Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over three decades, Khan has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards as an actor. He is cited in the media as one of the most commercially successful actors of Indian cinema. Forbes has included Khan in listings of the highest-paid celebrities in the world, in 2015 and 2018, with him being the highest-ranked Indian in the latter year. Khan has starred in the annual highest-grossing Hindi film of 10 individual years, the highest for any actor.
Khan began his acting career with a supporting role in Biwi Ho To Aisi, followed by his breakthrough with a leading role in Sooraj Barjatya's romantic drama Maine Pyar Kiya, for which he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He established himself with several commercially successful films, including Barjatya's family dramas Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! and Hum Saath-Saath Hain, the action film Karan Arjun and the comedy Biwi No.1.
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