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Salman Khan
Actor/Lyricst/Singer

Salman Khan Biography

Salman Khan is an Indian actor, producer, singer, and television host who mainly works in the Bollywood film industry. The fascinating and energetic acting skills of Salman Khan, who became one of the most legendary and successful actors in Hindi cinema, He is also a superstar who entertains the audience with his powerful acting skills and iconic dialogue. Tere Naam, Wanted, Dabangg, Bodyguard, Kick, and Sultan all have great dialogue.

Early Life and Education

Salman Khan, aka Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan was born on December 27, 1965, in Mumbai. He is the eldest son of legendary screenwriter Salim Khan and his wife, Salma Khan. He has two brothers and two sisters named Sohal Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Arpita, and Aliva Khan Agnihotri. Salman completed his schooling at Scindia School in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and finished his primary and secondary education at St. Stanislaus High School in Mumbai. After that, he joined a college for further studies, but he dropped the plan and realised his interest in the acting field.

Career Life

He started his acting career during the '80s, and he made his debut with Biwi Ho To Aisi, which was released in 1998. In this movie, Salman Khan played a supporting role. Later, in 1989, he starred in a romantic film directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya in which he played the lead role.And from there, he started his wonderful acting journey by doing action and romantic roles in films. The action movie Karan Arjun (1995), the comedy movie Biwi No. 1 (1999), the romantic movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hea (1998), and the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999) are the best movies of his career. Then, he became a successful actor in Bollywood in the 1990s.

As an actor, he played action-centric roles in movies like Dabangg (2010), Ready (2011), and Bodyguard (2011); Dabangg 2 (2012); Kick (2014), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Sultan (2016), and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). By doing action movies, he achieved greater stardom in the film industry. All of these movies made the list of the highest-grossing films in the Indian cinema industry. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the Bollywood film industry.

Apart from acting, his songs are famous in Bollywood. He showcases his singing skills in many Hindi films like Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), Bodyguard  (2011), and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015).

Production

He established SKBH Productions, his individual production house, in 2011. (Salman Khan Being Human Productions) The Being Humanity organisation, which subsequently became the recipient of three national awards for the "Greatest Kids Story," "Best Original Screenplay," and "Child Artist's Award," would get revenue from feature films. He established SKF, another production company, in 2014. (Salman Khan Films). The Canadian film Dr. Cabbie was the very first to be distributed under this label. On the first day of release, the movie brought in $350,452 at the box office. The following movie released under this label was Hero, for which he also provided the title track.

Television

In 2008, Khan appeared as the presenter of the wildly successful television programme 10 Ka Dum, which ranked number one in the Indian ratings and aided Sony TV move into the third seat. He anchored the programme once more in 2009, earning him the Finest Anchor Award in both 2008 and 2009. Bigg Boss 4 was hosted by Khan in 2010. Because of Khan's presenting, the programme was well received and surpassed Amitabh Bachchan's well-known staging. The Grand Finale show, which aired on January 8, 2011, had the highest TRP ever. Sanjay Dutt and Khan presented Bigg Boss 5 once more in 2011 due to strong TRP, and as a result of widespread acclaim, he hosted the following seasons of Bigg Boss from season 6 to season 16.

Brand endorsements

Before he started working in the movie industry, Khan had done advertisements for products including Hero Honda bikes, Campa Cola, Limca Soft Drink, and Double Bull clothing. But when he got famous, he rarely expressed interest in building his identity, despite being signed by Thums Up in 2002.
Later, he served as the Mountain Dew brand representative. He later marketed Thums Up again, but his contract with the company was shortly terminated.

He just serves as a Pepsi brand ambassador. Additionally, he was made an owner of the travel site Yatra and has taken on the responsibility of brand ambassador. The actress and Kareena Kapoor collaborate on the jewellery line Sangini.Salman's most recent endorsement is for Britannia's Tiger cookies. In addition, he has taken Yuvraj Singh's place as the face of Ranbaxy's Revital. Khan has now been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Dubai-based Splash fashion line.

Controversies

After his car hit a restaurant in Mumbai on September 28, 2002, having killed one man who was sleeping on the sidewalk outside the bakery and injuring three more, Khan was taken into custody for reckless and gross negligence. His romance with actress Aishwarya Rai was widely publicised in Indian media.When they split up in March 2002, Rai claimed he had harassed her. She said that Khan was stalking her because he couldn't accept their split and because her parents had registered a lawsuit against him.

In the case, a deer was stated to have been shot while Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre, and Khan were shooting Hum Saath-Saath Hain in the forests outside of Jodhpur in 1998. On July 25, 2015, Khan posted a number of posts on his Twitter feed in favour of Yakub Memon, who is suspected of carrying out the 1993 Bombay blasts. Prior to Memon's scheduled execution, Khan posted his tweets. Tiger Memon, Yakub's brother, should be hanged instead, according to Khan.

Awards and Honours

Over the course of a nearly thirty-year acting journey, Khan received numerous honours for his contributions to the Hindi cinema sector. For his film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, he was honoured with two National Film Awards and a Golden Lotus Award. Khan received the Filmfare Award for Outstanding Supporting Role in 1999 for his lengthy cameo in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). He got the Best Actor Screen Award for his work in Dabangg in 2011 and the Best Actor Popular Choice Award for his work in Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 in 2012. Eight of the movies in which he has appeared have grossed over 100 crore (about US$13 million) globally. He played the lead in Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, and Dabangg 2, among other successful films. He earned the Best Actor prize in 2018 for Sultan at the Tehran International Sports Film Festival. He has appeared in more than 80 Bollywood movies, solidifying his position as one of the genre's top actors to date.

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