Salim Khan family

{{Infobox family

| name = Salim Khan family

| image = Salman Khan Family.jpg

| image_size = 250px

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| image_caption = Members of the Khan family at an event in 2015

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| members = {{ubl|Salman Khan|Arbaaz Khan|Sohail Khan|Helen Richardson|Arpita Khan|Atul Agnihotri|Alvira Khan Agnihotri|Aayush Sharma|Alizeh Agnihotri}}

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| traditions = Hinduism
Islam
Christianity{{cite news|title=Salman Khan's heart-warming family story|url=http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/films-music/salman-khan-s-heart-warming-family-story-2015-07-25-1.597922|work=Emirates 24/7|date=25 July 2015}}

| heirlooms =

| estate = Galaxy Apartments
Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Arpita Farms, Panvel

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| footnotes = Active since 1959, for nearly 65 years.

}}

The Salim Khan family refers to the family of Salim Khan which is a prominent Indian show business family, and is one of the prominent Bollywood film clans. Multiple members of the family have been actors, screenwriters, film directors and producers in the Hindi film industry of India. Salim, one half of the duo Salim–Javed, is one of the most famous screenwriters in the history of Indian cinema. His son, actor Salman Khan, has been the prominent face of the family since the 1990s, as one of the biggest Bollywood movie stars in history of Indian cinema.

Salim was born in 1935 in Indore in the Central Provinces and Berar in British India. His father was an immigrant from Afghanistan who migrated and settled in Indore (now in Madhya Pradesh). The family also has roots in Jammu and Kashmir, from the father of Salma Khan (born Sushila Charak), Salim's first wife. Some members of the family also have roots in Kerala (ex-wife of Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora through her maternal side), Punjab (Atul Agnihotri, Seema Sachdev and Malaika Arora through her paternal side) and Burma (Helen).{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNrDczGrBQ|title=Salman Khan grandfather is from Afghanistan ........ |quote=Salman Khan: "My grandfather from Afghanistan... My grandfather from my mother's side comes from Jammu Kashmir..." |access-date=1 October 2014}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/amp/photogallery/movies/salmans-khandaan-the-salim-khan-family-tree-823924.html|title=Salman's 'Khan'daan: The Salim Khan Family Tree|website=www.news18.com|access-date=4 March 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/celebs/Meet-The-complete-Salim-Khan-family/videoshow/46518748.cms |title=Meet: The complete Salim Khan family |work=The Times of India |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=4 March 2019}}

Generations

=First generation=

Anwar Khan, Father of Abdul Rashid Khan, Grandfather of Salim Khan. He was a Alakozai Pashtun who migrated from Afghanistan to India in the mid-1800s and served in the cavalry of the British Indian Army.{{cite news |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/the-kingdom-of-khan |title=The Kingdom of Khan |work=OPEN |quote=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." Khan is a fifth-generation Khan in India. |first=Shubhangi |last=Swarup |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=17 July 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/162005/khans-bollywood-afghan-traces-their.html |title=Khans in Bollywood: Afghan traces their Pathan roots |work=Deccan Herald |date=17 May 2011 |access-date=17 July 2014}}{{cite news|title=Afghan traces Bolly Khans' Pathan roots|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/may/180511-Kabul-Pathan-community-Hindi-films-Bolly-Khans.htm |newspaper=Mid-Day |access-date=11 December 2011|date=18 May 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2011/12/25/khans-bollywood-book-published |title=Khans in Bollywood book published |publisher=Pajhwok Afghan News |first=Javed Hamim |last=Kakaron |date=25 December 2011 |access-date=26 February 2012}}

=Second generation=

Abdul Rashid Khan (died 1950), Father of Salim Khan. He was a DIG in Indian Imperial Police in Indore

=Third generation=

Salim Khan (born 1935), Indian actor and screenwriter
Salma Khan (born Sushila Charak), first wife of Salim Khan, father from Jammu and Kashmir and mother from Maharashtra
Helen Richardson Khan (born Helen Richardson, 1938), second wife of Salim Khan, actress and dancer

=Fourth generation=

Salman Khan (born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, 1965), Indian actor, producer, television presenter, philanthropist and humanitarian.
Arbaaz Khan (born 1967), Indian actor, director and film producer, married to Shura Khan
Alvira Khan Agnihotri (born 1969), film producer and fashion designer, daughter of Salim and Salma, married to Atul Agnihotri
Sohail Khan (born 1969), Indian film actor, director and producer
Arpita Khan Sharma, adopted daughter of Salim Khan, married to Aayush Sharma{{cite news |title=Aayush Sharma recounts being ridiculed for marrying Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/aayush-sharma-recounts-being-ridiculed-for-marrying-salman-khans-sister-arpita-khan/articleshow/95008567.cms |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=The Economic Times |date=21 October 2022}}

=Fifth generation=

Alizeh Agnihotri, daughter of Alvira and Atul
Ayaan Agnihotri, son of Alvira and Atul
Arhaan Khan, son of Arbaaz and Malaika Arora
Nirvan Khan, son of Sohail and Seema
Yohan Khan, son of Sohail and Seema
Ahil Sharma, son of Arpita and Aayush
Ayat Sharma, daughter of Arpita and Aayush

Contributions

=Salim Khan=

Salim Khan is a screenwriter, who wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for numerous Bollywood films. In Hindi cinema, Khan is best known for being one half of the prolific screenwriting duo Salim–Javed, along with Javed Akhtar. The duo Salim-Javed were the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status,Ramesh Dawar (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema], Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. becoming the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time.Sholay, through the eyes of Salim Khan, [http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-salim-khan/20120228.htm], Rediff.com{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9789352140084|language=en}}

Salim-Javed revolutionised Indian cinema in the 1970s,{{cite web|title=Salim-Javed: Writing Duo that Revolutionized Indian Cinema|url=https://pandolin.com/salim-javed-writing-duo-that-revolutionized-indian-cinema/|website=Pandolin|date=25 April 2013}} transforming and reinventing the Bollywood formula, pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format, and pioneering genres such as the masala film{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9789352140084|language=en|page=58}} and the Dacoit Western.{{cite book|last=Teo|first=Stephen|title=Eastern Westerns: Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317592266|page=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pi8lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122|language=en}} Salim Khan was also responsible for creating the "angry young man" character archetype and launching Amitabh Bachchan's career.{{cite news|title=Why Salim Khan was angry with Amitabh Bachchan|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Why-Salim-Khan-was-angry-with-Amitabh-Bachchan/articleshow/27245793.cms|work=The Times of India|date=13 December 2013}} Salim-Javed won six Filmfare Awards, and their films are among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, including Sholay (1975), the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, as well as films such as Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Zanjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Kranti (1981), and the Don franchise.

=Salman Khan=

Ever since the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), has been known for being one of the three biggest movie stars of Bollywood since the 1990s, along with Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, collectively known as the three Khans of Bollywood. He is often known for starring in blockbuster masala films, a genre that was originally pioneered by his father Salim Khan.

= Arbaaz Khan =

Arbaaz Khan, ever since the blockbuster Daraar (1996). He is often known for starring in blockbuster masala films, a genre that was originally pioneered by his father Salim Khan. He is known for his films Jai Ho (2014), Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), and Hello Brother (1999).

=Sohail Khan=

Sohail Khan, the youngest of the Khan brothers, produces films under his banner Sohail Khan Productions. He has appeared on the TV show Comedy Circus as one of the judges.

= Alvira Khan =

Alivra Khan Agnihotri, the sister of the khan brothers, film producer and fashion designer. She is a producer of blockbuster films like Hello (2008), Bodyguard (2011), and Bharat (2019).