Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan Biography

Saif Ali Khan ( born 16 August 1970 in New Delhi, India) is National Film Award winning Indian actor who stars in Bollywood films. He is the son of the Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and the actress Sharmila Tagore. His sister is actress Soha Ali Khan.

Saif Ali Khan was born into the family of the Nawabs of Pataudi. His grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, was the Nawab of Pataudi as well as an accomplished cricketer who played for England and then for India as the captain of the team. His paternal grandmother was Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal and his great-uncle was Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi.

His father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, like Nawab of Pataudi Sr., was not only the Nawab of Pataudi but also a former captain of the Indian cricket team. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, is a Bengali Indian film actress,head of the Indian film censorship board and a relative of the Nobel laureate - Rabindranath Tagore.Saif is also distantly related to the late Nafisa Joseph through his mother. Khan has two sisters: Soha Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan.

He attended Lockers Park Prep School, then followed in his father's footsteps by attending Winchester College, a famous independent school for boys in England.

Saif was meant to make his debut in "Bekhudi" (1992) opposite Kajol but the film took off without him.

He made his Bollywood debut in the 1992 film "Parampara". For his next film "Aashiq Awara" (1993) he won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. His breakthrough role came in 1994 with "Yeh Dillagi" starring opposite Kajol and Akshay Kumar which was his first major hit.Khan went on to star in many films but they failed at the box office. He only had success with multi-starrer hits like Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)," Kachche Dhaage" (1999) and "Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United" (1999).After some box office failures he had a hit with the film "Kya Kehna" (2000).

He has since had many box office successes such as "Kal Ho Na Ho" (2003),"Hum Tum" (2004)[15] and "Salaam Namaste" (2005).He won lots of critical acclaim for his performance in a rare negative role for the film "Ek Hasina Thi" (2004) and for "Parineeta" (2005). His performance in "Hum Tum" won him the National Film Award for Best Actor.

He married actress Amrita Singh in October 1991. They divorced in 2004. They have two children, a daughter named Sara and a son named Ibrahim, both of whom live with their mother.Khan currently lives in Mumbai.Saif recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend, Rozza Catalino.

Saif was hospitalized at Leelawati Hospital, Mumbai, on February 18, 2007. He had experienced chest pains during rehearsals for the Grand Finale performance at Stardust Awards, to be held that night.Many film personalities came to see the actor in hospital. After hospitalisation he gave up smoking.

Filmography as Actor

Roadside Romeo (2008) - voiceover of a dog

Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008) - Ranbeer Talwar

Woodstock Villa (2008) - Special appearance in item number

Tashan (2008) - Jimmy

Race (2008) - Ranvir

Om Shanti Om (2007) - special appearance

No Smoking (2007) - Special Appearance

Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) - Avi

Nehle Pe Dehla (2007) - Jimmy

Eklavya (2007) - Harshwardhan

Omkara (2006) - Langda Tyagi

Being Cyrus (2006) - Cyrus Mistry

Salaam Namaste (2005) - Nikhil Arora

Parineeta (2005) - Shekhar Rai

Ek Hasina Thi (2004) - Karan Singh Rathod

Hum Tum (2004) - Karan Kapoor

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) - Rohit Patel

Darna Mana Hai (2003) - Anil Manchandani (Photographer)

LOC Kargil (2003) - Capt. Anuj Nayyar

Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002) - Akshay

Dil Chahta Hai (2001) - Sameer

Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega (2001) - Rahul Kapoor

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) - Rajiv Shyamrao ("Sam")

Kya Kehna (2000) - Rahul Modi

Yeh Pyaar Hi To Hai (2000)

Biwi No. 1 (1999) - Deepak (Special Appearance)

Aarzoo (1999) - Amar

Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999) - Vinod

Kachche Dhaage (1999) - Dhananjay Pandit 'Jai'

Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (1999) - Raju Tarachand

Humse Badhkar Kaun (1998) - Sunny

Keemat (1998) - Ajay

Hamesha (1997) - Raja/Raju

Udaan (1997) - Raja

Bambai Ka Babu (1996) - Vikram (Vicky)

Dil Tera Diwana (1996) - Ravi Kumar

Ek Tha Raja (1996) - Sunny

Tu Chor Main Sipahi (1996) - Raja/King

Imtihaan (1995) - Vicky

Surakshaa (1995) - Amar/Prince Vijay

Aao Pyaar Karen (1994) - Raja

Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994) - Deepak Kumar

Yaar Gaddar (1994) - Jai Verma

Yeh Dillagi (1994) - Vikram 'Vicky' Saigal

Aashiq Awara (1993) - Jimmy/Rakesh Rajpal

Boy Friend (1993) - Himself (cameo) (uncredited)

Pehchaan (1993)

Pehla Nasha (1993) - Himself

Parampara (1992) - Pratap Singh