blood human being." Filmfare also included his performance in the 2010 issue of the "Top 80 Iconic Performances" and commented: }}In the same year Khan also starred in Farah Khan's 2007 film, ''Om Shanti Om''. A re-incarnation melodrama. Khan essayed the role of Om Prakash Makhija, a junior artiste from the 70s who is reborn thirty years later as a superstar named Om Kapoor, he then attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and avenge the death of his lost love. His performance was generally well received by critics; Khalid Mohammed from ''Hindustan Times'' wrote, "Above all the enterprise belongs to Shah Rukh Khan, who tackles comedy, high drama and action with his signature style – spontaneous and intuitively intelligent." 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 with a worldwide gross of over 1.48 billion. It earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony.

In 2008, Khan collaborated with Aditya Chopra for the third time with the romantic drama ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' opposite newcomer Anushka Sharma where he played a double role, one of Surinder Sahni, a shy self-described geek who works for Punjab Power in Amritsar whose love for beautiful, vivacious Taani, played by Sharma, causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving Raj to win her love. The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year. His performance was appreciated by critics. Rachel Saltz of ''New York Times'' stated: "The Surinder/Raj dual role seems tailor-made (probably was) for Mr. Khan, who gets to show off his twin talents: he suffers nobly and entertains with panache." It earned him yet again another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony. In December of the same year, Khan suffered a serious shoulder injury while filming a special appearance in Mudassar Aziz's ''Dulha Mil Gaya''. He went through extensive physiotherapy sessions while shooting for ''My Name Is Khan'' at the time, but due to immense pain that left him almost immobile, he had to undergo an arthroscopic surgery in February 2009 after the shooting schedule for the film in the United States was over.

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 shooting for the film, Khan suffered from severe headaches and neck pain which were caused by the unique posture and expressions he had to use in his portrayal of a Asperger syndrome patient. While 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. Khan admitted that it was a very difficult role to play and that he had to spent several months of research including reading books, watching videos and talking to people affected with the disorder in an effort to get into the skin of the character. In an interview with ''Hindustan Times'' he said, "Whenever you're dealing with a disorder or a near atypical situation, the first thought is that the sort of parameters you have to set that in no which way you are derogatory or deriding the disorder. The second part is you have to come as close to reality in depicting that characterization and so one had to study a lot and one does get worried" 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 up until then. Khan's performance in the film was appreciated by most critics and earned him his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor, thereby joining Dilip Kumar as the record holder in this category. Jay Wesissberg from ''Variety'' wrote, "Khan uses the mannerisms associated with Asperger's -- averted eyes, springy steps, stuttered repetitions of memorized texts -- yet captures the personality beneath the condition in a standout performance sure to receive the Autism Society's gold seal of approval." Pratim D. Gupta of ''The Telegraph'' said: "It is the Khan who makes the movie. A perfect balance between laughter and tears, emphatic at times, empathetic at others, this is a star act by an actor born out of a star. Studied, consistent and honest, Shah Rukh can and he does. Yes, this is his best."

His first release in 2011 was Anubhav Sinha's science fiction superhero film ''Ra.One'' opposite Kareena Kapoor. The film, which follows the story of a London-based videogame designer who creates the strongest villain—only to later realize that it has escaped from the game was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film. With an estimated budget of , it witnessed a level of publicity campaigning previously unseen in Indian films and the use of several new technology equipment never seen before in the cinematic history of Bollywood. The film was a box office success, grossing 2.4 billion worldwide. To make his character of a superhero more believable, Khan decided that he would perform his own stunts in the film. While filming, he admitted he found difficulties with the rubber-made costume that was specially designed for his character; he also could not eat or drink anything between shoots, resulting in a weight loss of ten kilos. Khan also injured his left knee during filming, causing him considerable pain. Despite this, he postponed his knee surgery till after the release of the film. He was also involved in other aspects of the making of ''Ra.One''; he volunteered to write the film's console game script, dubbed for it, and oversaw its technical development. He was also credited as the writer of the digital comics based on the film's characters. Upon release, the film which saw Khan playing a double role, received mixed reactions from critics in India and Khan himself received mixed reviews. While most critics praised his performance as the robotic superhero G.one, they panned the one of Shekhar, the videogame designer. Rajeev Masand concluded: "The only real standout performance is by Shah Rukh Khan. His Aiyyo-speaking Shekhar Subramaniam is caricaturish but charming, while as G.One, he gives even his robotic video-game character a charismatic edge." while ''DNA India'' added: "Another half attempt comes from the lead actor: Khan is in his element and endearing as superhero G.One, but annoyingly over the top as video game creator Shekhar".

His second release of the year was ''Don 2'', a sequel to his 2006 film ''Don: The Chase Begins Again''. The film marked Khan's return to playing villainous characters since his earlier films like ''Darr'' and ''Baazigar.'' Khan experimented with a variety of looks, including long unkempt hair and stubble. He also bulked up for the film by developing a six pack and decided to perform all of his own stunts. While in Berlin, Khan performed a dangerous 300-feet jump for a scene. He became the first celebrity to register a tattoo in his name, when the 'D' tattoo ported on his arm in the film was registered for copyright protection. His performance fetched him critical praise, Nikhat Kazmi of ''The Times of India'' noted, "Shah Rukh remains in command and never loses his foothold, neither through the dramatic sequences nor through the action cuts." The film was a major success in India and it went on to become the year's highest-grossing Bollywood production abroad with a worldwide gross of more than 2.1 billion. It earned him another nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony .

In January 2012, he has started filming for ''Yash Chopra's Untitled project'', opposite Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.

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 film he produced and starred in, ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' (2000), co-starring Chawla herself and directed by Mirza was a critical and commercial failure. The following year, he produced ''Asoka'' which was a box office failure. However, it was well received by critics, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Movie Award. The film was also selected for screening at the Venice Film Festival and the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. His third film as a producer and star, ''Chalte Chalte'', proved a box office hit. In 2004, Khan took over his old production company Dreamz Unlimited and transformed it into Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri also serving as a producer. In the same year he produced and starred in ''Main Hoon Na'', another hit, which was directed by his friend and well-known choreographer Farah Khan. The film earned a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film ''Paheli'', which did poorly. It was, however, critically acclaimed and was selected as 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.

In 2007, Khan produced ''Om Shanti Om'' also directed by Farah Khan. The film was a major commercial success, and was declared India's highest grossing production ever up to that point. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and went on to win several awards for special effects and Art Direction. It was also nominated for for the Filmfare Best Movie Award. His company has further gone on to produce ''Billu'' (2009), and ''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' (2011). During the filming of ''My Name Is Khan'', Karan Johar producer of the film and head of Dharma Productions, asked Khan to co-produce the film under his production company. The both will further collaborate in Johar's next directorial venture ''Student Of The Year''.

Since the creation of his company, Khan was keen on making a VFX-loaded film. The company continued working on other projects and seeking for the right film until they finally decided on ''Ra.One'' (2011). The pre-production work began in 2007 after the release of ''Om Shanti Om''. The film's crew consisted of more than 5,000 members from India, Italy and the US, and was pieced together by more than 1,000 people, working in shifts, in around 15 studios across the world. It saw the inclusion of several visual effects techniques being incorporated in the production which were carried out by Red Chillies VFX. With an estimated budget of 125 crore (US$23.75 million), ''Ra.One'' was the second-most expensive film ever produced in Indian cinema, and the most expensive Bollywood film The film witnessed a level of publicity campaigning previously unseen in India films, with marketing taking place over a period of nine months and involving major brand tie-ups of a 52 crore (US$9.88 million) which set the record for the largest marketing budget in India. Khan is also one of the producers of ''Don 2'' (2011), but not through his production company. The movie was a major success in India and abroad.

Apart from film production, the company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX which had been involved with many major movies like ''Chak De India'', ''Om Shanti Om'', ''Dostana'', and ''Kurbaan''. As well as studios for TV commercials known as ''Red Chillies TVC'' and TV shows/serials known as ''Red Chillies Idiot Box'', which conceived popular shows like ''Up Close & Personal with PZ'' and ''Ishaan''. The company also has a little over 50% stake in the Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders often abbreviated as KKR, in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition.

Non-film work

Television presenting

In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third season of the game show ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' popularly known as ''KBC'', the Indian version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. The previous had hosted the show for two previous seasons in 2000 and 2005. On 22 January 2007, ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' aired with Khan as the new host. The grand prize amount of 2 crore rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3. and later ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale. In an interview with ''The Times Of India'', Khan explained that he was offered to host the second season of the show as well but he turned it down because Bachchan wanted to do it then. For his work at KBC 3, Khan won the best anchor at various awards ceremonies including The Global Indian Film and Television Honours and Indian Telly Awards.

A year later, Khan began hosting the game show ''Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?'', the Indian version of ''Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'', The show premiered on April 25, 2008 and the last episode was telecast on July 27, 2008 with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest. On 1 February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV. The show ended on February 25, 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.

Stage performances

Khan is a stage performer and has participated in several world tours and concerts. In 1997, he preformed in the ''Asha Bhosle's: Moments In Time'' in Malaysia. He returned to another concert there the following year with ''Shahrukh—Karisma: Live in Malaysia'' concert. In 1999, he was part of ''The Awesome Foursome'', which included Salman Khan, Juhi Chawla and Twinkle Khanna. In November 2002, Khan took part in the ''Fire & Flames'' concert in Malaysia, alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and BPL-Oye VJ Raageshwari with a 40-member troupe of singers and dancers. In the same year, he participated in the show ''From India With Love'' in the UK, along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta and Aishwarya Rai. It took place at two outdoor venues, Manchester's Old Trafford and London's Hyde Park, with over 100,000 spectators.

Khan participated in a concert tour titled ''Temptations 2004'' which was the most successful Bollywood concert at the time. Khan performed alongside Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra in nineteen stage shows across the globe. He sang, danced and performed in skits. In 2008, Khan set up ''Temptation Reloaded 2008'', a series of concerts showcased across several different countries. The show, which also featured Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Ganesh Hegde, Javed Ali and Anusha Dandekar, took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Several months later, he again joined Kapoor, Rampal and Kaif to perform for 15,000 spectators at Dubai's Festival City Arena. In 2010, Khan performed alongside Rani Mukerji, Arjun Rampal, Neeraj Shridhar and Ishaa Koppikar for a concert at the Army Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh to a packed audience. And in 2011, he joined Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the ''Friendship Concert'', celebrating 150 years of India-South Africa friendship in Durban, South Africa.

Humanitarian work

Khan is known for keeping a low profile and secrecy on his social commitments and Humanitarian work. Apart from regular donations to organizations and individuals, especially in the case of AIDS and cancer patients, he is behind the creation of a children's ward at the Nanavati hospital in Mumbai, in memory of his late mother. Khan is also active with relief funds when the Indian nation faces a natural calamity. He also lent his name to various government campaigns through out the years, notably those of Pulse Polio immunisation campaign which was established in 1995 to eradicate poliomyelitis in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against the polio virus, the National AIDS Control Organisation and the National Rural Health Mission of India which aims to provide accessible, affordable, effective and reliable health care service to the people of India residing in villages. Khan is a member of the board of directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation in India.

In March 2004, Khan visited the border post at the Attari-Wagah section of the Indo-Pak border, near Amritsar (the only one where people can cross over to the other side) to boost the morale of the jawans. It was for a TV show called ''Jai Jawan'' where entertainers and stars visit Indian troops in far-flung regions to encourage them along with the NDTV team. In February 2005, Khan performed at the ''HELP! Telethon Concert'' to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in company with other Bollywood stars and also donated 2.5 million for the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Tsunami Relief Fund for the tsunami-affected areas in India. He organized and participated in ''the Temptations 2005'' show in New Delhi which helped to raise funds for the ''National Centre For Promotional of Employment for Disabled People'' (NCPEDP), a leading disabled rights group. In 2007, he collaborated with veteran artist M.F. Husain to create a canvas in celebration of 60 years of Indian independence at a charity auction in Bonhams, London. The painting was sold for over 12 million.

During his 2009 appearance at the NDTV Greenathon, Khan adopted five villages in Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara, to provide them with electricity under the solar energy harnessing project in its title initiative 'Light A Billion Lives'. The following year, he adopted eight more villages, and again adopted eleven during his appearance in in the third edition of the event. In 2009, Khan committed to bear all the expenses for the treatment of two Kashmiri orphan children who suffered severe burns during a terrorist grenade attack in Srinagar. He also visited the two orphans at the hospital. In 2011, Khan teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan and English actress Judi Dench to promote Resul Pookutty's foundation that works to better the living conditions of the underprivileged in India. The complain aims to spread awareness on the cause of education among the impoverished, in India and also discourages child labour in the low income bracket of society and focus on providing opportunities to let children have a proper childhood. the same year, he was honored with the UNESCO's ''Pyramide con Marni'' award for his charity engagements and social commitment towards providing education for kids thus becoming the first Indian to win the accolade. Later that year, Khan was appointed by The UNOPS to be the first global ambassador of The ''Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council'' that works to improve the lives of poor people by enhancing collaboration among sector agencies and professionals around sanitation and water supply. During ''Ra.One'''s premiere in Dubai in October 2011, Khan along with co-stars Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal held a high-profile dinner and charity auction, which raised AED 30,000 for building a workshop for children with special needs.

Ownership of IPL cricket team

In 2008, Khan in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the a Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of USD 75.09 million (Rs 357 crores), and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR is the richest team in the IPL and it has been ranked as the most valued with a brand value of $42.1 million. Financially, the KKR are the most profitable and successful franchise in the IPL as well.

In the media

Khan was given the birth name "Shahrukh" (meaning "Face of the King"), but prefers his name to be written as "Shah Rukh Khan", and is also commonly referred to as SRK. Khan has various homes in India and abroad. His house in Mumbai called ''Mannat'' is a well-known tourist spot and is considered a heritage building, deemed important to the townscape and hence exempt from demolition. In addition, he also had a house in New Delhi. Khan also owns a £20 million apartment in London and a villa on the Palm Jumeirah. Khan said in a television interview that "I bought the house, because one can see the island from the moon." Khan's net worth is estimated at over 25 billion ($540 million)

Khan has been noted for having several trademark mannerisms, gestures and ways of delivering dialogues. As it has been cited by CNN-IBN: "The mannerisms that have earned him both brickbats and endeared him to his fans over the years – that half nod, raised brow gesture, a deep dimpled smile and a deliberate stammer – were absent when he debuted. If he picked them up later to addapt to the big screen, they stayed for the rest of his acting career." Due to his appearance in numerous romantic films, Khan has developed a "romantic lover boy" image and is referred to as the "King of Romance" by media outlets. He has been accused of repeating himself through the type of characters that he played, referred to as the "Rajs and Rahuls", or him not being able to shed the superstar persona on screen and often playing himself. In 2011, Rediff listed him in the top 10 "Readers Choice: The Greatest Actors of all time".

Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars, with a fan following claimed to number in the billions. He is also of one the most watched movie stars in the world, and one of the most recognizable faces of Indian cinema. In 2004, ''Time'' featured him in their list of "Asian Heroes" under the age of 40 and was later selected as one of the candidates for its list of the world's 100 most influential people. Khan was the only Indian actor nominated for the poll and eventually did not make it to the final list, ranked at 101. In 2008, ''Newsweek'' named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world. In 2009, he was declared amongst the 500 most influential Muslims worldwide by Georgetown University. He was later recognized in 2010 as an icon of religious unity, by experts from around the world, at a conference at Vienna University. In 2011, ''The Los Angeles Times'' noted: "He is the biggest movie star you’ve never heard of. And perhaps the world’s biggest movie star, period." His success and popularity has been attributed as the result of his emergence in the era of liberalization and changing economic scenario in the 1990s. He was often described as the face and catalyst of a new consumerist urban society, and that he has managed to personify "the restless spirit of post-liberalization, ambitious, assertive and yet feel-good India."

In 2004, Khan was awarded the Filmfare Power Award (shared with Amitabh Bachachan) for topping the ''Filmfare'' list of the "Ten Most Powerful Names of Bollywood", and again in 2005. In 2006 he was ranked as second overall behind Yash Chopra and his son Aditya and the most powerful actor, an achievement he would go on to repeat till 2009. He occupied the top slot of ''Box Office India'''s Top Actors list for the first time in 1994 for two consecutive years, then again in 1998 and for the majority of the 2000s (from 2002 till 2008). He was voted the sexiest Asian man in the world by Eastern Eye in 2007, and was ranked third in 2008 and 2011. In 2010, OK! Magazine named him India's sexiest dad. In a 2009 poll conducted by the newspaper DNA, he was voted as India's second most popular icon behind Sachin Tendulkar. In a 2012 Hindustan Times Youth Survey, Khan was declared as the biggest role model for youth in India.

Khan is often labeled by the Media as "Brand SRK" due to his various brand endorsement and entrepreneurship ventures. ''The Times Of India'' noted “Khan has established himself as a brand on the map of the film industry. Hailing from a non-filmi background with no pedigree to boast of and no godfather to pull strings, the St. Columba's alumnus has become a muse. ” In 2005, he launched his own perfume, labeled "Tiger Eyes by SRK" by the French perfume brand Jeanne Arthes. In 2009, Khan was crowned as the "Brand Ambassador of the Year" at the CNBC Awaaz consumer awards and in 2010 won the ‘Brand Ambassador of the Year’ award at NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards. He is also is one of the top paid Bollywood actors in this respect. While in 2003, he endorsed eight brands, his endorsement rose up to a total of thirteen brands in 2004 and in 2005, he endorsed twenty one brands, thirty four brands in 2009 and twenty five in 2011. Some of the brands that he has endorsed over the years are Pepsi, Nokia, Hyundai, Sunfeast, Videocon, Airtel, Himani, Nerolac Paints, Dish TV, D'decor and Tag Heuer. In 2011, Khan was appointed the brand ambassador of the Champions League Twenty20.

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'' by Mushtaq Sheikh, 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. In 2010, Discovery Travel & Living channel produced a ten-part series titled ''Living with a Superstar-Shah Rukh Khan'' . The series was the biggest Indian show on television, with a budget of nearly 20 million, highlighting Khan’s daily living, film-making, IPL venture and global lifestyle. In 2006, Khan was one of four Bollywood actors including Priyanka Chopra, Kajol and Hrithik Roshan whose miniature dolls were launched by Spin Master Toys UK under the name of "Bollywood Legends". Khan was invited along with Kajol by NASDAQ to ring their opening bell in New York and thus became the first Indian actors to open the stock market. Khan is also the first actor and the second Indian to have an official Opus dedicated to him.

Awards and honors

Filmography

+ Actor
Year	! Film	! Role	Notes
1992		Raja Sahai	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
1992		Pawan Raghujan
1992	''Chamatkar''	Sunder Srivastava
1992	''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman''	Raju (Raj Mathur)
1992	''Dil Aashna Hai''	Karan
1993	''Maya Memsaab''	Lalit Kumar
1993	''King Uncle''	Anil Bhansal
1993	''Baazigar''	Ajay Sharma / Vicky Malhotra	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1993	''Darr''	Rahul Mehra	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
1993	''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''	Sunil	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1993	''Pehla Nasha''	Himself	Cameo
1994	''Anjaam''	Vijay Agnihotri	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
1995	''Karan Arjun''	Arjun Singh / Vijay
1995	''Zamana Deewana''	Rahul Malhotra
1995	''Guddu''	Guddu Bahadur
1995	''Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!''	Hero
1995	''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge''	Raj Malhotra	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1995	''Ram Jaane''	Ram Jaane
1995		Romi Singh
1996	''English Babu Desi Mem''	Vikram / Hari / Gopal Mayur
1996		Roop Rathore
1996		Arjun	Cameo
1996	''Dushman Duniya Ka''	Badru	Special appearance
1997	''Gudgudee''		Special appearance
1997	''Koyla''	Shankar
1997	''Yes Boss''	Rahul Joshi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1997		Arjun Saagar
1997	''Dil To Pagal Hai''	Rahul	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1998		Bablu Chaudhry / Manu Dada	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
1998		Himself	Special appearance
1998	''Dil Se..''	Amarkant Varma
1998	''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''	Rahul Khanna	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999	''Baadshah''	Raj Heera / Baadshah	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
2000	''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''	Ajay Bakshi
2000	''Hey Ram''	Amjad Ali Khan
2000		Max
2000	''Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega''	Rahul	Cameo
2000	''Mohabbatein''	Raj Aryan Malhotra	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2000	''Gaja Gamini''	Himself	Special appearance
2001	''One 2 Ka 4''	Arun Verma
2001		Asoka
2001	''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''	Rahul Raichand	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2002	''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam''	Gopal
2002		Devdas Mukherjee	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2002		Jaisingh	Special appearance
2002		Yeshwant Rao	Cameo
2003		Raj Mathur
2003	''Kal Ho Naa Ho''	Aman Mathur	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2004	''Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke ''	Dushant
2004	''Main Hoon Na''	Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2004	''Veer-Zaara''	Veer Pratap Singh	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2004	''Swades''	Mohan Bhargava	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2005	''Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye''	Himself	Special appearance
2005			Special appearance in song "Kaal Dhamaal"
2005	''Silsilay''	Sutradhar	Cameo
2005	''Paheli''	Kishenlal / The Ghost
2005		Himself (Biopic)	Documentary directed by British-based author and director Nasreen Munni Kabir
2006	''Alag''		Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag"
2006	''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna''	Dev Saran	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2006	''Don: The Chase Begins Again''		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2006			Special appearance in song "Subah Subah"
2007	''Chak De! India''	Kabir Khan	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2007	''Heyy Babyy''	Raj Malhotra	Special appearance in song "Mast Kalandar"
2007	''Om Shanti Om''	Om Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2008	''Krazzy 4''		Special appearance in song "Break Free"
2008	''Bhoothnath''	Aditya Sharma	Cameo
2008	''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi''	Surinder Sahni / Raj	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2008	''Kismat Konnection''	Narrator
2009	''Luck by Chance''	Himself	Guest appearance
2009	''Billu''	Sahir Khan	Extended special appearance
2010	''Dulha Mil Gaya''	Pawan Raj Gandhi (PRG)	Extended appearance
2010	''My Name Is Khan''	Rizwan Khan	Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2010	''Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu''	Himself	Cameo
2011	''Always Kabhi Kabhi''		Special appearance in song "Antenna"
2011	''Love Breakups Zindagi''	Himself	Cameo
2011	''Ra.One''
2011	''Don 2''		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2012	''Koochie Koochie Hota Hain''	Rocky	Post-production
2012	''Yash Chopra's Untitled Project''		Filming
2013			Pre-Production

+ Producer
! Year	! Film	Notes
2000	''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani''
2001		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Movie
2003
2004	''Main Hoon Na''	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Movie
2005		co-producer
2005	''Paheli''
2007	''Om Shanti Om''	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Movie
2009	''Billu''
2010	''My Name Is Khan''	co-producer Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Movie
2011	''Always Kabhi Kabhi''
2011	''Ra.One''
2011	''Don 2''	co-producer Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Movie
2012	''Student Of The Year''	co-producer

; Television appearances

''Dil Dariya'' (1988)

''Fauji'' (1988) as Abhimanyu Rai

''Doosra Keval'' (1989) as Keval

''Ummeed'' (1989)

''Circus'' (1989) as Raghavan

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

''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 978-81-87107-79-8.

Gahlot, Deepa; Agarwal, Amit. ''King Khan SRK''. Augsburg Weltbild 2007. ISBN 978-3-8289-8869-9.

Ghosh, Biswadeep. ''Hall of fame: Shahrukh Khan'' (in English). Mumbai: Magna Books, 2004. ISBN 81-7809-237-9.

Chopra, Anupama. ''King of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema'' (English). New York: Warner Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-446-57858-5.

External links

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
Name	Ranbir Kapoor
Birth date	September 28, 1982
Birth place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	2007–present }}

Ranbir Kapoor (, born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.

Making his acting debut in the 2007 film ''Saawariya'', for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor earned positive notice for his performance in ''Wake Up Sid'' (2009). He later appeared in the romantic comedy ''Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani'' (2009) and the political thriller ''Raajneeti'' (2010), with the later being his biggest commercial success to date. In 2011, Kapoor starred and earned wide critical acclaim for his performance in ''Rockstar'' for which he received the Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics) award at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.

Early life

Kapoor, the son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, was born into a family of Punjabi origin; his sister is Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. He is the grandson of actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, great grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor, nephew of actors Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, grand-nephew of actors Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, and first-cousin of actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Kapoor studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, Mumbai and went on to pursue method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. A former student of Hr college of commerce and economics,mumbai and Le Strasberg Institute.His favourite toothpaste was Crest,colour White,Food is Italian, Chinese and Ghar ka khaana.Shampoo is Red kin, Languages known:Hindi and English Siblings:Sister Riddhima Kapoor sahni. Height:6'(1.83m)

Career

Films

Before coming into main stream Bollywood Cinema Kapoor appeared in two short films, namely Passion to Love (English) which was also directed by him and India 1964 (Hindi) in 2002 and 2004 respectively

In Bollywood, before starting off his career as an actor, Kapoor worked as an assistant with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, where he was involved in the making of the film ''Black'' (2005). He later made his acting debut in November 2007 with Bhansali's ''Saawariya'' opposite newcomer Sonam Kapoor. The film failed to do well at the box office, though his performance was largely appreciated. Kapoor was then seen in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' (2008) alongside Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. The film was a semi-hit at the box-office.

2009 saw Kapoor appear in three movies. His first release was Ayan Mukerji's ''Wake Up Sid'', in which he portrayed the character of Siddharth Mehra, a spoiled and self-centered college student from Mumbai. Featured opposite Konkona Sen Sharma, the film was a critical and commercial success. Shrey Patnaik wrote, "Ranbir's Sid is a near-perfect portrait of the aimless young man searching for a direction in life. Ranbir handles the character's inner life with the effortlessness of a Sitar maestro twiddling with his instrument's strings to create a music that takes the audience to a world where the sounds suggest a harmony between art and life. In Wake Up, Sid Ranbir proves once and for all that he's the future of Hindi cinema". Kapoor earned several nominations for ''Best Actor'' at various award ceremonies. He next starred alongside Katrina Kaif in ''Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani'', which surfaced as one of the biggest hits of the year.

Following this, Kapoor appeared in Shimit Amin's drama ''Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year''. Upon release, the film received positive reviews by critics but failed to do well. Kapoor's performance was critically acclaimed, with one critic writing, "Ranbir brings to his part a whole lot of earnestness and heart. His natural and utterly contagious exuberance so much on display in his last two films ''Wake Up Sid'' and ''Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani'' is effortlessly curbed here."

In 2010, he featured in Prakash Jha's multi-starrer political thriller ''Rajneeti''. The film opened to positive reviews and was declared a "blockbuster". His performance was well received with critic Nikhat Kazmi concluding, "The film finally belongs to Ranbir Kapoor who perfects the art of minimalism -- and literally grows before your eyes -- as the simmering volcano that cannot be held back, once it erupts. He's as grey and soot-filled, as volcanoes go...". In the same year, Kapoor appeared alongside Priyanka Chopra in Siddharth Anand's ''Anjaana Anjaani'' which was a moderate box office success.

2011 saw Kapoor feature opposite newcomer Nargis Fakhri in Imtiaz Ali's ''Rockstar''. The film, upon release, met with positive to mixed reviews and grossed over Rs.1 billion worldwide In a review published by ''CNN-IBN'', Rajeev Masand wrote: "''Rockstar'' belongs to Ranbir Kapoor over everyone else. It is a riveting performance [...] and Ranbir roots it in the real. Watch how he seizes the stage in the "Sadda Haq" number and virtually makes the track his own. For Ranbir alone, this film deserves a watch."

As of January 2012, Kapoor is scheduled to appear in Anurag Basu's ''Barfee'' alongside Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz.

Television

In 2008, Kapoor co-hosted the 54th Filmfare Awards alongside Imran Khan; he was later chosen to co-host the 56th and 57th edition of the award ceremony alongside Imran Khan and Shah Rukh Khan respectively. With his co-stars from the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno - Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba he appeared on the popular television show Dus Ka Dum hosted by Salman Khan. In 2010, he made an appearance on the show Koffee with Karan alongside Imran Khan.

Personal life

Kapoor currently lives with his parents in Pali Hill in Mumbai, Maharashtra. During an interview in March 2008, he announced that he was dating Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. The couple broke up in 2009.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

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References

External links

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name	Aruna Irani
birth date	May 03, 1952
birth place	Mumbai, India }}

Aruna Irani (Hindi: अरुणा ईरानी, Urdu: اَرُنا ایرانی) (born 3 May 1952) is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit. Irani is the sister of film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani (one who became her son in movie ''Beta'').

Early life

Aruna Irani was born in Mumbai, India into an parsi family.

Career

Aruna Irani made her debut in the movie ''Gunga Jumna'' (1961) at nine years old playing Azra's character as a child. After doing several small roles in films like Jahanara (1964), Farz (1967), Upkar (1967) and Aaya Sawan Jhoomke (1969), and pairing with comedian Mehmood in films like Aulad (1968), Humjoli (1970), and Naya Zamana (1971), she finally shot to fame with her brilliant performance as an aggressive gypsy woman in the super hit Caravan (1971). By that time, however, she was emotionally involved with Mehmood and did not focus fully on her career. Their relationship also ruined the chances of her getting the heroine's roles. Yet, Mehmood gave her lead roles opposite the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Mehra in the films that he made: Bombay To Goa (1972), Garam Masala (1972), and Do Phool (1973).

The success as a heroine still eluded her, and ironically, the newer actors and actresses that she supported became stars while acting with her: Jeetendra in Farz(1967), Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in Bobby (1973), Jayaprada in Sargam (1979), Kumar Gaurav in Love Story (1981), Sanjay Dutt in Rocky (1981). She ended up doing vampish and supporting roles, mainly because her memorable performance in Caravan had already typecast her in such roles. To her credit, however, Aruna Irani seriously took each role and delivered nice performances, thus endearing herself to filmmakers and creating a niche for herself. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s she appeared in several supporting roles, notably Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), Do Jhooth (1975), Khel Khel Mein (1975), Bhanwar (1976), Fakira (1976), Laila Majnu (1976), Sargam (1979), Qurbani (1980), Aas Paas (1980), Love Story (1981)and Kudrat (1981). She finally won her first Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1984). In the late 1980s and 1990s she switched to playing motherly roles, notably in Beta (1992) for which she won her second Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.She has also acted in the Kannada remake of the same film and the same role. She also got very famous acting in many Gujarati and Marathi films and some way changed trend and played as main protagonist. Some of her Marathi films are Changu Mangu, Bol Baby Bol.

Personal life

Aruna Irani is married to film director Kuku Kohli.

Partial filmography

A complete filmography is available at her IMDB entry

''Ganga Jamuna'' (1961)

''Jahanara'' (1964)

''Ganga ki Lahren'' (1964)

''Farz'' (1967)

''Patthar Ke Sanam'' (1967)

''Upkar'' (1967)

''Aaya Sawan Jhoomke'' (1969)

''Anjaan Hai Koyee'' (1969)

''Humjoli'' (1970)

''Aan Milo Sajna'' (1970)

''Naya Zamana'' (1971)

''Ek Paheli'' (1971)

''Sanjog'' (1971)

''Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong'' (1971)

''Ek Naari Ek Brahmchari'' (1971)

''Caravan'' (1971)

''Buddha Mil Gaya'' (1971)

''Andaz'' (1971)

''Garam Masala'' (1972)

''Bombay to Goa'' (1972)

''Bobby'' (1973)

''Do Phool'' (1973)

''Prem Nagar'' (1974)

''Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'' (1974)

''Mili'' (1975)

''Do Jasoos'' (1975)

''Khel Khel Mein'' (1975)

''Deewaar'' (1975) (uncredited)

''Bhanwar'' (1976)

''Charas'' (1976)

''Sangram'' (1976)

''Fakira'' (1976)

''Zindagi'' (1976) .... Sudha N. Shukla

''Laila Majnu'' (1976)

''Duniyadaari'' (1977)

''Shalimar'' (1978)

''Jaani Dushman'' (1979)

''Kartavya'' (1979) ... Lachhi

''Surakshaa'' (1979) .... Ruby

''Aas Paas'' (1980)

''Doodh Ka Karz'' (1980)

''Hum Paanch'' (1980) ... Nishi

''Judaai'' (1980) ... Miss Lily, Dancer

''Kali Ghata'' (1980) ... Pinky

''Karz'' (1980)

''Morcha'' (1980)

''Phir Wohi Raat'' (1980) ... Shobha

''Qurbani'' (1980)

''Rocky'' (1981)

''Love Story'' (1981)

''Yaarana'' (1981)

''Angoor'' (1982)

''Kudarat'' (1981)

''Bemisal'' (1982)

''Bade Dilwaala'' (1983)

''Pet Pyaar Aur Paap'' (1984)

''Shahenshah'' (1988)

''Chaalbaaz'' (1989)

''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991)

''Beta'' (1992)

''Raja Babu'' (1994)

''Bewafa Saman'' (1995)

''Indian'' (1996)

''Chhote Sarkar'' (1996)

''Hamesha'' (1997)

''Dil To Pagal Hai'' (1997)

''Haseena Maan Jaayegi'' (1999)

''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam'' (2002)

''Khatta Meeta'' (2010)

Television

Sanjog Se Bani Sangini on Zee TV

Jhansi Ki Rani (TV series) on Zee TV

Saas v/s Bahu as Judge on Sahara One

Naaginn on Zee TV

Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke on Sahara One

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki on Star Plus

Rabba Ishq Na Hove on Zee TV

Vaidehi (TV series) on Sony TV

Zameen Se Aassman Tak on Sahara One

Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan on Zee TV

Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand on STAR Plus

Mehndi Tere Naam Ki on Zee TV

Zamana Badal Gaya on DD Metro

Awards

References

External links

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
name	Usha Uthup
background	solo_singer
alias	Didi
birth name	Usha Iyer
born	November 08, 1947Mumbai, India
instrument	Vocalist
genre	Pop
occupation	Singer, Playback singer
years active	1966–present
spouse	Jani Uthup
website	Official website }}

Usha Uthup (; nee Iyer; born November 8, 1947) is a popular Indian pop, jazz and playback singer. She is well known for popular hits in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

She started her Bollywood playback career, when she sang an English verse in hit song, "Dum maro dum"" in ''Hare Rama Hare Krishna'', and went on work with music directors like R.D. Burman and Bappi Lahiri, through the 1970s and 80s, singing hits like ''Ek do cha cha cha'' (''Shalimar''), ''Koi yahan aha nache nache'' (''Disco Dancer''), ''Ramba ho'' (''Armaan''), ''Hari Om Hari'' (''Pyaara Dushman'') and ''Doston se pyar kiya'' (''Shaan'') and more recently ''Darrling'' in ''7 Khoon Maaf''. She has sung in 16 Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Oriya, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Tulu and Telugu. She can also sing in several foreign languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Sinhalese, Swahili, Russian, Nepalese, Arabic, Creole, Zulu, and Spanish.

Early life

Usha was born in Mumbai, in a Tamil Brahmin family that hailed from Tamil Nadu, in Madras (now Chennai) in 1947. Her father Sami Iyer, later became the police commissioner of Bombay. She has three sisters Uma Pocha, Indira Srinivasan and Maya Sami, all of whom are singers and two brothers, one of whom is named Shyam. She was the fifth of six children. As a child, she lived in the police quarters at Lovelane in Byculla in Bombay and attended a local school.

When she was in school she was thrown out of music class because she didn't fit in with a voice like hers. But her music teacher recognized that she had some music in her and would give her clappers or triangles to play. Even though she was not formally trained in music, she grew up in an atmosphere of music. Her parents used to listen to a wide range from Western classical to Hindustani and Carnatic including Kishori Amonkar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on radio and she used to join them. She used to enjoy listening to Radio Ceylon.

Her next door neighbour was S.M.A. Pathan, who was then the deputy commissioner of police. His daughter, Jamila, inspired Usha to learn Hindi, wear salwar kameez and take up Indian classical music. This fusion approach helped her to pioneer her unique brand of Indian pop in the 1970s. She is married to Mr Uthup from Kottayam, Kerala.

Career

Her first public singing occurred when she was nine. Her sisters who were already exploring a music career, took her to a musician called Ameen Sayani who gave her an opportunity to sing on the Ovaltine Music Hour in Radio Ceylon. She sang a number called "Mockingbird Hill". After that, several appearances followed through her teenage years.

Singing career

Uthup started singing in a small nightclub in Chennai called as Nine Gems in the basement of the erstwhile Safire theater complex on Mount Road, when she was 20, wearing a saree and leg callipers. Her performance was so well received that the owner of the nightclub asked her to stay on for a week. After her first night club gig, she began singing in Calcutta at night clubs such as "Trincas". She met her future husband Uthup in Trincas. At about the same time, she also sang at "Talk of the Town", now known as "Not Just Jazz By The Bay" in Bombay (now Mumbai). After Trincas, her next engagement took her to Delhi where she sang at the Oberoi hotels. By happenstance, a film crew belonging to Navketan unit including Shashi Kapoor visited the nightclub and they offered her a chance to sing movie playback. As a result, she started her Bollywood career with ''Hare Rama Hare Krishna''. Originally, she was supposed to sing Dum Maro Dum along with Asha Bhosle. However, as a result of internal politicking on the part of other singers, she lost that chance but ended up singing an English verse.

In 1968, she recorded covers of two pop songs in English, "Jambalaya" and The Kingston Trio's "Greenback Dollar", on an EP, ''Love Story'', and "Scotch and Soda", another Kingston Trio song, which sold very well in the Indian market. She also spent some time in London during this early period. She was a frequent visitor to Vernon Corea's BBC office at the Langham in London and was interviewed on "London Sounds Eastern" on BBC Radio London. Usha visited Nairobi as part of an Indian Festival. She was so popular that she was invited to stay on. Singing and quite often nationalistic songs in Swahili made her extremely popular and the then President Jomo Kenyatta made her an Honorary Citizen of Kenya. She sang the famous song "Malaika" (angel) with Fadhili Williams who was the original singer. She produced a record "live in Nairobi" with a local band Fellini Five.

Uthup sang several songs in the 1970s and 1980s for music directors R D Burman and Bappi Lahiri. She also reprised some of R.D. Burman songs that were sung by others such as Mehbooba Mehbooba and Dum Maro Dum and popularised them to a distinct end.

Filmography

Some of her famous songs for movies (and associated music directors) include:

! Song	! Movie	! Year	! Composer
"Darling", "Doosri Darling" (With Rekha Bhardwaj)	''7 Khoon Maaf''	2011	Vishal Bhardwaj
"Wicket Bacha" (With Earl)		2007	Pritam
"Teri Meri Merry Christmas"	''Bow barracks Forever''	2007	Anjun Dutt
"Kabhi Pa Liya Tho Kabhi Kho Diya"		2003	Tabun
"Din Hai Na Ye Raat"	''Bhoot''	2003	Salim-Sulaiman
"Vande Mataram"	''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''	2001	Jatin-Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya, Aadesh Shrivastav
"Raja Ki Kahani"		1999	Vishal Bhardwaj
"Daud"	''Daud''	1998	A. R. Rahman
"Vegam Vegam Pogum Pogum"		1991	Ilaiyaraaja
"Keechurallu"	''Keechurallu''	1991	Ilaiyaraaja
"Koi Yahan Aha Nache Nache"	''Disco Dancer''	1982	Bappi Lahiri
"Ramba Ho"		1981	Bappi Lahiri
"Hari Om Hari"	''Pyaara Dushman''	1980	Bappi Lahiri
"Tu Mujhe Jaan Se Bhi Pyara Hai"	''Wardaat''	1981	Bappi Lahiri
"Doston Se Pyar Kiya"		1980
"Shaan Se..."		1980
"Ek Do Cha Cha Cha"		1978

In addition, she has also sung as a playback singer for the following Bollywood movies: ''Dhol'' (2007), June R (2005), ''Joggers' Park'' (2003), Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003), ''Ek Tha Raja'' (1996), Dushman Devta (1991), ''Bhavani Junction'' (1985), ''Hum Paanch'' (1980), and ''Purab Aur Pachhim'' (1970) among others.

She is a stage performer and gave performances all over the world and is known for her lively stage presence. She has been felicitated with several awards over the years, some of which include Rajiv Gandhi Purashkar for National Integration for quality music, Mahila Shiromani Purashkar for international peace, and Channel [V] award for outstanding achievement.

Recordings

She recorded her first album with Luis Banks for which she was paid Rs. 3500. Since then, she has recorded numerous albums. Usha's Hindi version of Michael Jackson's ''Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'', titled '"Chhupke Kaon Aya'", can be found on the album ''Tom Middleton - The Trip'' (2004). A cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" is on another Tom Middleton album, ''Cosmosonica - Tom Middleton Presents Crazy Covers Vol. 1'' (2005). She recently recorded a song called "Rhythm and Blues" with the Indian Rock Band Parikrama which appeared on Channel V on April 23, 2007.

Acting career

Uthup is also an actress, often singing and acting in India's signature musical films. In 2006, she acted in the Malayalam movie - ''Pothen Vava'' as Kurisuveettil Mariamma.

She made a cameo appearance in the movie ''Bombay To Goa'' with Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha in 1972. In 2007, she appeared in ''Bow Barracks Forever'' directed by Anjun Dutt as herself. Again in 2007, she appeared in ''Hattrick'' music video as herself.

She appeared in disguise on ''Indian Idol'' 1 and 2. She was one of the co-judges of the 2007 and 2008 & ''Idea Star Singer'' Season V (2010) the most rated south Indian reality show as well music oriented reality shows in Malayalam.

She has a minor role in the 2010 Tamil movie ''Manmadhan Ambu'', as the mother of Madhavan.

She also acted in Vishal Bhardwaj's ''7 Khoon Maaf'' as a maid. She has also sang a song in the film which released on February 18, 2011.

Fashion style

Usha's trademark is her massive bindi and flowers that she wears in her hair, as well as her Kancheepuram saris

Controversy

West Bengal Public Works Department minister Jatin Chakraborty who belonged to the Communist Party of India banned her from singing in all state-owned buildings accusing her of singing in a "decadent" style. The controversy started when she was invited to sing at the Government Cancer Research Center in Thakurpukur in Calcutta and the minister preemtively enforced the ban to prevent her. After an explosive meeting with the minister, she sued the Government. Several political figures, including the Chief Minister Jyoti Basu came out in support of her. She won the lawsuit against the government. Following her father's advice, she dropped her separate defamation lawsuit against the minister. The minister subsequently resigned from his post after he made further allegations against other people including the son of the chief minister.

In 2008, the communists again resorted to further insults when the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Kerala General secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, irritated by his party workers who had gone berserk during a public meeting at Kottayam, admonished them that it was not Usha Uthup's programme but the meeting of the communists. As a response, popular pop singer Usha Uthup said she and her supporters were hurt by such a remark.

Personal life

She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup who is originally from Manganam, Kottayam, and was formerly married to the late Ramu Iyer. They have a daughter Anjali and a son Sunny, named after the song, ''Sunny''.

She currently lives in Kolkata with her husband. She is considered an icon of modern Kolkata and is an active social presence in the city life.

Awards

Padma Shri (Padma Shri Awards (2010–2019) )-fourth highest civilian award presented by Government of India

Filmfare Award Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "One Two Cha ChaCha" from Shalimar (film) (1978)

Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Hari Om Hari" from Pyara Dushman (1980)

Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Rambha Ho" from Armaan (1981)

References

Usha Uthup at ''Bollywood Hungama''

External links

Official website of Usha Uthup

Video interview of Usha Uthup

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