SAIF ALI KHAN..........

Born to two illustrious parents, the Nawab of Pataudi and the erstwhile beauty Sharmila Tagore, Saif Ali Khan made a foray into the world of acting with Aashiq Aawara with Mamta Kulkarni. The film became a hit and Saif was hot property.

But after his next few films Dil Tera Diwana, Mr. Aashiq, Imtihaan, Parampara and many others didn't done well, he was on the brink of getting written off. Besides, people found him too "chikna" and feminine for a mainstream hardcore hero. Suddenly he had Yash Chopra's Yeh Dillagi with Akshay Kumar and Kajol, which was a major success.

His 'Ole Ole' and 'Hothon Pe Bus Tera Naam' numbers emerged chartbusters. Close on the heels of Yeh Dillagi, his Main Khiladi Tu Anari with Akshay Kumar also clicked. It was boom-time for Saif again, but not for long, because his next two releases with Akshay bit dust: Keemat and Tu Chor Main Sipahi. He was banking heavily on Hameshaa which again didn't work. He found relief with Kya Kehna proving to be an average-runner and Hum Saath Saath Hain, a medium hit and with debut director Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai' with Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Dimple Kapadia a major hit.

Saif is married to Amrita Singh and has a daughter Sarah. His career may have seen its crests and troughs, but Saif has always been popular and in the news for his tremendous wit, keen sense of humour, immense affability and bold interviews.



Born to star parents Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore, Saif Ali Khan tasted his own share of success with his first film "Aashiq Awara" opposite newcomer Mamta Kulkarni. He could have done this much earlier but due to some reasons that was not possible. This movie did the trick for Saif Ali Khan.

Saif Ali Khan may not have been a good dancer or an actor as such, but it was because of his dynamic personality that he achieved whatever he has today. After his first movie, things had come to a standstill. He could have become a film-wonder, had Yash Chopra not offered him multi-starrer movies like "Parampara" and "Yeh Dillagi".In fact,it was the latter movie which revived the hope in Saif Ali Khan. His playboy image was appreciated and tapped. This fetched him more films like "Mein Khiladi Tu Anari" (Akshay Kumar), "Yaar Gaddar" and "Suraksha". There were traces of him in the industry only because of the former film. Others all were duds. But in the recent past, there came movies like "Arzoo","Hum Saath Saath Hain" and "Kachche Dhaage" which had some acting stints from this actor. Otherwise, Saif Ali Khan had strings of flops which were not able to do much for him. It is proved that even somebody like him with star partners needs to have talent to survive in the industry.

He has come off pretty good as the 'cool casanova' in Kundan Shah's "Kya Kehna" starring Preity Zinta and Chandrachur Singh.He has been signing lots of big banner films,which should help him reach the dizzling heights of success that every actor dreams of.

Saif Ali Khan ( born 16 August 1970 in New Delhi, India) is National Film Award winning Indian actor who stars in Bollywood films. He is the son of the Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and the actress Sharmila Tagore. His sister is actress Soha Ali Khan.

Saif Ali Khan was born into the family of the Nawabs of Pataudi. His grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, was the Nawab of Pataudi as well as an accomplished cricketer who played for England and then for India as the captain of the team. His paternal grandmother was Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal and his great-uncle was Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi.

His father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, like Nawab of Pataudi Sr., was not only the Nawab of Pataudi but also a former captain of the Indian cricket team. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, is a Bengali Indian film actress,head of the Indian film censorship board and a relative of the Nobel laureate - Rabindranath Tagore.Saif is also distantly related to the late Nafisa Joseph through his mother. Khan has two sisters: Soha Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan.



He attended Lockers Park Prep School, then followed in his father's footsteps by attending Winchester College, a famous independent school for boys in England.

Saif was meant to make his debut in "Bekhudi" (1992) opposite Kajol but the film took off without him.

He made his Bollywood debut in the 1992 film "Parampara". For his next film "Aashiq Awara" (1993) he won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. His breakthrough role came in 1994 with "Yeh Dillagi" starring opposite Kajol and Akshay Kumar which was his first major hit.Khan went on to star in many films but they failed at the box office. He only had success with multi-starrer hits like Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)," Kachche Dhaage" (1999) and "Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United" (1999).After some box office failures he had a hit with the film "Kya Kehna" (2000).

His acting career, more or less, went through a relative slump until 2001, when he was cast in Farhan Akhtar's hit film, "Dil Chahta Hai". He received much acclaim for his role as Sameer with critic Taran Adarsh calling it his career-best performance.The success of this film firmly established Saif as one of the industry's most bankable stars.

He has since had many box office successes such as "Kal Ho Na Ho" (2003),"Hum Tum" (2004)[15] and "Salaam Namaste" (2005).He won lots of critical acclaim for his performance in a rare negative role for the film "Ek Hasina Thi" (2004) and for "Parineeta" (2005). His performance in "Hum Tum" won him the National Film Award for Best Actor.

In 2006 Khan played the lead role in the offbeat English-language film "Being Cyrus" and bagged enormous acclaim for his villainous role in the Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, "Omkara". Critic, Taran Adarsh said "Saif Ali Khan... plays the evil Langda Tyagi brilliantly. His looks, his mannerisms, his body language, his overall behavioral pattern takes you by complete surprise. The actor deserves distinction marks for portraying the role with such realism that you start hating him after a point. Sure, the actor deserves the highest award for this role".

Rediff.com stated "Omkara marks Saif's emergence into the very forefront of his acting peers, and we gleefully applaud". He won the Best Villain awards at all the major award ceremonies including the Star Screen Awards,Filmfare Awards and Zee Cine Awards.



His next film "Eklavya: The Royal Guard" saw him and his mother together for the second time since "Aashiq Awara". Though it was a box-office disappointment his performance as Harshwardhan was praised and appreciated by the critics. One critic commented "watching him emote with amazing precision makes you realize the giant strides he has taken as an actor".

His last release "Ta Ra Rum Pum" did moderately at the box office and his performance was praised.

He married actress Amrita Singh in October 1991. They divorced in 2004. They have two children, a daughter named Sara and a son named Ibrahim, both of whom live with their mother.Khan currently lives in Mumbai.Saif recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend, Rozza Catalino.

Saif was hospitalized at Leelawati Hospital, Mumbai, on February 18, 2007. He had experienced chest pains during rehearsals for the Grand Finale performance at Stardust Awards, to be held that night.Many film personalities came to see the actor in hospital. After hospitalisation he gave up smoking.

Khan is also an active stage performer.

Saif was part of a troupe that included Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra, which went on the Temptations 2004 world tour. The tour was a huge international and commercial success, performing nineteen stage shows across the globe.

In 2006, Khan toured again, participating and performing in the successful Heat 2006 concert around the world, along with Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen and Celina Jaitley.

In 2005, along with other Bollywood stars, Khan performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.



He also appeared along with various other Bollywood actors at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture along with Rani Mukerji, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi.

In 1998, Khan was charged with poaching two blackbucks in Kankani during the filming of "Hum Saath Saath Hain" along with co-stars Salman Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. The charges were dropped soon after and Khan was acquitted.

Mini Biography

Saif Ali Khan is the son of Bollywood actress, Sharmila Tagore, and Indian cricketeer, Mansoor Ali Khan. Saif Ali Khan has been married to Bollywood actress, Amrita Singh, and has two children, namely daughter Sara Ali Khan, and son Ibrahim Ali Khan. Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh have now separated. Sara and Ibrahim are with their mother, Amrita Singh. He has two sisters,Soha Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan.