Shah Rukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan ( 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. He 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, eight 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 Hindi 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 films, sport films, and historical dramas among others.
Eleven of the films he has acted in have accumulated gross earnings of over
1 billion (US$19.95 million).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), 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
Hindi cinema.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. Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars in history, with a fan following claimed to number in the billions. He has an estimated net worth of over
25 billion (US$540 million). In 2008, Newsweek named Khan 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. Ethnically, he describes himself as being half-Pathan through his father and half-Hyderabadi through his mother, with his paternal grandmother being Kashmiri.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.
Acting career
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
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
1,000 million (US$19.95 million) 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 u.ntil 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 11 September 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
39 million (US$778,050) 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 another 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.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 11 September 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
39 million (US$778,050) 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 another 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 worldwideHis 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:| “ | It´s hard for an actor who is on the top of the heap to let go and reconstruct himself. It´s like asking a style icon to wear drab everyday clothes. Shah Rukh Khan does all that and more and reiterates the fact that beneath the nation´s sweetheart avatar lies a brilliant actor. His heartbreak at missing the goal at the film´s beginning is heartfelt, his frustration at not making his team work together is something any coach will identify with and his jubilation when he waves the Indian flag makes us proud to be Indians. The scene where he goes back home and is accepted by his neighbors once again – the satisfaction in his eyes, the half-hesitant smile – the relief of acceptance is mixed with the bitter-sweet realisation that in the end, nothing succeeds like success. | ” |
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.
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 realise that it has escaped from the game was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film. With an estimated budget of
125 crore (US$24.94 million),
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 ceremonyApart 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 25 April 2008 and the last episode was telecast on 27 July 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 25 February 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.
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. Khan received a five-year ban from the Wankhede Stadium for arguing with security at the ground after a match on 16 May.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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