Richest Indian Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s Net Worth & Personal Info

Shah’s first starring role was in Lekh Tandon’s television series Dil Dariya, which began filming in 1988. Still, due to production delays, Fauji, directed by Raj Kumar Kapoor, became his television debut. Shah played the leading role of Abhimanyu Rai in the series, which depicted a realistic look at army cadet training. This led to further appearances in Aziz Mirza’s television series Circus and Mani Kaul’s miniseries Idiot. Shah also appeared in the television serials Umeed and Wagle Ki Duniya and the English-language film In Which Annie Gives It that One. His appearances in these serials prompted critics to compare his appearance and acting style to that of film actor Dilip Kumar. Still, Khan was not interested in film acting at the time, believing he was not good enough.

In April 1991, Khan changed his mind about acting in films, citing it as a way to cope with the grief of Shah’s mother’s death. He relocated from Delhi to Mumbai to pursue a full-time Bollywood career and was immediately signed to four films. Shah’s first offer was for Hema Malini’s directorial debut, Dil Aashna Hai, and he had begun filming by June. His feature film debut was in Deewana, which came out in June 1992. He co-starred with Divya Bharti as the film’s second male lead, following Rishi Kapoor. Deewana was a box office success that launched Khan’s Bollywood career; he received the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. In 1992, Khan’s first films as a male lead, Chamatkar, Dil Aashna Hai, and the comedy Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, his first of many collaborations with actress Juhi Chawla, were all released. In his early film roles, he portrayed characters who were full of energy and enthusiasm. According to Arnab Ray of Daily News, Shah introduced a new type of acting.

In 1994, Khan played a love-struck musician opposite Deepak Tijori and Suchitra Krishnamurthy in Kundan Shah’s comedy-drama film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, which Shah later admitted was his favorite role. Shah’s performance earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, and in a 2004 retrospective review, Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com described Khan as “spontaneous, vulnerable, boyish, mischievous, and acting straight. From the heart.” In addition, Khan received the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1994 for his performance as an obsessive lover in Anjaam, co-starring Madhuri Dixit. Playing antagonistic roles was considered risky for a leading man’s career in mainstream Hindi cinema. Arnab Ray later credited Khan for taking insane risks and pushing the envelope by choosing to play such characters, which helped him establish his career. At the time, director Mukul S. Anand referred to him as “the new face of the industry.” (4)