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{{infobox person
| name = Shah Rukh Khan
| image = file:Shah Rukh Khan graces the launch of the new Santro.jpg 
| caption = Khan in 2018
| birth_name = Shahrukh Khan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], Delhi, India
| alma_mater = [[Hansraj College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film producer|television personality|businessman}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| organisation = {{ubl|[[Red Chillies Entertainment]]|[[Knight Riders Group]]}}
| works = [[Shah Rukh Khan filmography|Full list]]
| title = [[Managing director|MD]] of Red Chillies Entertainment
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Gauri Khan|Gauri Chhibber]]|25 October 1991}}
| children = 3 (including [[Aryan Khan|Aryan]] and [[Suhana Khan|Suhana]])
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Shah Rukh Khan|Full list]]
| honours = [[Padma Shri]] (2005)<br />[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]] (2007)<br />[[Legion of Honour]] (2014) [[National Film Award]] (2025)
| signature = Shah Rukh Khan Signature.svg
}}

'''Shah Rukh Khan'''{{efn|Khan's official name is Shahrukh as per his business filings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Director Master Info |url=https://www.mca.gov.in/content/mca/global/en/mca/master-data/MDS/director-master-info.html?DIN=oJBBk1Fy5LMhVYHtIGjntA== |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=www.mca.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/RED-CHILLIES-ENTERTAINMENTS-PRIVATE-LIMITED-U92130MH2002PTC135790|title=RED CHILLIES ENTERTAINMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED|website=ZaubaCorp|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref> Shah Rukh is his preferred stylisation.}} ({{IPA|hns|ˈʃaːɦɾʊx xäːn|pron|audio=Shahrukh_Khan.ogg}}; born as Shahrukh Khan on 2 November 1965), popularly known by the initials '''SRK''', is an [[Indian actor]] and [[film producer]] renowned for his work in [[Hindi cinema]]. Referred to in the media as the "[[Padishah|Baadshah]] of Bollywood" and "King Khan",{{efn|name=King}} he has [[Shah Rukh Khan filmography|appeared in more than 100 films]] and earned [[List of awards and nominations received by Shah Rukh Khan|numerous accolades]], including a [[National Film Award]] and 15 [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Mukesh Khanna backs Shah Rukh Khan's National Award win |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/mukesh-khanna-backs-shah-rukh-khans-national-award-win-76404.html |magazine=Filmfare |date=6 August 2025 |access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Srivastava |first=Simran |date=1 August 2025 |title=Shah Rukh Khan's Fans Can't Keep Calm As Actor Wins His First National Film Award In 33 Years: 'Wait Is Over' |url=https://news24online.com/entertainment/shah-rukh-khans-fans-cant-keep-calm-as-actor-wins-his-first-national-film-award-in-33-years-wait-is-over/611358/ |work=News24 |access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref> He has been awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]], as well as the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]] and [[Legion of Honour]] by the [[Government of France]]. Khan has a significant following in Asia and among the [[Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India|Indian diaspora]] worldwide. In terms of income, several media outlets have described him as one of the most successful film stars in the world.{{efn|name=biggest}}

Khan began his career with appearances in several television series in the late 1980s and made his [[Hindi]] film debut in 1992 with the musical romance ''[[Deewana (1992 film)|Deewana]]''. He was initially recognised for playing villainous roles in the films ''[[Baazigar]]'' (1993) and ''[[Darr]]'' (1993). Khan established himself by starring in a series of top-grossing romantic films, including {{lang|hi-latn|[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]}} (1995), ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]'' (1997), ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' (1998), ''[[Mohabbatein]]'' (2000), ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]'' (2001), ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003), ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' (2004), and ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' (2006). He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of an alcoholic in the period romantic drama ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' (2002), a [[NASA]] scientist in the social drama ''[[Swades]]'' (2004), a hockey coach in the sports drama ''[[Chak De! India]]'' (2007), and a man with [[Asperger syndrome]] in the drama ''[[My Name Is Khan]]'' (2010). Further commercial successes came with the romances ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' (2007) and ''[[Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]]'' (2008), and with his expansion to comedies in ''[[Chennai Express]]'' (2013) and ''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]'' (2014). Following a brief setback and hiatus, Khan made a career comeback with the 2023 action thrillers ''[[Pathaan (film)|Pathaan]]'' and ''[[Jawan (film)|Jawan]]'', both of which rank among the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian films]]. For ''Jawan'', he received the [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]].

As of 2015, Khan is co-chairman of the motion picture production company [[Red Chillies Entertainment]] and its subsidiaries and is the co-owner of the [[Indian Premier League]] cricket team [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] and the [[Caribbean Premier League]] team [[Trinbago Knight Riders]]. He is a frequent television presenter and stage show performer. Khan's philanthropic endeavours have provided health care and disaster relief, and he was honoured with [[UNESCO]]'s Pyramide con Marni award in 2011 for his support of children's education and the [[World Economic Forum]]'s Crystal Award in 2018 for advocating for women's and children's rights in India. He regularly features in listings of the most influential people in [[Indian culture]], and in 2008, ''[[Newsweek]]'' named him one of their fifty most powerful people in the world. In 2022, Khan was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time in a readers' poll by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'', and in 2023, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named him as one of the [[Time 100|most influential people in the world]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/|title=Shah Rukh Khan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2023|date=13 April 2023|magazine=Time|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

== Early life and family ==
=== Parents ===
Khan's father, [[Mir clan|Mir]] Taj Mohammed Khan, was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] activist from [[Peshawar]] who campaigned alongside the [[Khudai Khidmatgar]], a [[nonviolent resistance]] movement led by [[Abdul Ghaffar Khan]] that sought a [[opposition to the partition of India|united and independent India]].<ref name="KoolAgrawal2020">{{Cite book |last1=Kool |first1=Vinod K. |title=Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence, Volume 1: Scientific Roots and Development |last2=Agrawal |first2=Rita |date=2020 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |isbn=978-3-030-56865-8 |pages=55 |language=English |quote=Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), the followers of which were commonly referred to as 'red shirts.' What attracted people to him? It was the same values that drew people in large numbers to Gandhi—integrity of character coupled with a total commitment to the philosophy and practice of nonviolence and the unwavering belief in a united India.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 October 2019 |title=Fatima Bhutto terms Shah Rukh Khan 'an icon challenging US monopoly |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/538860-fatima-bhutto-terms-shah-rukh-khan-an-icon-challenging-us-monopoly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010001647/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/538860-fatima-bhutto-terms-shah-rukh-khan-an-icon-challenging-us-monopoly |archive-date=10 October 2019 |access-date=10 October 2019 |website=The News International}}</ref> Mir was a follower of Abdul Ghaffar Khan,{{sfn|Chopra|2007|pp=17–18}} and affiliated with the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="ancestral5">{{Cite news |last=Khan, Omer Farooq |date=19 March 2010 |title=SRK's ancestral home traced to Pakistan |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/SRKs-ancestral-home-traced-to-Pakistan/articleshow/5701179.cms |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701111712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/SRKs-ancestral-home-traced-to-Pakistan/articleshow/5701179.cms |archive-date=1 July 2015 |quote=There is a strong misperception about Shah Rukh's identity who is widely considered as a Pathan. In fact, his entire family speaks Hindko language. His ancestors came from Kashmir and settled in Peshawar centuries back, revealed Maqsood. This may disappoint many of Shah Rukh’s Pashto speaking fans who consider him a Pathan by origin. Shah Rukh’s family also contradicted the claim that his grandfather Jan Muhammad was from Afghanistan.}}</ref> He was also the cousin of the major general in the [[Indian National Army]] [[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]].{{efn|name="SRKfamily"|Although Shahrukh Khan's mother was reported to be the adopted daughter of [[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]], a major general in the [[Indian National Army]], the [[Indian Army]] denied those reports.<ref name="The Express Tribune">{{Cite news |date=11 March 2012 |title=Army denies new ISI chief related to Shah Rukh Khan |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/348459/army-denies-new-isi-chief-related-to-shah-rukh-khan/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528165955/http://tribune.com.pk/story/348459/army-denies-new-isi-chief-related-to-shah-rukh-khan/ |archive-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> According to Khan, his father was related to Shah Nawaz.<ref name="pathan">{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Priya |date=4 August 2013 |title=How SRK's Pathan father fell in love with his South Indian mother |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/How-SRKs-Pathan-father-fell-in-love-with-his-South-Indian-mother/articleshow/21574818.cms |url-status=live |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805212904/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/How-SRKs-Pathan-father-fell-in-love-with-his-South-Indian-mother/articleshow/21574818.cms |archive-date=5 August 2013}}</ref>}} According to Khan, his paternal grandfather, Mir Jan Muhammad Khan, was an ethnic [[Pashtuns|Pashtun (Pathan)]] from Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 2020 |title=Happy Birthday Shah Rukh Khan: Why SRK is 'Half Hyderabadi'? |url=https://www.siasat.com/happy-birthday-shah-rukh-khan-why-srk-is-half-hyderabadi-2013690/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617114610/https://www.siasat.com/happy-birthday-shah-rukh-khan-why-srk-is-half-hyderabadi-2013690/ |archive-date=17 June 2021 |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-GB |quote=Khan’s paternal grandfather, Meer Jan Muhammad Khan, was an ethnic Pashtun (Pathan) from Afghanistan}}</ref><ref name="ancestral5" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwbta8t2XH4&t=2m00s |title=Mardomi interviews Shahrukh Khan in U.S.A |date=26 January 2009 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |time=2:00 |access-date=1 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809175417/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwbta8t2XH4&t=2m00s |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, his paternal cousins in Peshawar later clarified that the family speaks [[Hindko]], a language related to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] that Khan can understand and speak even if not fluently,<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 2005 |title=Shahrukh's cousins eager to meet him |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/149454/shahrukh-s-cousins-eager-to-meet-him |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025924/http://www.dawn.com/news/149454/shahrukh-s-cousins-eager-to-meet-him |archive-date=17 November 2015 |access-date=4 November 2015 |work=Dawn |quote=Mr Ahmed said that the celebrity understood Hindko and loved to speak in his mother-tongue despite having been born away from Hindko speaking area. However, he could not speak the language fluently, he added.}}</ref> and is originally from [[Kashmir]], from where they settled in Peshawar centuries back, thus contradicting the claim that his grandfather was a Pashtun from Afghanistan.<ref name="ancestral5" /> As of 2010, Khan's paternal family was still living in the Shah Wali Qataal area of Peshawar's [[Qissa Khwani Bazaar]].<ref name="ancestral5" />

In 1946, Mir moved to Delhi to study law at [[Delhi University]].{{sfn|Chopra|2007|pp=19}} With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he was forced to stay in Delhi and did not return to Peshawar until many years later.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|pp=20}} Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima, a [[magistrate]], was the daughter of a senior government engineer.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|p=25}}{{efn|name="SRKfamily"}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raza |first=Danish |date=29 June 2015 |title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency |publisher=Hindustan Times |agency=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710004240/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> His parents were married in 1959.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|p=26}}

=== Early life ===
Khan was born as Shahrukh Khan on 2 November 1965 into a [[Muslim]] family in [[New Delhi]].{{sfn|Chopra|2007|loc=p. 27|ps=: "born on 2 November 1965 at Talwar Nursing Home, in New Delhi"}} He spent the first five years of his life in [[Mangalore]], where his maternal grandfather, Iftikhar Ahmed, served as chief engineer of the port in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 August 2013 |title=Shah Rukh Khan's South Connect: 'Chennai Express' Actor's Mangalore Home Turns into Tourist Spot |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/shah-rukh-khan039s-south-connect-039chennai-express039-actor039s-mangalore-home-turns-into-tourist-spot-501269 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023090445/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/shah-rukh-khan039s-south-connect-039chennai-express039-actor039s-mangalore-home-turns-into-tourist-spot-501269 |archive-date=23 October 2014 |access-date=23 September 2013 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref><ref name="BornBroughtup">{{cite news|title=B'day Special: Shah Rukh Khan (p. 4)|work=The Times of India|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan/bday-special-shah-rukh-khan/articleshow/25059441.cms|url-status=live|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216104040/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan/bday-special-shah-rukh-khan/articleshow/25059441.cms|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>{{efn|There was some confusion because Khan seemingly contradicted himself in an interview, saying that he was born and brought up in Mangalore<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta, Priya |date=6 August 2013 |title=SRK grew up in Mangalore |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/SRK-grew-up-in-Mangalore/articleshow/21650472.cms |url-status=live |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212114547/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/SRK-grew-up-in-Mangalore/articleshow/21650472.cms?referral=PM |archive-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> but he later confirmed his birthplace as Delhi, and that he was brought up in Mangalore for the first five years.<ref name="BornBroughtup" />}} Khan has described himself on [[Twitter]] as "half [[Hyderabadi Muslims|Hyderabadi]] (mother), half [[Pashtuns|Pathan]] (father), and some [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] (grandmother)".<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=21639346475 |user=iamsrk |title=i am half hyderabadi (mom) half pathan (Dad) some kashmiri (grandmom) born in delhi life in mumbai punjabi wife kolkata team. Indian at heart |author=Shah Rukh Khan |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=27 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122203520/https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/21639346475 |archive-date=22 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Khan grew up in the [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]] neighbourhood of New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2009 |title=SRK to run for Delhi TNN |language=en-US |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/SRK-to-run-for-Delhi/articleshow/5068322.cms |url-status=live |access-date=21 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317114958/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/SRK-to-run-for-Delhi/articleshow/5068322.cms |archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> His father had several business ventures including a restaurant, and the family lived a middle-class life in rented apartments.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|p=50}} Khan attended [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's School]] in central Delhi where he excelled in his studies and in sports such as hockey and football,{{sfn|O'Brien|2014|p=217}} and received the school's highest award, the Sword of Honour.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|p=50}} Initially Khan aspired to pursue a career in sports, however a shoulder injury in his early years meant that he could no longer play.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Rajat |date=16 April 2016 |title=Shah Rukh Khan in Aap Ki Adalat (Full Interview) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=t_FyYz1pOVg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011203534/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=t_FyYz1pOVg |archive-date=11 October 2020 |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=youtube.com/user/IndiaTV |publisher=IndiaTV}}</ref> Instead, in his youth, he acted in stage plays and received praise for his imitations of Bollywood actors, of which his favourites were [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], and [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]].{{sfn|Chopra|2007|pp=32, 36}} One of his childhood friends and acting partners was [[Amrita Singh]], who became a [[Bollywood]] actress.{{sfn|Chopra|2007|pp=36–38}} Khan enrolled at [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]]’s [[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),{{sfn|Chopra|2007|p=53}} where he studied acting under the mentorship of theatre director [[Barry John (theatre director)|Barry John]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker, Steven |date=9 April 2007 |title=Theatre is at an all-time low in Delhi |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/theatre-is-at-an-all-time-low-in-delhi/story-cdTZmWVLZbZpajDHYUYWiM.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001114344/http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/theatre

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