Shahrukh Khan the popular actor known as the Badshah of Bollywood revealed that his first salary was Rs. 50. He was working as a ticket seller in a cinema theater. Shahrukh Khan is the 2nd richest celebraty in the world.
Khan was born on 2 November
1965 in New Delhi. He spent the first five years of his life
in Mangalore,
where his maternal grandfather, Ifthikar Ahmed, served as chief engineer of the
port in the 1960s. According to Khan, his paternal
grandfather, Jan Muhammad, was from Afghanistan. Khan's father, Meer Taj Mohammed Khan, an ethnic Pashtun (Pathan), was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India (present-day Pakistan).
As of 2010, Khan's paternal family was still living in Shah Wali Qataal area of Peshawar's famous Qissa Khawani Bazaar. Meer was a follower of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and affiliated with the All Indian National Congress. He moved to New Delhi before the 1947 partition of India. Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima, was the daughter of a senior government engineer. His parents met when his mother was involved in an auto accident, and his father rescued her, took her to the hospital, and donated blood. They were married in 1959. Khan described himself on Twitter as "half Hyderabadi (mother), half Pathan (father), [and] some Kashmiri (grandmother)". His cousin in Peshawar, Maqsood Ahmed, claims that the family is actually of Hindkowan origin, and also contradicts the claim that his grandfather was from Afghanistan.
As of 2010, Khan's paternal family was still living in Shah Wali Qataal area of Peshawar's famous Qissa Khawani Bazaar. Meer was a follower of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and affiliated with the All Indian National Congress. He moved to New Delhi before the 1947 partition of India. Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima, was the daughter of a senior government engineer. His parents met when his mother was involved in an auto accident, and his father rescued her, took her to the hospital, and donated blood. They were married in 1959. Khan described himself on Twitter as "half Hyderabadi (mother), half Pathan (father), [and] some Kashmiri (grandmother)". His cousin in Peshawar, Maqsood Ahmed, claims that the family is actually of Hindkowan origin, and also contradicts the claim that his grandfather was from Afghanistan.
Khan
grew up in the Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood of Delhi. His father had several business ventures
including a restaurant, and the family lived a middle-class life in rented
apartments. Khan attended St. Columba's School in central Delhi where he excelled in
his studies and in sports such as hockey and football, and received the school's highest award,
the Sword of Honour. In his youth, he acted in stage plays and
received praise for his imitations of Bollywood actors, his favourites of which
were Mumtaz and Amitabh Bachchan. One of his childhood friends and acting
partners was Amrita Singh,
who became a Bollywood actress. Khan enrolled at Hansraj College (1985–88) to EARN his Bachelor's degree in Economics,
but spent much of his time at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG), where he studied acting under the
mentorship of theatre director Barry John. After Hansraj, he began studying for a
Master's degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, but left to pursue his
acting career. He also attended the National School of Drama in Delhi during his early career in
Bollywood. His father died of cancer in 1980, and his mother died in 1991 from
complications of DIABETES. After the death of their parents, his older
sister, Shahnaz Lalarukh, born in 1960, fell into a depressed state and Khan took
on the responsibility of caring for her. Shahnaz continues to live with her brother
and his family in their Mumbai mansion.
Although
Khan was given the birth name Shahrukh Khan, he prefers his name to be written
as Shah Rukh Khan, and is commonly referred to by the abbreviation SRK. He married Gauri Chibber,
a Punjabi Hindu,
in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991, after a six-year
courtship. They have a son Aryan (born 1997) and a
daughter Suhana (born 2000). In 2013, they became parents of a third
child named AbRam, who was born through a surrogate mother. According to Khan, while he strongly
believes in Islam, he also values his
wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions; the Qur'an is situated next to the Hindu deities.