Salim Khan

Salim Khan
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Salim Khan; ‎
	Salim Khan in Aug 2011
Born	24 November 1935 (age 88); Indore, Central Provinces and Berar, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, Scriptwriter
Years active	1959 − 1996 (Retired), 2013
Spouse	Sushila Charak; (m.1964–present; (4 children)) ; Helen Jairag Richardson ; (m.1981–present; (1 child));
Children	Salman Khan; Arbaaz Khan; Sohail Khan; Alvira Khan Agnihotri ; Arpita Khan
Relatives	Thakur Baldev Singh (Father-in-law); Malaika Arora Khan (Daughter-in-law); Atul Agnihotri (Son-in-law)

Salim Khan (born 24 November 1935) is an Indian actor and screenwriter. He starred mostly in Hindi movies. Khan is known for his role in Teesri Manzil (1966). He is married to veteran Indian actress Helen. He is the father of actor Salman Khan.^[1]

Khan was born in Indore, Central Provinces and Berar, India.

References[change | change source]

↑ Swarup, Shubhangi (29 January 2011). "The Kingdom of Khan". OPEN (magazine). Retrieved 2014-07-16. Salim Khan, scriptwriter and father of Salman Khan, remembers the Afghan tribe his family historically belongs to. "It is Alakozai," he says. "My family came to Indore 150 years ago, and worked as [part of the] cavalry in the time of the British." Salman Khan is a fifth-generation Khan in India. While completing his MA in Indore, young Salim Khan was spotted by some producers who had come to attend a wedding in Tarachand Barjatya's family. He then left for Bombay, where he acted in what he calls "indifferent roles" in 20-odd films before switching to scriptwriting. (In the long chain of filmi coincidences, it is Tarachand Barjatya's grandson, Sooraj Barjatya, who gave Salim's son Salman his first big hit, Maine Pyar Kiya.)

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[1] Swarup, Shubhangi (29 January 2011). "The Kingdom of Khan". OPEN (magazine). Retrieved 2014-07-16. Salim Khan, scriptwriter and father of Salman Khan, remembers the Afghan tribe his family historically belongs to. "It is Alakozai," he says. "My family came to Indore 150 years ago, and worked as [part of the] cavalry in the time of the British." Salman Khan is a fifth-generation Khan in India. While completing his MA in Indore, young Salim Khan was spotted by some producers who had come to attend a wedding in Tarachand Barjatya's family. He then left for Bombay, where he acted in what he calls "indifferent roles" in 20-odd films before switching to scriptwriting. (In the long chain of filmi coincidences, it is Tarachand Barjatya's grandson, Sooraj Barjatya, who gave Salim's son Salman his first big hit, Maine Pyar Kiya.)

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