Aamir Khan (born: Aamir Hussain Khan on 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor,
director, and producer who has
established himself as one of the
leading actors of Hindi cinema . Khan
is regarded as one of the great and
influential actor of Indian Cinema.
Starting his career as a child actor in
his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon
Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his
professional career eleven years later
with Holi (1984) and had his first
commercial success with Qayamat Se
Qayamat Tak (1988). He received his
first National Film Award as a Special
Jury Award for his roles in the films
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and
Raakh (1989). After eight previous
nominations during the 1980s and
1990s, Khan received his first
Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his
performance in the major grosser Raja
Hindustani (1996) and later
earned his second Best Actor award
for his performance in the Academy
Award-nominated Lagaan , which also
marked the debut of his own
production company .
Following a four-year break from
acting, Khan made his comeback
playing the title role in the historical
drama Mangal Pandey: The Rising
(2005), and later won a Filmfare
Critics Award for Best Actor for his
role in Rang De Basanti (2006). The
following year, he made his directorial
debut with Taare Zameen Par , for
which he received the Filmfare Award
for Best Director . This was followed
by the thriller Ghajini (2008), which
became the highest grossing film of
that year, and the comedy 3 Idiots
(2009), which was the highest-
grossing Bollywood film as of 2012
and his recent Dhoom 3 (2013).
On 30 November 2011, Khan was
appointed as national brand
ambassador of UNICEF to promote
child nutrition. He is part of the
government organised IEC campaign to
raise awareness about malnutrition.
The Government of India honoured him
with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the
Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his
contributions towards the arts. In April 2013, he was among TIME
magazine's list of the 100 Most
Influential People in the World
.
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