Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan Biography

Aamir Hussain Khan (born March 14, 1965) in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed and a prominent National Film Award-winning Indian film actor and producer.

Being a part of several commercially successful movies and delivering highly acclaimed performances, he has established himself as one of the top and most successful leading actors of Hindi cinema.

Aamir was born in Mumbai into a Shia Muslim family that has been actively involved in the Indian film-industry. He is a descendant of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and is originally from Shahbaad, Uttar Pradesh.His father Tahir Hussain is a producer; his uncle Nasir Hussain was a director. He has acted in a few films directed by his cousin Mansoor Khan. His brother Faisal Khan is an actor, and they have co-starred in the 2000 film Mela. His cousin Tariq was an actor in the 1970s who notably appeared in "Yaadon Ki Baraat" and "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin".

Appearing as a child actor in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan's career started eleven years later with the film, Holi (1984). He received his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and won a Filmfare Best Debut Award for his performance in the film. After eight previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, he received his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in "Raja Hindustani" (1996), his biggest commercial success so far.

He won acclaim for his role in the Academy Award nominated Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) and received his second Best Actor award at the Filmfare ceremony as well as numerous other awards. Taking a four year break from acting, Aamir made his comeback with Ketan Mehta's "The Rising" (2005).

He fell in love with Reena Dutta (a Hindu). As Muslims, his parents did not approve of her. As soon as he turned 21, he proposed to her. She accepted and their marriage stayed a secret for a while.Reena Dutta made a brief appearance in a song sequence in Khan's first film, though not a professional actress and already married to him at that time.

It was big news when the marriage was first revealed. Reena Dutta maintained a very low profile and continued her job working in a travel agency.However, Aamir's popularity survived the revelation, and his marriage to Reena seemed to have survived too. They had two children (son Junaid and daughter Aira) and led a quiet, publicity-shunning family life. Reena was even involved, briefly, in Aamir's career when she worked as a producer for Lagaan.

Then in December 2002, Aamir filed for divorce. Reena took custody of the children. On December 28, 2005, Aamir married again, to Kiran Rao, who had been an assistant to director Ashutosh Gowariker during the filming of Lagaan.

Aamir Khan Filmography

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na ( Imran Khan, Genelia D'Souza)
Taare Zameen Par ( Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary)
Taare Zameen Par ( Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary)
Taare Zameen Par ( Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary)
Fanaa ( Aamir Khan, Kajol, Tabu)
Rang De Basanti ( Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth, Alice Patten, Sharman Joshi)
The Rising ( Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Amisha Patel, Rani Mukherjee, Coral Beed)
Dil Chahta Hai ( Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Sonali Kulkarni)
Lagaan ( Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley)
Rangeela ( Urmila Matondkar, Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff)
Dil ( Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher)
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla)
Raja Hindustani ( Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor)
Mann ( Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Sharmila Tagore, Deepti Bhatnagar)
1947: Earth ( Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani, Gulshan Grover)
Mela ( Aamir Khan, Faisal Khan, Twinkle Khanna)
Sarfarosh ( Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi)