Salman Khan biography, filmography, career, awards, net worth, wiki

Salman Khan (born 27 December 1965) is an Indian film actor, producer, singer and television personality. In a film career spanning almost thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide, and is cited in the media as one of the most commercially successful actors of Indian cinema.

Height/Weight: 5 feet 8 inches, 81 kg

Full Name: Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan

Height/Weight: 5 feet 8 inches, 81 kg

Marital Status: Till now, Salman Khan has been linked with a number of Bollywood beauties like Somy Ali, Sangeeta Bijlani, Aishwarya Rai, Zarine Khan and Katrina Kaif, but none of the affairs have materialized.

Early Life

Khan is the eldest son of screenwriter Salim Khan and his first wife Sushila Charak (who later adopted the name Salma Khan). His paternal ancestors were Pathan from present-day Afghanistan who immigrated to Indore, Madhya Pradesh in the mid 1800s. Khan's mother is a Maharashtrian, whose father Baldev Singh Charak comes from Jammu-Kashmir and whose mother comes from Maharashtra. Khan's stepmother is Helen, a former actress. He has two brothers, Arbaaz Khan who is married to actress and VJ Malaika Arora Khan, and Sohail Khan; and two sisters, Alvira Khan Agnihotri, who is married to actor/director Atul Agnihotri and an adopted sister Arpita.

Salman finished his schooling at St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai, as did his younger brothers Arbaaz and Sohail. Earlier, he studied at The Scindia School, Gwalior for a few years along with his younger brother Arbaaz. He attended St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and dropped out.

Salman Khan Career and awards.

Salman Khan grew up in a family where his father was involved in Bollywood. “Biwi Ho Toh Aisi” (1988) is his first debut movie where he was starred as a supporting actor. In the year 1989, he starred in the movie “Maine Pyar Kiya” as Prem by Sooraj Barjatya. He was nominated for Filmfare Award under Best actor category and the movie also was a box office hit.

Later in the year 1994, his movie “Hum Aapke Hain Kaun” became the highest earning movie of the year. “Karan Arjun” was also one of the box office hits. In Karan Johar’s “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, he played as a supporting actor. Through this movie, he received Filmfare Award for Best supporting Actor.

Khan’s performance in the movies like “Jab Pyaar Kissise Hota Hai”, “Saajan”, “Patthar Ke Phool” and so on were highly appreciated by the public. whereas movies like “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Biwi No.1, Tere Naam, No Entry earned him the nomination for Filmfare Best Actor Award.

The 51-year-old actor had a turning point in his acting career when he starred the action-thriller “Wanted” by Prabhu Deva thereby earning him high status in the Bollywood industry. Salman’s next action movie “Dabangg”, set the record for the highest grossing movie earning IRs 808.7 million in its first week.

Some of his other hit movies are “Body Guard”, “Ready”, “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, and the sequel of “Dabangg”; “Dabangg 2”, sequel of Ek Tha Tiger - Tiger Zinda Hai. These movies raked in a lot of cash for the superstar and it also helped him to gain huge number of fans.

Networth

Salman khan is one of the richest celebrities in Bollywood; with his career in Bollywood, he has also been able to accumulate an estimated net worth of $ 200 million. He has also endorsed a number of products like Thumbs up, Revital, Yatra.com, Lux cozy, Suzuki and so on.

Salman Khan is also very passionate about cars and bikes. He has cars like Audi RS7, BMW X6, Classic Mercedes-Benz S-class. He is also passionate about bikes and garages bikes like Suzuki Intruder, Suzuki GSX-R 1000Z, Suzuki Hayabusa, Yamaha R1 and so on.

Salman Khan has also got a number of houses scattered across India and abroad, he is currently living with this family at Galaxy apartment.