Saif Ali Khan, famous for Chhote Nawab, also known as the fourth Khan after Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, has worked with all three ‘Khan Sahibs’.
Saif Ali Khan, famous as Chhote Nawab in the film industry, is considered as an all-round artist who has been driving the movie audience crazy for the past 3 decades through hero, supporting actor and negative roles. He could not join the group of Bollywood Khans (Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan) but he was not far away from them either. He is also commonly known as the fourth Khan. Acting is inherited by him. His mother Sharmila Tagore has been a well-known actress of the film world while his father Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was a cricketer who has also captained the Indian cricket team. Interestingly, his grandfather Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi has also been the captain of the Indian cricket team. Due to the film environment in Saif Ali Khan’s house, his inclination towards films also started and he also started dreaming of becoming an actor.
Saif Ali Khan completed his education from the famous Wayne Chester College in America. After that, he started his film career as an actor with the movie ‘Parampara’ released in 1993. Directed by Yash Chopra, the film failed at the ticket window. In the same year, his films like ‘Pehchan’ and ‘Aashq Awara’ were also released which were successful. Although the credit for the success of the film ‘Pehachan’ was given to actor Sunil Shetty, Saif was awarded the Filmfare New Face Award for ‘Aashiq Awara’. 1994 proved to be an important year in his film career. In this year his films like ‘Yeh Dil Lagi’ and ‘Main Khiladi To Anadi’ were released. Her pairing with Akshay Kumar in both the films was quite popular. In particular, the pair of Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan in ‘Main Khiladi To Anadi’ entertained the audience. The song ‘Mein Khiladi To Anadi’ which was filmed on him in this film was quite popular.
After that, the period from 1995 to 1998 proved to be very bad for his film career. During this time, many of his films like Yaar Ghaddar, Aao Pyaar Kareen, Dil Tera Deewana, Bombay Ka Babu, Ek Tha Raja, To Chor Mein Sepahi, Sema, Udaan Aur Kaat, failed at the box office. Although ‘Imtahan’ and ‘Sarksha’ released during the same period were average films, but Saif Ali did not get any special benefit from them. 1999 proved to be an important year for Saif’s film career. This year his films like ‘Kachche Dhage and Hum Saath Saath Hain’ were released which were successful. In these films, the audience got to see a different style of Saif’s acting. The film ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ released in 2001 is one of the important films of Saif Ali Khan’s film career. Directed by Farhan Akhtar, the film based on the life story of three friends starred Aamir Khan and Akshay Khanna. In this film, Saif was able to win the hearts of the audience as well as the critics with his excellent performance.
The film ‘Kul Ho Na Ho’ released in 2003 is considered one of the important films of his film career. She was opposite Shah Rukh Khan in this film, directed by Yash Johar. Despite this, Saif managed to attract the attention of the fans. He was also awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his impressive performance in the film. His next year’s release Hum Tum was the most important film of his film career. While Saif was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Comedy Actor for his performance, he was also awarded the National Award for Best Actor.
In 2006, another super hit movie ‘Omkara’ of Saif Ali Khan’s film career was released. Saif has played the role of ‘Langra Tyagi’ in it. Thus, this character had a gray shade, but still he managed to win the sympathy of the audience. He was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Villain for his performance in the film. In 2009, he entered the field of film production and made a film called ‘Love Aaj Kal’. Among his other films, the names of ‘Race, Race 2’, Jawani Jan Man, Rangoon, Chef and Bazar are worth mentioning. Apart from this, he has also acted in several web series.
Saif Ali Khan has two marriages. His first marriage was with film actress Amrita Singh in 1991. They have 2 children Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan. Sara Ali Khan is also active in Bollywood now. In 2004, Saif Ali Khan separated from Amrita Singh and then in 2012, he married Kareena Kapoor for the second time.
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