salman khan

Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan born December 27, 1965 is an Indian film actor
who appears in Bollywood films.Khan is the eldest son of celebrated
screenwriter Salim Khan and his first wife Salma Khan. His stepmother is Helen,
a famous yesteryear Bollywood actress, who has co-starred with him in Khamoshi:
The Musical (1996) and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). He has two brothers,
Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, and two sisters, Alvira and Arpita.Khan is a
dedicated bodybuilder. He trains everyday and is famous for taking off his
shirt in movies and stage shows alike. In 2004, he was voted 7th best-looking
man in the World and the best looking man in India by People magazine, U.S.Khan
has been involved in several charities during his career.

Khan, who made his acting debut with the film Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988), had his
first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), and won a
Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance.

Khan started 2007 with the ensemble film Salaam E Ishq which failed to do well
at the box office. His next release Partner did very well at the box office,
receiving a blockbuster verdict.He next appeared in his first Hollywood movie,
Marigold: An Adventure in India opposite American actress Ali Larter. Telling
the love story of an Indian man and an American woman, the film was a major
failure, both commercially and critically.Despite being romantically linked with several actresses, and having relationships with ex-girlfriends Aishwarya Rai, Somy Ali and Sangeeta Bijlani, Khan is frequently featured by Indian media as Bollywood's most eligible bachelor. He has been dating model-turned-actress Katrina Kaif since 2003.

On September 28, 2002, Salman was arrested for rash and negligent driving. His
car had collided into a bakery in Mumbai; one person who was sleeping on the
sidewalk outside the bakery died and three others were injured in the
mishap.Charges of culpable homicide were laid against him, but later dropped,
and he was found not guilty. However, He will still have to stand trial for a
series of lesser charges pertaining to the incident.

On October 11, 2007, Khan accepted an offer from Madame Tussauds wax museum in
London to have a wax replica made of himself. His life-size wax figure was
finally installed there on January 15, 2008, making him the fourth Indian actor
to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum.

On February 17, 2006, Khan was sentenced to one year in prison for hunting an
endangered species, the Chinkara. The sentence was stayed by a higher court
during appeal.On April 10, 2006, Salman was handed a five year jail term for
hunting the endangered Chinkara. He was remanded to Jodhpur jail, and remained
there until April 13, when he was granted bail.On August 24, 2007, the Jodhpur
sessions court, upheld the 5 year jail term for Khan in the Chinkara poaching
case by turning down his appeal against the 2006 judgement. At the time of the
hearing, he was busy with a shooting elsewhere, while his sister attended the
proceedings.Day after, he was placed under police arrest in Jodhpur after a
Rajasthan court upheld a prison sentence passed upon him for poaching. On
August 31, 2007, Khan was released on bail from the Jodhpur Central jail where
he has spent six days.

In 2008 Khan made his debut to the small screen with game show, Dus Ka Dum
based on the international show The Power of 10.