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Father was a chief engineer. My mother was a social worker, a first class magistrate. She had studied in Oxford. She was among the first few Muslim women to have achieved so much.

An outgoing kind of person, mom took a lot of initiative in everything. I remember when my father was ill, he had cancer for eight months, we lost everything we had.

One injection used to cost about Rs 5000 and we had to organise about 23 injections in ten days. It was an expensive affair and our business went down. At that time my mother would work day and night. She would get the money some way. She really looked after my father. After his death in '1981 she revived his business and ran it proficiently. I inherited workaholic from her. She never said no to anything. Like when I went to college, I said I wanted a car. And the next day, there was a car outside.

I think I inherited my sense of humor from my father, who too had a lot of respect for women. I remember once I had gone and blown some body's letterbox. And this south Indian lady came down and complained to my father, "Your son troubles my daughter". He looked at her and said, "If she is as pretty as you are and if I was as young as my son, I'd probably do the same thing". She started laughing. He said it so gently and nicely.

My mother behaved like a true friend, when I told her I wanted to marry Gauri. Is she Muslim or Chinese? Nothing was asked.

It was the most painful moment of my life, when my mother died in my arms. She had become alright and suddenly she died(1991). Just like Dad. Her blood had become septic. It was very painful. The first time I prayed to God was when she lay dying. I never prayed, that's the kind of family we were. A Muslim family that never forced you to pray. And it was the first time, I really prayed, but she died all the same.I still believe she's there and she looks over me. Otherwise I would not have had all that I have. She is my STD to God because there is nothing in this world that I want and I don't get.Whenever I'm very happy I cry, because I can't share my happiness with her.

I imbibed my basic values from her, learned a number of things from my mother. Like never cut down on your expenditure, increase your income. That's why I'm a spendthrift. Never acquire or want anything that has a bad feeling in it. In Urdu it is called manhoosiyat. Like if you ask someone for money and he says, "nahin yaar kal de dunga," just forget it. That's the reason why I still have not touched my mother's money. Because I know she would not want it that way. I only took a television set she had given me last when I came to Bombay. My property, my business, my cars, everything is still in Delhi. I haven't taken anything because if she's not there to give it to me, I don't want it. And she'll be happy if I don't take them and instead get the all on my own. She also taught me not to hurt anyone. Like I said she would slap people if she got angry with them, but she would love them at the same time.

My sister Shehnaz is very naïve and sweet. She is also very spoilt and pampered. I love her a lot. I've grown in her shadow, as she was the older child in the house. I'd look up to her. She is very quite now, after my parents demise. She stays with me. She is an educated girl. She has done a management course; she used to work as an officer for the Indira Gandhi memorial. She has also done her MBA in psychology. She was extremely affected by our father's death. I was younger, so I think I got over Dad's death sooner. By the time she accepted our Dad's absence, our mother died. She went through a bad phase. She is my only connection to my parents. I see my father and mother in her. I keep telling Shehnaz, "you are just like mummy". Even she has her fits of anger. My mother still remains with me and my mother always taught me to work, she said, "it will help to tide you over anything". I retained that. As for my sister, before she could pick up this invaluable lesson, our mother expired. So she got very clammed. She was an outgoing girl before, now she has become very quite and silent. I still look up to her.

SRK and his Marital Life: Gauri Chibber / Khan

(born 8th of October 1970)

For six years, we carried on our relationship clandestinely. Once I even went to her birthday party incognito(Gauri's home). I used the name I was falled in Fauji - Abhimanyu. Her parents innocently remarked that I looked like a distant relative of Mr Dilip Kumar. But when they got to know my identity later, all hell broke loose.

Things weren't working out, Gauri was locked up at home, she would keep on telling me, "Shahrukh, you don't know my parents.. you take things so lightly" and I would tell her that things would be allright. At one point of time, I was extremely possessive about Gauri. I would fight with her if she wore a swimsuit to the pool or even if she left her hair loose. She looked very pretty when she opened her hair and I didn't want other boys to look at her. It was basically insecurity because we couldn't talk about our relationship. We didn't meet so often. But I was extremely insanely possessive.

Eventually she could not take it. She needed a break. So in 89, she just came down to Mumbai with her friend without telling me. When I got to know I was frantic. The day before she left, she came to meet me. It was her birthday and I had decorated my room with balloons and bought her a lot of presents. When she came to meet me she cried and I thought maybe she was overwrought because of all the tension.

I told my mother about it.. she told me to go and bring back the girl I loved. She gave me Rs.10,000 and we all came to Mumbai. We spent the first two days at a friend's house. The rest of the time we(Friends) slept on the footpath near Oberoi. I still remember we used to wash up in the Taj, the bathroom behind 1900's was being done up at that time and we used to sneak in early mornings for a wash.

We spent most of the time walking around looking for her everywhere especially the beaches.

Gauri loves beaches. But I didn't know much about Bombay then. On our last day, here a met s Sardar taxiwala who spoke to us about Aksa beach. We took a chance and went there. By then we had run out of money. I had sold off my camera too. The cab dropped us to Aksa and we were left with 20 odd rupees. Then someone told us of a beach called Gorai. So we took a ferry across, searched a lot but couldn't find her. And then when we were coming back by rickshaw to reach the ferry on time, around 12, I heard some people shouting. The rickshaw driver told us it was a private beach (I was describing her to people, telling them about her hair, saying she's a friend and I've lost her. I used to love her hairstyle. But she cut it just to spite me). I told the rickshaw driver to take me to this beach. So we went and there she was. Standing in the water, wearing a T-shirt. She came over and we hugged, and cried. It was then that I realised I was being unreasonably possessive.

Her parents had seen me on television and were quite fond of me. But they thought my name was Abhimanyu and then they got to know that I am Shah Rukh Khan. Then her brother would keep on threatening me in his best Amrish Puri voice "Keep away from my sister of else..." Finally when I saw him I was in for a shock. He was this fair kid with blue eyes not even remotely intimidating. In fact when my friend Ashok saw him he said "There must be more to him yaar, he sounds real deadly on the phone."

Our wedding took place in the strangest circumstances. We never wanted to go against the wishes of our parents. The thought of eloping never crossed our minds. But we knew that we'd get married for sure. When I met Gauri's parents I just couldn't get myself to say that I loved their daughter. That I thought was a stupid thing to say... because I could never love their daughter as much as they loved her. They had given birth to and brought up Gauri... my love could never be a substitute for their love.

I had a Hindu style wedding as well as a court marriage. Court marriage is a must if it's an inter-religion marriage.

When my mother was alive, she used to call me anti-social, I used to never attend any functions or weddings. My mother used to always warn me that nobody would come for my wedding. I decided to have all the fun I could at my own wedding so I danced for the one kilometer stretch to the venue. At the wedding I stood on my toes and wouldn't let Gauri put the haar round my neck. All my friends know I have a sense of humour so they kept warning me repeatedly "Shahrukh don't poke any fun there because you won't mean anything but people will misunderstand."

As this was my only chance to see a wedding from such close proximity, whatever the pandit said I'd ask him to explain. And the whole ritual went on for hours.When it was time for the bidaai Gauri sat in the car and started crying. Soon her mother started crying, her father and brother followed. So then in all seriousness I said if you are all feeling so bad then you can keep her I'll come and see her regularly.( Married, on Oct 25, 1991)

Very few guests came from the film industry - Rajiv Mehra, Vivek Vaswani, Aziz Mirza and G.P. Sippy. Juhi and her mom had a party for us when we came to Bombay. All Gauri's friends came for the marriage. Mine was a house-in-mourning, so there wasn't any festivity.

I wore my Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman suits. At the sangeet and all I was the life of the party because the atmosphere was so gloomy I really decided to make things look a little more cheerful. In fact Gauri's mom is a good dancer and the life of any party but she wasn't dancing at her own daughter's sangeet. By the end of the wedding everyone grew very fond of me.

In the gifts there were none of the things that I wanted. No computer games. People are so stupid, they should give me what I want. Instead, they gave a lot of crystal.

Gauri's father had arranged an army band that played the songs from my forthcoming releases, mainly Deewana and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.

It was the first time I wore suits and the first sign of Gauri's mother thawing was when she told me that we never thought you were so nice looking. I wore a tuxedo for my reception and I gelled my hair.

For the first time after knowing each other for seven years we spent the night together. Before this we'd always be worried whenever we went out even if it was for a stroll, as to what if somebody sees us. It was quite an exciting feeling that we were sleeping together and that when I wake up in the morning, she will be there. Can you believe the next evening I took a flight back Bombay and the day after that I shot for Dil Aashna Hai. Actually I had gone on the sets because the unit wanted to congratulate me but they asked me to shoot one shot and before I knew it, one shot became five and I was late in coming back home and we had a big fight.

I love Gaurima because she is so honest and she complements me. Gauri teaches me how to be diplomatic. She keeps telling me that I say too many things and that I should not.

Because people don't know me well enough and then they completely misconstrue what I've said. So, it's better to keep shut.

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Filmography

Year | Title, Role, Notes

1992 | Deewana ,Raja Sahai | Won, Filmfare Best Debut Award

Maya Memsaab, Lalit

Dil Aashna Hai, Karan

Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman ,Raju

Chamatkar, Sunder Srivastava

1993 | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Sunil | Won, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance

Darr Rahul Mehra

Baazigar ,Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra|Won, Filmfare Best Actor Award

King Uncle, Anil

1994 | Anjaam ,Vijay Agnihotri | Won, Filmfare Best Villain Award

1995 | Trimurti, Romi Singh/Bholey

Ram_Jaane, Ram Jaane

Dilwale_Dulhania_Le_Jayenge ,Raj Malhotra | Won, Filmfare Best Actor Award

Oh_Darling!_Yeh_Hai_India ,Hero

Guddu ,Guddu Bahadur

Zamana_Deewana, Rahul Malhotra

Karan_Arjun, Arjun Singh/Vijay

1996 | Dushman Duniya Ka, Badru

Army ,Arjun

Chaahat ,Roop Rathore

English_Babu_Desi_Mem, Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur

1997 | Dil_To_Pagal_Hai ,Rahul | Won, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Pardes, Arjun Saagar

Yes Boss ,Rahul

Koyla ,Shanker

Gudgudee ,Special Appearance

1998 | Kuch_Kuch_Hota_Hai ,Rahul Khanna | Won, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Dil_Se, Amarkant Varma

Achanak, Special Appearance

Duplicate, Bablu Chaudhry/Manu Dada

Baadshah, Raj 'Baadshah'Heera

2000 | Gaja_Gamini ,Shahrukh, Special Appearance

Mohabbatein ,Raj Aryan Malhotra |Won, Filmfare Critics Award 4 Best Performance

Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award

Har_Dil_Jo_Pyar_Karega, Rahul,Special Appearance

Josh, Max

Hey_Ram Amjad Ali KhanList_of_India's_official_entries_to_the_Oscars

Phir_Bhi_Dil_Hai_Hindustani" Ajay Bakshi

Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham Rahul Raichand Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

2001 | Kabhi Khushi_Kabhie_Gham, Rahul Raichand |Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Asoka ,Asoka

One_2_Ka_4 Arun Verma

2002 | Shakti, Jaisingh

Devdas, Devdas Mukherjee | Won, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Hum_Tumhare_Hain_Sanam ,Gopal

2003 | Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho ,Aman Mathur | Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Chalte_Chalte , Raj Mathur

2004 | Swades ,Mohan Bhargava | Won, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Hum_Hain_Lajawab | Mr. Lajawab

Veer-Zaara | Veer Pratap Singh | Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Main_Hoon_Na , Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma | Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke ,Dushant

2005 | The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan Himself (Biopic) Documentary directed by British-based author and director Nasreen Munni Kabir

Paheli Kishen/The Ghost

Silsiilay ,Sutradhar, Special Appearance

Kaal ,Special appearance in song Kaal Dhamaal

Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye Himself, Special Appearance

2006 | I See You Special Appearance in Subah Subah song

Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna, Dev Saran

Don ,Don/Vijay | Nominated, Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award

Alag, Special appearance in song Sabse Alag

2007 | Jhoom_Barabar_Jhoom Special Appearance

Chak De India Hockey ,Coach: Kabir Khan

Om_Shanti_Om ,Om | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award

Krazzy 4 Special appearance in song Break Free

2008 | Bhoothnath Aditya Sharma Special appearance

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Surinder Sahni/Raj

Kismat Konnection, Narrator

2009 | Luck by Chance, Guest appearance

Billu, Sahir Khan

2010 | Dulha Mil Gaya, Pawan Raj Gandhi (PRG) Extended appearance

My Name Is Khan, Rizwan Khan | Filmfare Award for Best Actor

Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu, Himself Cameo

2011 | Always Kabhi Kabhi, Special appearance in song "Antenna"

Ra.One, G.One / Shekhar Subramanium

Don 2: The Chase Continues, Don

2012 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Samar Anand

2013 | Chennai Express, Rahul (Released on 8th Aug).

2014 | Happy New Year (2013) [Actor] [producer] (Releasing on 24 Oct)

Producer |

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)

Asoka (2001)

Chalte Chalte (2003)

Main Hoon Na (2004)

Kaal (2005)

Paheli (2005)

Om Shanti Om (2007)

Billu (2009)

Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011)

Ra.One (2011)

Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)

Playback singer |

Apun bola - Josh (2000)

Ankhein Khuli - Mohabbatein (2000)

Khaike paan banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)

Karle Karle - Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007)

Main To Hoon Pagal - Baadshah (1998)

TV career |

Dusra Keval (????) TV series .... ???

Fauji (1988) TV Series ... Abhimanyu Rai

Circus (TV Series) (1989)

Idiot (TV Series) (1991) TV Series ... Pawan Raghujan

Kareena Kareena (2004) Zee TV Series...Special Apperance

Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) TV series ... Host

Antakshari The Great Challenge (2007) TV series ... Special Guest

Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008) – Host

Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout (2011) – Host

FAMOUS DIALOGUES OF SHAHRUKH

Kal Ho Naa Ho

"Aaj..... Aaj ek Haseen aur baant loon.... Aaj ek Dua aur mang loon....Aaj ek aansoo aur pee loon... Aaj ek Zindagi aur ji loon...Aaj ek Sapna aur dekh loon.....Aaj..... Kya pata Kal Ho Naa Ho!!!"

Mohabbatein

"Pyaar zindagi ki tarah hota hai, Jiska her morr aasan nahi hota, Her raste per khushi nahi milti, Per jab hum zindagi ka saath nahin chorte, To hum pyaar karna kyon chorein..."Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

"Hum ek baar jite hain, ek baar marte hain, shaadi bhi ek baar hoti hai, aur pyar....ek hi baar hota hai"Baazigar

"Kabhi Kabhi Kuch Jeetne Ke Liya Kuch Haar Na Parta Hai, Aur Haar Ke Jeetne Wale Ko Baazigar Kehte Hain"Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge"It's alright Senorita, Bade Bade Deshon Mein, Aisi Choti Choti Baatein Hoti Rahti Hain."DON

'Don' ka intezaar to 11 mulko ki police kar rahi hai

leikin aik baat samajlo Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin, namumkin hai

" KOI BHI PLEASE NAHI KEHTAAAAAAA"

" Tumne Kumar Ke Pao'n Dekhe?

Terrible Shoes... Mujhey Uske Jootey Achey Nahi Lagey"

" TUM JANTE HO KI BANDUK ME GOLI NAHI HAI ME JANTA HU KI BANDUK ME GOLI NAHI HAI MAGAR POLICE YEH BAAT NAHI JANTI HAI"

" mujhe 2 ladkiyon se nafrat hain, ek jo don ke pass aane ke liye der karde aur woh jo don ke pass bahut jaldi aa jaati hai"

Devdas

"Kaun kambakhat bardaasht karne ke liye peeta hai ...Hum to peete hai ke yahapar beth sake, "tumhe dekh sake, tumhe bardaasht kar sake"Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

"Zindagi mein kuch banna ho, Kuch hasil karna ho, Kuch jeetna ho, To hamesha apne dil ki suno, Aur ager dil se bhi koi jawaab na aaye ... To apni aankhein band karke apni Maa aur Baba ka naam lo ... Phir dekhna tum her manzil paa sakoge, Her mushkil aasan ho jayegi, Jeet tumhari hogi ..... Sirf tumhari..."Om Shanti Om

... shiddat se tumhe paane ki koshish ki hai.. Ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki saazish ki hai..

Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko agar dil se chaho to saari kayanath tumhe usse milane ki koshish me lag jaati hai..

Aaj aap sabne milke mujhe meri chahat se milaya.. Thank you very much.. and I feel like I am the king of the world...

Aaj mujhe yakin hogaya dosto, ki hamari zindagi bhi hamare hindi filmon ke jaisa hi hai.. jaha pe end mein sab kuch theek ho jaata hai.. "Happies Endings".. Lekin agar End mein sab kuch theek na ho to woh the end nahi hain dosto.. Picture abhi baaki hai..

Chak De IndiaSattar(70) Minute, sattar min hai tumhare paas. Shayad yeh.. tumhare zindagi ke sab se… khaas sattar minute. Aaj tum aacha khelo ya bura khelo, yeh sattar minute tumhe zindagi bhar yaad rahegi. Tho kaise khelna hai.. aaj mein tumhe nahin bataunga.. Bas itna kahunga, ki jao aur yeh sattar minute jee bhar kar khelna.. kyunki iske baad aane wali zindagi chahe kuch sahi ho ya na ho.. chahe kuch rahe ya na rahe.. haro ya jeeto..lekin yeh sattar minute.. tumse koi nahin cheen saktha, Kyunki mein jaantha hu ki aagar yeh sattar minute is team ka har player apne zindagi ki sabse badiya hockey khel gaya.. tho yeh satar min khuda bhi tumse vapas nahin maang saktha. Mujhe states ki naam na sunayie dethe hai, na dhikaie dete hai. Sirf ek mulk-a-naam sunayie detha hai, I-N-D-I-A

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi "Punjab power, lighting up your life - Saurinder Sahni this side ji"

"hello dear, never fear, Raj is here"

My name is Khan "Kuch khaas awaazon se dil ki dardkhane tez ho jaati hai. Mere liye toh mandira, woh awaaz, hamesha tumhari haasi ki ti."

Translation: "Certain sounds sets your heart beating faster. For me, mandira, it has always been the sound of your laughter."

Still Reading Khan

Shah Rukh Khan’s biography released in Mumbai on 12th Oct 2006

At the release function of his biography ‘Still Reading Khan’ in Mumbai, Shah Rukh Khan said he was “overwhelmed” by the importance given to him by his admirers.

Dressed in a black suit, black shirt, a light brown tie and his stubble shaved off, SRK looked his dapperly best as he released the 460-page coffee table book written by Mushtaq Sheikh.

Sheikh is SRK's close friend and a television scriptwriter.

The book, priced at Rs. 3000, is the pictorial account of SRK’s journey from an anonymous Delhiite to the superstar of Hindi film industry.

At the book launch function on Wednesday, Mushtaq Sheikh said many books ought to be written about SRK in order to do justice to his achievement and status. Sheikh said his book provides a glimpse into the superstar’s life.

“It (the book) has lots of visuals, glamour, emotions, drama, laughter and much more that any SRK fan would thirst for,” he said.

To celebrate the book’s release, prominent Bollywood directors like Karan Johar , Farhan Akhtar , Farah Khan and Aziz Mirza came on stage to congratulate Shah Rukh and cut a cake.

SRK was visibly overwhelmed by the adulation showered on him.

“I wish my parents were alive to see how much importance is given to me. It is quite overwhelming. I am embarrassed about this,” Shah Rukh said.

A short film on SRK’s early days as an actor was also screened at the function.

SRK got nostalgic after watching the film and said that the best part in it were the scenes of his old house in Delhi that brought back memories of his parents.