Meet the biggest film star in the world.

Meet the biggest Movie star in the WORLD.

SRK in Toronto.

Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt who is the biggest movie star on the planet? Not these Hollywood hero's. From Morocco to Malaysia one man is worshiped by billion people SHAH RUKH KHAN ! This star is at the very top of the A-listed actors of Indian Cinema (Bollywood). His legions of fans are enthroned by his many roles including the award winning DEVDAS. According to times magazine SRK (popularly known) has 3.5 billion fans ! Yes you read it right, the most for any actor in the world. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is a most self-effacing man who Harvey Weinstein calls the "Biggest Movie Star in the WORLD"

SRK performing at awards ceremony.

 

SRK Was also the most richest actor in the world till 2013, with estimated net worth of $400 million. By 2014 his net worth increased to $600 million, but khan shifted to number 2 in the list as Jerry Seinfeld took the first position with net worth of $820 million.

SRK with wife Gauri.

Family and personal life.

SRK was born on 2nd November, 1965 in Delhi, India. He attended St. Columba's School where he  received  school's highest award, The Sword Of Honor. He married to Gauri Chibber (Now Gauri Khan) a punjabi Hindu. he has 2 sons and a daughter. 

Film Career 

SRK in Happy New Year.

Khan entered the film industry an a television actor. Khan's first role was Lekh tandon's Dil Dariya, but due to production delay, the 1988 television series FAUJI was his debut. Later he did many television roles. Circus is one of those serial which gained him popularity. 

In 1991 SRK came to Mumbai and received his first film offer - Dil Ashna hai, Hema Malini's directorial debut. Dur to some delays Deewana was the film which launched SRK's career in the Bollywood industry. After Deewana there was no looking back for Mr.Khan.  Films like Darr, Baazigar, Anjam were the films where SRK played a Villain.

DDLJ.

Later movies like DDLJ, Dil toh pagal hai, Kuch Kuch Hota hai, Karan Arjun, Pardes etc made him the lover boy of Bollywood. DDLJ is the most successfully running film of Bollywood. From 1995 the film is still running at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai.   

Awards

Khan has earned many film awards and international awards for his work. Some of the International awards are :-

SRK with UNESCO award for Charity.

1. 2003 – A rare species of orchid, Ascocenda Shah Rukh Khan, was named after him in Singapore.
2. 2004 – Time magazine selected him as one of 20 "Asian Heroes" under the age of 40 and was featured on the magazine's cover.
3. 2004 – British Asian Guild Award for Best Actor of the Decade
4. 2005 – He was featured on the cover of the Asian edition of the National Geographic magazine twice, February's issue .
5. 2007 – He was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) by the French government for his “exceptional career”.
6. 2007 – His lifelike wax statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds wax museum. Additional versions were installed at Madame Tussauds museums in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and New York in 2010.
7. 2007 – Another lifelike wax statue was displayed in Grévin museum in Paris, along with that of Gandhi, the only other Indian to receive a similar honor.
8. 2008 – He was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka, which carries the honorific Datuk, by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, head of state of Malacca in Malaysia, for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One 2 Ka 4 there in 2001.
9. 2008 – Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world, ranking him at number 41. He was the only artist and the only movie-star in the list. Newsweek subtitled his article as "The king of Bollywood is opening minds in some closed-off cultures" and noted, "Who is the world's biggest movie star? Brad? Will? Nah. His name is Shahrukh Khan, and he's the king of Bollywood."
10. 2009 – He was invited to present the motion picture Slumdog Millionaire at the 66th Golden Globe Awards. No Indian actor had previously been invited to present at the Golden Globe Awards.
11. 2009 – Great Britain's University of Bedfordshire awarded him an honorary doctorate in arts and culture.
12. 2009 – He was given a Black Belt Honorary in taekwondo by the South Korean government.
13. 2009 – He was declared amongst the 500 most influential Muslims worldwide by Georgetown University.
14. 2010 – Was invited by NASDAQ, the world's biggest stock exchange, to ring their opening bell in New York, along with Kajol, for the promotion of My Name Is Khan, thus become the first Indian actors to open the market, an honour usually reserved for CEOs of major corporations.
15. 2010 – He was recognized as an icon of religious unity by experts from around the world at a conference at Vienna University.
16. 2010 – He became the first Indian actor to be given the rare honour of signing the guest book at Berlin's Town Hall.
17. 2010 – Entertainment Weekly states in their Most Powerful List that Khan is the "megastar" of Bollywood.
18. 2011 – He became the first Bollywood actor to be featured on the cover page of Los Angeles Times Calendar section. Shahrukh's films My Name Is Khan and the recently released film Ra.One have been noticed and appreciated by the American media outlet.
19. 2011 – He was honored with the Unesco Pyramide con Marni award for his charity engagements and social commitment towards providing education for kids. Shah Rukh is the first Indian to win this accolade.
20. 2011 – He was honored with L’Etoile d’Or by Mohammed VI of Morocco the King of Morocco during Eleventh International Film Festival of Marrakech. Shah Rukh is the first Indian to receive the honor.
21. 2012 – Khan became the first Bollywood personality to be honoured with the prestigious Chubb fellowship at Yale University.
22. 2012 – He was honoured with the prestigious BrandLaureate Legendary Award for his unmatched contribution to the Indian Cinema and also for being India's foremost brand ambassador in Malaysia.
23. 2012 – He was conferred with one of Morocco's highest honours (a rare state honour, Wissame Al Kafaa Al Fikria (award of intellectual merit)) while attending the 12th International Film Festival of Marrakech by Prince Moulay Rachid.
24. 2013 - Appointed as goodwill ambassador by the government of South Korea.
25. 2014 - Recognized as World's Second Richest Actor.
26. 2014 - Awarded with Legion of Honour, France's highest civilian award, on July 1.
27. 2014 - Appointed as an ambassador for Interpol's Turn Back Crime campaign.

Srk with flimfare award

The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent to the Oscars. Khan has received twelve (12) awards, eight (8) of which are in Best Actor category. A record shared with Dilip Kumar from thirty nominations. In total Srk has won 240 awards and 270 nominations. 

Flimography

SRK has done many films, few of which are listed bellow.

• 1993 - Baazigar
• 1995 - DDLJ
• 1997 - Dil Toh Pagal Hai
• 1998 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• 2002 - Devdas 
• 2004 - Swades
• 2007 - Chak de India
• 2010 - My Name is Khan
• 2014 - Happy New Year (Yet to release)

Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations.

Ganesh Chaturthi is the festival of Hindu's celebrated on a large scale in honor of lord Ganesh. Ganesh the "Elephant headed God" is a God of Art and Wisdom. This Festival is also known as "Vinayaki Chaturthi". This festival is observed and celebrated according to the Hindu calendar and it falls in the month of Bhadrapada . 

The Festival is celebrated on a large scale in India, mostly in the state of Maharashtra, western & southern region of India.

It is also celebrated worldwide by the hindus who have settled their. Other countries who celebrate this festival of joy are Terai region of Nepal, United States, Canada, Mauritius, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Fiji, New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana.

Celebtration in Maharashtra.

Ganesh Utsav is celebrated in Maharashtra is very Humongous. Mumbai and Pune being the most popular cities for this festival. Many pandals are installed by the mandals of these cities. Thousands and lakhs of people pay visit to this temporary shrines. Some of the Famous and old Mandals are as follows

Lalbagcha Raja - Mumbai

Mumbai :-

• Keshavji Naik Chawl - Girgaon, Mumbai [122 years]
• Ganesh Galli - Lalbag, Mumbai [87 years]
• Lalbaugcha Raja - Lalbag - Parel, Mumbai [80 years]
• Sarvajanik Ganeshutsav Mandal - Khetwadi, Mumbai [56 years]

Dagdusheth Halwai - Pune.

Pune :-

• Shri Kasba Ganpati - Pune [111 years]
• Shrimant Dagdusheth - Pune [111 years]
• Tulshibag Mandal - Pune
• Rajarshi Shahu Chowk Mandal - Pune

Hrithik Roshan taking home his Ganesh Idol.

Artificial pond created for immersion

Not just the mandals but also many families living in these cities and all over Maharashtra bring and install Ganesh idols at their homes. The idols of clay are brought home and rituals are done according to their traditions. Some families have for 1 & half days some have for 5/7 (According to Hindu calendar) and most of the mandals have it for 10 days. Many Celebrities also install Ganesh idols at their places. 

The festival ends with the immersion of Ganesh idols brought and installed in Mandals and houses. The idols are immersed in lakes, rivers and the sea. Nowadays artificial lakes & ponds are made for the immersion to save pollution.

Upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra

 Assembly Elections 2014, Maharashtra.

After the 2014 loksabha elections in May, Elections of Maharashtra state Assembly is said to be held on Oct – Nov 2014. The results of Loksabha elections 2014 will have a great influence on this election. The parties playing Major roles in these elections will be BJP, Shivsena, Congress, NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) and MNS (Maharashtra Navanirman Sena).

• BJP – Shivsena

Uddhav Thackeray and PM Narendra Modi.

This Ally is said to be the potential winners of this upcoming elections. The Modi wave which took over the nation during 2014 Loksabha elections also had a huge share from Maharashtra. The surveys suggest the same trend will continue during the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections. There were some disputes between Shivsena and BJP at the first but things were sorted after some discussions and meetings. BJP will surely feel the loss of Gopinath Munde who was a powerful leader of BJP in Maharashtra. The hopping of leaders from one party to other has started. BJP is in full swing as many renowned leaders of NCP & Congress have entered BJP. And there are certainly no signs of leakages in BJP. Shivsena on the other hand is standing strong with BJP.

The main leaders of this ally will be Uddhav Thackeray (Shivsena Head), Aditya Thackeray (Head of Yuva Sena), Sanjay Raut (Member of Rajya Sabha) and those of BJP will be Devendra Fadnavis (BJP president Maharashtra), Vinod Tawde (Senior BJP leader), Eknath Khadse (Senior BJP leader). If rumors are to be believed Devendra Fadnavis is considered for the Chief ministerial candidate. Amit Shah (BJP Chief) started their campaign in Maharashtra. The Ally Consisting Shivsena – BJP – RPI -Shetkari Sanghatna – RSP are known as “MAHAYUTI” (Grand Alliance / NDA ). 

Number of Seats won in 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections

• BJP – 46
• Shivsena – 45
• RPI – 14

• Congress – NCP

Sharad Pawar(NCP Chief), Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)

Congress – NCP are the present ruling parties of the state. This is their third term in the state. But this Alliance suffered a huge loss during loksabha election 2014. This alliance is popularly known as “AAGHADI” , the Democratic Front. The Indian National Congress (INC) will be lead by the Chief Minister of the State Prithviraj Chavan and the key leaders would be Sushil Kumar Shinde (Senior Congress leader), Narayan Rane (Senior Congress leader). The leaders of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will be the NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar, Prafull Patel, Ganesh Naik, Jitendra Aavadh.

This ally has to recover itself from loksabha polls and perform better to stay in rule.

Number of Seats won in 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections

• Indian National Congress – 82
• NCP – 62

• Maharashtra Navanirman Sena(MNS)

Raj Thackeray (MNS Chief)

MNS will be lead by its Chief Raj Thackeray. 2009 Maharashtra Assembly Elections were their first elections. In 2009, MNS won with unexpected seats. Though it did not had any win in 2014 Loksabha election, MNS is stated to have a pretty share in 2014 Assembly elections.

Number of Seats won in 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections  - 13

Overview of results of Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2009