Aamir Khan
( /Urdu : ???? ???, Devanagari : ???? ???), born March 14 , 1965 , in Mumbai , India , is a prominent Bollywood actor . He rose to stardom with the film ( 1988 ).
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 Faisal Khan has also acted in films.
Aamir began his career as a child-actor in the film ( 1973 ), when he was eight years old. He acted and wrote the screenplay for the film ( 1993 ). He has also done playback singing for himself in the successful film ( 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 ( 1996 ), even though he doesn't drink in real life. His memorable characters include:
* Amar, the inept schemer ()
* Aakash, the college Lothario ()
* Munna, the street tough ()
* Bhuvan, the village idealist ()
* ACP Rathod, a crusading police officer,
* Raghu Jetly, an affable news reporter ()
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, . This film was a big box-office success in India and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , 2001.
Aamir's latest release is the movie opposite Rani Mukherji has been made both in English and in Hindi . He plays 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 released on August 12 , 2005 to packed theatres all over India .
Apart from " Rang De Basanti " and " The Rising ", he recently signed a 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, who (though not a professional actress and already married to him at that time) made a brief appearance in a song sequence in his first hit film, . 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 . 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
* The Mahabharata ( 2006 ) (announced)
* Mr. Mehta & Mrs. Singh ( 2006 ) (pre-production)
* Fanaah ( 2006 ) (filming)
* Rang De Basanti ( 2005 ) (filming)
* The Rising (Indian movie)/The Rising ( 2005 ) ... Mangal Pandey
* Dil Chahta Hai ( 2001 ) ... Akash Malhotra
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* Mela ( 2000 ) ... Kishan Pyare
* Mann ( 1999 ) ... Karan Dev Singh
* Sarfarosh ( 1999 ) ... Ajay Singh Rathod
* Earth (1998 film)/Earth ( 1998 ) ... Dil Navaz, the Ice Candy Man
* Ghulam ( 1998 ) ... Siddharth Marathe
* Ishq ( 1997 ) ... Raja
* Raja Hindustani ( 1996 ) ... Raja Hindustani ( Filmfare Best Actor Award )
* Akele Hum Akele Tum ( 1995 ) ... Rohit
* Rangeela ( 1995 ) ... Munna
* Aatank Hi Aatank ( 1995 ) ... Rohan
* Baazi ( 1995 ) ... Inspector Amar Damjee
* Andaz Apna Apna ( 1994 ) ... Amar
* Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke ( 1993 ) ... Rahul Malhotra
* Parampara ( 1993 ) ... Ranbir Singh
* Isi Ka Naam Zindagi ( 1992 ) ... Chotu
* Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar ( 1992 ) ... Sanjaylal Verma
* Daulat Ki Jung ( 1991 ) ... Rajesh Chaudhry
* Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin ( 1991 ) ... Raghu Jetley
* Afsana Pyaar Ka ( 1991 ) ... Raj
* Jawani Zindabad ( 1990 ) ... Shashi
* Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin ( 1990 ) ... Ajay Sharma
* Dil ( 1990 ) ... Raja
* Tum Mere Ho ( 1990 ) ... Shiva
* Awwal Number ( 1990 ) ... Sunny
* Love Love Love ( 1989 )
* Raakh ( 1989 ) ... Aamir Hussein
* Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( 1988 ) ... Raj
* Holi ( 1984 ) ... Madan Sharma
* Madhosh ( 1974 ) ... Child artist
* Yaadon Ki Baaraat ( 1973 ) ... Child artist