Aamir Khan โœ“

Aamir Khan

Category: Actor

Primary Genre/Field: Bollywood Actor

Status: Active

Years Active: March 14, 1965

Overall Rating:
โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… (5/5)
Fan Rating:
9.8/10

Personal Information

Age Range: 56-65

Aamir Khan โ€“ Full Information

Overview

  • Full Name: Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan

  • Born: March 14, 1965 ยท Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

  • Nicknames: Mr. Perfectionist, Tom Hanks of India, Ace of Bollywood, Ace Khan, Mr. Perfect

  • Height: 5โ€ฒ 3โ€ณ (1.60 m)

Family

  • Father: Tahir Hussain (film producer)

  • Mother: Zeenat Hussain

  • Siblings: Faisal Khan, Nikhat Khan, Farhat Khan

  • Spouses:

    • Reena Dutta (1986 โ€“ 2002, divorced) โ†’ 2 children (Junaid Khan, Ira Khan)

    • Kiran Rao (2005 โ€“ 2021, divorced) โ†’ 1 child (Azad Rao Khan, via surrogacy)

  • Relatives in the Film Industry:

    • Mansoor Khan (cousin, director of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar)

    • Imran Khan (nephew, actor)

    • Nasir Hussain (uncle, filmmaker)

    • Zayn Marie Khan (niece, actress)

Career Highlights

Landmark Films

  • Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) โ€“ Breakthrough role

  • Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)

  • Andaz Apna Apna (1994)

  • Lagaan (2001) โ€“ Oscar-nominated, cult classic

  • Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

  • Rang De Basanti (2006)

  • Taare Zameen Par (2007, also directed)

  • Ghajini (2008) โ€“ First Indian film to cross โ‚น100 crore domestically

  • 3 Idiots (2009) โ€“ Record-breaking blockbuster

  • PK (2014) โ€“ Highest-grossing film of its time

  • Dangal (2016) โ€“ Highest-grossing Indian film ever (worldwide)

International Success (China & Global Market)

  • Lagaan was the first Aamir Khan film to release in China.

  • 3 Idiots and Dangal became cultural phenomena, making him the most popular Indian actor in China.

Trademarks

  • Works on one film at a time

  • Refuses most commercial film awards (except National Awards)

  • Deep involvement in script, production, and editing

  • Frequent collaborations with Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots, PK)

  • Known for films about friendship, student life, and social themes

Awards & Honors

  • Padma Shri (2003) โ€“ Indiaโ€™s 4th highest civilian award

  • Padma Bhushan (2010) โ€“ Indiaโ€™s 3rd highest civilian award

  • Honorary Doctorate (2013) โ€“ Maulana Azad National Urdu University

  • Multiple National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards (though he boycotts ceremonies)

  • Named among Time Magazineโ€™s 100 Most Influential People

Trivia

  • Turned down the Madame Tussauds wax statue offer

  • Huge admirer of Roger Federer and the Star Wars saga

  • Abstains from alcohol and smoking, except for roles

  • Was once an arch-rival with Shah Rukh Khan, but later patched up

  • Refused roles in Darr (1993) and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), later made famous by SRK

  • Known for marketing innovationsโ€”like Ghajini haircuts and PK promotions

Salaries (Selected Films)

  • Dil Chahta Hai (2001): โ‚น30,000,000

  • Mangal Pandey (2005): โ‚น80,000,000

  • Rang De Basanti (2006): โ‚น100,000,000

  • Fanaa (2006): โ‚น100,000,000

  • Ghajini (2008): โ‚น150,000,000

(Note: In later years, Aamir preferred profit-sharing models, making him one of the highest-paid actors in Asia.)

Famous Quotes

  • โ€œFilmmaking is like fighting a war with leadership at the front.โ€

  • โ€œWhen you need something with intensity, the mind kicks in and makes it possible.โ€

  • โ€œI enjoy the love I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is real for me and what is not.โ€

  • โ€œA star needs to have style. Unfortunately, I have very little. But Salman [Khan] has it all.โ€

Biography

Aamir Khan Biography โ€“ The Perfectionist of Bollywood

Personal Information

Aamir Khanโ€™s full name is Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan. He was born on March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and as of 2025, he is 60 years old. Aamir is an Indian national and has made his mark as an actor, producer, director, and philanthropist. Known widely as โ€œMr. Perfectionistโ€ and also fondly as โ€œThe Chocolate Boyโ€, he belongs to the zodiac sign Pisces.

Family Background

Aamir Khan was born into a film family. His father, Tahir Hussain, was a film producer, and his mother is Zeenat Hussain. He has three siblings: Faisal Khan, who is also an actor, Farhat Khan, and Nikhat Khan, a film producer.

In his personal life, Aamir married Reena Dutta in 1986, but the couple divorced in 2002. Later, he married filmmaker Kiran Rao in 2005; however, they separated in 2021.

Aamir is a proud father of three childrenโ€”Junaid Khan, who is stepping into acting, Ira Khan, who is actively involved in mental health advocacy, and Azad Rao Khan, his youngest son.

Career Highlights

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ & ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก

๐˜๐š๐š๐๐จ๐ง ๐Š๐ข ๐๐š๐š๐ซ๐š๐š๐ญ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘): ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ.

๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–): ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ, ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฒโ€ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฅ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ): ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ.

๐‰๐จ ๐‰๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐š ๐–๐จ๐ก๐ข ๐’๐ข๐ค๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ): ๐ˆ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก-๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐š.

๐€๐ง๐๐š๐ณ ๐€๐ฉ๐ง๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ง๐š (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’): ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง.

๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ & ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐‹๐š๐ ๐š๐š๐ง (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ): ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง; ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ-๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ก๐ญ๐š ๐‡๐š๐ข (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ): ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š.

๐‘๐š๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”): ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก-๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ.

๐…๐š๐ง๐š๐š (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”): ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ.

๐“๐š๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•): ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ; ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐š.

๐†๐ก๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐ง๐ข (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–): ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ โ‚น๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฑ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ

๐Ÿ‘ ๐ˆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—): ๐’๐ž๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

๐“๐š๐ฅ๐š๐š๐ฌ๐ก (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ): ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ.

๐ƒ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘): ๐Œ๐ž๐ ๐š-๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ.

๐๐Š (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’): ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”): ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž, ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š.

๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•): ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.

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๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐.

๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ-๐š๐ญ-๐š-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ.

๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ, ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š.

๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐๐ฆ๐š ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ).

๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค.

Recent Activity

Celebrating Sitaare Zameen Par

  • Aamir Khan recently hosted a celebratory bash at his Mumbai residence for the blockbuster success of Sitaare Zameen Par.

  • A video of him dancing with guests went viral, delighting fans.

  • The film, released on June 20, 2025, grossed โ‚น266 crore worldwide, becoming one of the yearโ€™s top-grossing Hindi films.

  • Notably, Aamir plans a unique release model: after its theatrical run, the movie will stream free on YouTube, signaling a bold shift in Bollywood content delivery.

Confirmed Upcoming Projects

Andaz Apna Apna 2

  • Officially in development under Rajkumar Santoshi.

  • The sequel may reunite Aamir with Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, reviving one of Bollywoodโ€™s most loved cult comedies.

Dadasaheb Phalke Biopic

  • Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, this project honors the father of Indian cinema.

  • Set for Christmas 2026 release, featuring advanced AI-driven visuals.

Tamil Collaboration โ€“ Superhero Film

  • Teaming up with Lokesh Kanagaraj for a high-budget superhero drama.

  • Production to begin in late 2026.

Mahabharata Dream Project

  • Aamir has again expressed his ambition to adapt the Mahabharata into a multi-film epic saga.

  • He considers this his ultimate cinematic vision and possible career culmination.

ย Public Engagements & Reflections

  • At the India Today Conclave 2025, Aamir shared insights on his:

    • Three-decade-long career

    • Parenting and personal life

    • Ongoing nervousness about perfection despite his age

  • In interviews, he:

    • Admitted fears over changing audience preferences and box office outcomes

    • Reaffirmed his dedication to emotion-driven cinema and cultural storytelling

Recognition & Stats

113
Awards
98.5%
Popularity
Controversy Level
Low

Social Media Following

97% Profile Complete

Aamir Khan โ€“ Full Information

Overview

  • Full Name: Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan

  • Born: March 14, 1965 ยท Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

  • Nicknames: Mr. Perfectionist, Tom Hanks of India, Ace of Bollywood, Ace Khan, Mr. Perfect

  • Height: 5โ€ฒ 3โ€ณ (1.60 m)

Family

  • Father: Tahir Hussain (film producer)

  • Mother: Zeenat Hussain

  • Siblings: Faisal Khan, Nikhat Khan, Farhat Khan

  • Spouses:

    • Reena Dutta (1986 โ€“ 2002, divorced) โ†’ 2 children (Junaid Khan, Ira Khan)

    • Kiran Rao (2005 โ€“ 2021, divorced) โ†’ 1 child (Azad Rao Khan, via surrogacy)

  • Relatives in the Film Industry:

    • Mansoor Khan (cousin, director of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar)

    • Imran Khan (nephew, actor)

    • Nasir Hussain (uncle, filmmaker)

    • Zayn Marie Khan (niece, actress)

Career Highlights

Landmark Films

  • Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) โ€“ Breakthrough role

  • Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)

  • Andaz Apna Apna (1994)

  • Lagaan (2001) โ€“ Oscar-nominated, cult classic

  • Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

  • Rang De Basanti (2006)

  • Taare Zameen Par (2007, also directed)

  • Ghajini (2008) โ€“ First Indian film to cross โ‚น100 crore domestically

  • 3 Idiots (2009) โ€“ Record-breaking blockbuster

  • PK (2014) โ€“ Highest-grossing film of its time

  • Dangal (2016) โ€“ Highest-grossing Indian film ever (worldwide)

International Success (China & Global Market)

  • Lagaan was the first Aamir Khan film to release in China.

  • 3 Idiots and Dangal became cultural phenomena, making him the most popular Indian actor in China.

Trademarks

  • Works on one film at a time

  • Refuses most commercial film awards (except National Awards)

  • Deep involvement in script, production, and editing

  • Frequent collaborations with Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots, PK)

  • Known for films about friendship, student life, and social themes

Awards & Honors

  • Padma Shri (2003) โ€“ Indiaโ€™s 4th highest civilian award

  • Padma Bhushan (2010) โ€“ Indiaโ€™s 3rd highest civilian award

  • Honorary Doctorate (2013) โ€“ Maulana Azad National Urdu University

  • Multiple National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards (though he boycotts ceremonies)

  • Named among Time Magazineโ€™s 100 Most Influential People

Trivia

  • Turned down the Madame Tussauds wax statue offer

  • Huge admirer of Roger Federer and the Star Wars saga

  • Abstains from alcohol and smoking, except for roles

  • Was once an arch-rival with Shah Rukh Khan, but later patched up

  • Refused roles in Darr (1993) and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), later made famous by SRK

  • Known for marketing innovationsโ€”like Ghajini haircuts and PK promotions

Salaries (Selected Films)

  • Dil Chahta Hai (2001): โ‚น30,000,000

  • Mangal Pandey (2005): โ‚น80,000,000

  • Rang De Basanti (2006): โ‚น100,000,000

  • Fanaa (2006): โ‚น100,000,000

  • Ghajini (2008): โ‚น150,000,000

(Note: In later years, Aamir preferred profit-sharing models, making him one of the highest-paid actors in Asia.)

Famous Quotes

  • โ€œFilmmaking is like fighting a war with leadership at the front.โ€

  • โ€œWhen you need something with intensity, the mind kicks in and makes it possible.โ€

  • โ€œI enjoy the love I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is real for me and what is not.โ€

  • โ€œA star needs to have style. Unfortunately, I have very little. But Salman [Khan] has it all.โ€

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