Aamir Khan
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Aamir Khan (born Aamir Hussain Khan, March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India), is one of the most prominent actors on the Bollywood scene. He rose to stardom with the film Qayamat se Qayamat tak (1988).
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Career
Aamir was born into a film-industry clan. 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. Aamir's brother Faizal has also acted in films.
Aamir began his career as a child-actor in the film Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), when he was eight years old. He acted and wrote the screenplay for the film Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993). He has also done playback singing for himself in the successful film Ghulam (1998).
Aamir is known for his efforts to create believable characters, rather than just playing himself in film after film. He will go to great lengths to give a convincing portrayal -- including, it is said, drinking heavily in order to play a drunken scene in Raja Hindustani (1996), even though he doesn't drink in real life. His memorable characters include:
- Amar the inept schemer (Andaaz Apna Apna)
- Aakash the college Lothario (Dil Chahta Hai)
- Munna the street tough (Rangeela)
- Bhuvan the village idealist (Lagaan)
- ACP Rathod, a crusading police officer, Sarfarosh
Aamir is also known for working on only one film at a time, unusual in the Bollywood film industry, because he wants to give his best to each film. Detractors say that his penchant for perfection sometimes leads to clashes with directors who don't listen to his objections or let him re-shoot a scene he thinks sub-par.
Aamir's reputed perfectionism seems to have paid off for Aamir's first foray into film-production, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. This film was a big box-office success in India and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 2001.
Aamir is currently working on a project called "The Rising" which is being made in both English and Hindi. He is playing the role of Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in the army of the British East India Company and a leader of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (which the British called the Indian Mutiny). The movie is now scheduled for release on June 10, 2005.
Apart from "Rang De Basanti" and "The Rising", he recently signed a deal for one more movie with director Kunal Kohli opposite Kajol.
Family life
Aamir went directly into films from college and made his first big hit playing ... a college boy. Publicists tried to position him as a teen idol, every college girl's dream. In order to do so, they buried all evidence of his 1988 marriage to Reena Datta, one of the extras appearing in his first hit film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. It was big news when the marriage was first revealed.
However, Aamir's popularity survived the revelation, and his marriage to Reena seemed to have survived too. They had two children 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. It was a big surprise to the film-going public when Aamir Khan and Reena divorced in 2003. Aamir has since been linked romantically to several women, but is still single.
Filmography
- Rang De Basanti (2005) (filming)
- The Rising (2005) ... Mangal Pandey
- Dil Chahta Hai (2001) ... Akash Malhotra
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) ... Bhuvan
- Mela (2000) ... Kishan Pyare
- Mann (1999) ... Karan Dev Singh
- Sarfarosh (1999) ... Ajay Singh Rathod
- Earth (1998) ... Dil Navaz, the Ice Candy Man
- Ghulam (1998) ... Siddharth Marathe
- Ishq (1997) ... Raja
- Raja Hindustani (1996) ... Raja Hindustani
- Rangeela (1995) ... Munna
- Baazi (1995) ... Inspector Amar Damjee
- Aatank Hi Aatank (1995) ... Rohan
- Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) ... Rohit
- Andaz Apna Apna (1994) ... Amar
- Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993) ... Rahul Malhotra
- Parampara (1992) ... Ranbir Singh
- Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) ... Sanjaylal Verma
- Daulat Ki Jung (1992) ... Rajesh Chaudhry
- Isi Ka Naam Zindagi (1992) ... Chotu
- Time Machine (1992)
- Afsana Pyaar Ka (1991) ... Raj
- Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991) ... Raghu Jetley
- Dil ([[1990) ... Raja
- Tum Mere Ho (1990) ... Shiva
- Awwal Number (1990) ... Sunny
- Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin (1990) ... Ajay Sharma
- Jawani Zindabad (1990) ... Shashi
- Love Love Love (1989)
- Raakh (1989) ... Amir Hussein
- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) ... Raj
- Holi (1984) ... Madan Sharma
- Madhosh (1974) ... Child artist
- Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973) ... Child artist
External link
- IMDb information (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0451148/)hi:आमिर ख़ान