Khans of Bollywood

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Salman Khan (left), Shah Rukh Khan (middle), and Aamir Khan (right)

The term Khans of Bollywood refers to several actors of

Bollywood, the Mumbai-based Hindi language Indian film industry, whose surnames are Khan. Most commonly, this involves the Three Khans: Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. The three are unrelated, but happen to share the same surname,[1] and were all born in 1965.[2] Due to their longevity and high popularity, they are considered among the most successful movie stars
in the history of Indian cinema.

The dominance of the three Khans at the Indian box office has been compared to that of the

highest-earning actors in films, and Salman Khan has been the highest paid celebrity in South Asia several times. They have also earned critical acclaim, between them winning 6 National Film Awards and 26 Filmfare Awards. They are some of the most famous Indians known overseas, and some of the world's biggest movie stars.[3] They have been reported by various sources to command high salary packages up to 50 crore (US$8.53 million) per movie.[4][5][6] The three Khans have had successful careers since the late 1980s,[7] and have dominated the Indian box office since the 1990s, across three decades.[8]

Combined, they have starred in seven of the top ten

Hum Aapke Hain Koun
(1994)
highest payday for a non-Hollywood actor.[15] In 2014, Shah Rukh was the richest non-Hollywood actor and the second richest actor in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$600 million.[16] On the 2016 Forbes list of the 10 highest-paid actors in the world, Salman ranked sixth, with total earnings of US$33.5 million for the year.[17] On 2017's [18] and 2018's [19] Forbes
list of the 10 highest-paid actors in the world, Salman Khan ranked 9th both years, earning $37 million and $38.5 million in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

In addition to the three Khans, there have been other Khans in Bollywood. The most famous Khan prior to them was

2000 crore, making it the highest-grossing Indian film for over six decades.[22][23] The term "fourth Khan" is used to refer to Saif Ali Khan
.

Three Khans

Salman Khan

Salman Khan ramp walk in 2009.[24] He has been the most domestically successful Indian actor.[25]

Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (born 27 December 1965) better known as Salman Khan (pronunciation :

Hindi cinema
.

Khan began his acting career with a supporting role in

Bollywood record. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honored him with the 2008 Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment. He is one of the richest actors in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$
2 billion.

Salman Khan was ranked 7th in Forbes's first global list of the highest-paid actor in the world with US$33.5 million.[citation needed]

Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan in 2012. One of the richest actors globally, he is often considered as the biggest movie star in the world.[26]

Shah Rukh Khan (born Shahrukh Khan, 2 November 1965), popularly called as SRK, is sometimes referred to in the media as the "King of Bollywood" and "King Khan"

Indian diaspora worldwide and a significant following in Europe . He is one of the richest actors in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$290 million, and his work in Bollywood has earned him numerous accolades, including 15 Filmfare Awards
.

Khan started his career with appearances in several television-series in the late 1980s. He made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with

Veer Zaara (2004), a wanted criminal in Don (2006) and Don 2 (2012), a hockey coach in Chak De! India (2007), a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan (2010), an Army officer in Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), a 40-year-old bachelor in Chennai Express (2013), a dancer in the heist–comedy Happy New Year (2014), a film star and his fan in the psychological thriller Fan (2016) and a gangster in the crime thriller Raees (2017). After a break of 4 years, Khan starred in action thrillers Pathaan (2023) and Jawan
(2023), which broke numerous box office records, and rank among the highest grossing Indian films of all time. Khan thus became the first Indian actor to deliver two films that earned over ₹10 billion.

Many of his films display themes of Indian national identity and connections with diaspora communities, or gender, racial, social and religious differences and grievances. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri, and the Government of France awarded him both the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Légion d'honneur.

Along with the awards, he has been awarded four honorary doctorates.

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan at an event in 2008. He has been the most internationally successful Indian actor since the late 2000s.[3]

Hindi films, Khan has established himself as one of the most popular and influential actors of Indian cinema.[37][38] In addition to being highly popular in India, he is also highly popular overseas, particularly in China,[39][40] the second largest movie market.[41] He is "arguably the world's biggest movie star" according to Rob Cain,[3] due to his immense popularity in the world's two most populous nations, India and China.[3]

He is the recipient of

Academy Award nomination. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010.[42]

Khan first appeared on screen as a child actor in his uncle

Special Jury Award at the National Film Award ceremony. He established himself as a leading actor of Hindi cinema in the 1990s by appearing in several commercially successful films, including the romantic drama Dil (1990), the romance Raja Hindustani (1996), for which he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor, and the drama Sarfarosh (1999).[46][47] He was also noted for playing against type in the critically acclaimed Canadian-Indian film Earth
(1998).

In 2001, Khan started a production company, whose first release,

Fanaa and Rang De Basanti. The following year, he made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par, a major success that garnered him the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Khan's greatest commercial successes came with the thriller Ghajini (2008), the comedy-drama 3 Idiots (2009), the adventure film Dhoom 3 (2013), the satire PK (2014) and wrestling-drama Dangal (2016) all of which held records for being the highest-grossing Indian film of all time.[48]

Other Khans

Dilip Kumar (Muhammad Yusuf Khan)

Dilip Kumar (Muhammad Yusuf Khan) in 1946. He was the biggest Indian movie star of the 1950s and 1960s.[49]

method actor" (natural actor) by Satyajit Ray.[52] Kumar was a pioneer of method acting, predating Hollywood method actors such as Marlon Brando. Kumar inspired future generations of Indian actors, from Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah to Shah Rukh Khan to Nawazuddin Siddiqui.[53] In the 1950s, Dilip Kumar became the first actor to charge 1 lakh (equivalent to 1.1 crore or US$130,000 in 2023) per film.[54]

Kumar is known for his roles in films such as the romantic

historical film Mughal-e-Azam, which was the highest-grossing film in Indian film history for 15 years until it was surpassed by 1975's Sholay.[55] If adjusted for inflation, Mughal-e-Azam is the highest-grossing Indian film for more than six decades, equivalent to over 2000 crores in 2020[22][23]

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan at New Delhi, India in 2012

Saif Ali Khan - referred to as the "Fourth Khan", also a

Indian national cricket team, and actress Sharmila Tagore.[56][57] The 2004 romantic comedy Hum Tum proved to be Khan's first success in which he played the sole male lead, earning him the National Film Award for Best Actor, and starring roles in the drama Parineeta and the romantic comedy Salaam Namaste (both 2005) established him as a leading actor in Bollywood.[58] He went on to earn wide critical praise for his portrayal of an apprentice in the 2006 English film Being Cyrus, a character based on William Shakespeare's antagonist Iago in the 2006 crime film Omkara and a terrorist in the 2009 thriller Kurbaan. Khan's highest commercial success came with the 2008 thriller Race and its 2013 sequel, the 2009 romance Love Aaj Kal, and the 2012 romantic comedy Cocktail
.

Irrfan Khan

Irfan Khan in 2015

Irrfan Khan had garnered the

The Amazing Spider-Man, and Jurassic World, with a featured role alongside Tom Hanks in the 2016 adaptation of Dan Brown's novel Inferno. In September 2015, he was appointed as the brand ambassador for "Resurgent Rajasthan", a campaign by the state government of Rajasthan.[60]

Irrfan Khan is sometimes also considered the "fourth Khan", along with Saif Ali Khan.[61] By 2017, Irrfan Khan's films have grossed over US$3.6 billion at the worldwide box office, mostly from his work in international productions.[62] His highest-grossing Hindi films are Hindi Medium (2017) and The Lunchbox (2013). He died of cancer on 29 April 2020 at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.

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See also

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