Salman Khan, born 27 of December, 1965, is the son of the legendary Indian screenwriter Salim Khan who is responsible for such Bollywood hits as Seeta aur Geeta (1972), Zinjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975), and Trishul (1978) Starting from his debut movie Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) Salman's career with its ups and downs of it seemed just like the picture on the cardiogram machine. Just like any other Bollywood rookie, Salman had a lot of failures and screw-up's but it is for his handsomeness, natural charisma and undoubted talent that Salman looked so good in the worst of his projects and the viewer still loved him.
Even without that some of his movies had so much success that they still remain unbeatable. His movie Love (1991) where he starred brought him huge fame and with that Salman came third in the viewers' favorites' list after Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt. In 1994 the Hum Aapke Hain Kaun came out and became the one of the most successful Bollywood movies along with the Deewaar and Zinjeer. And of course one cannot forget the Dushman Duniya Ka even though Salman had just a supporting actor part in it.
With that in store, the actor was moving slowly but confident up the career ladder. But despite all of his advancements in the movie world, it wasn't as bright as it was on the screen in his personal life. It was rather controversial. Salman has never been one of those persons who care enough about their reputation. A huge number of controversial events and scandals was the reason for Salman to get a nickname "The Bad Guy" in Bollywood. Salman ran over a number of pedestrians with one of those dying under the wheels of the car, however, this is not the reason why the Indian courts are attacking the actor for ten years already. It is because in 1998 while hunting the actor shot two black antelopes which are considered the die-out kind dead. It is only not so long ago that Salman got into prison for a couple of days after which he paid the bailment.
The most controversial as well as the most popular of Salman's romances was the one with a first beauty of India, Miss World Aishwarya Rai. The two met at the shooting of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam which led to them dating. The actors were passionately in love with each other but with every single day it was getting more and more obvious that this will not lead the two to something good. Salman was extremely jealous of Aishwarya. It took him one doubt of her to make him rush to her house and start numerous scandals. It is told that once he started firing guns at her door because she didn't open it. For months to pass these stories were only considered gossips and legends until once Aishwarya was seen with bruises and later she wrote a police statement where she accused her boyfriend of beating her up. The actress told the police that Salman broke into her house, threatened her and was breaking the furniture all over the place. That were Aishwarya partners that were the reason behind Salman's jealousy and numerous fights the two had. Once he came to the shooting of Kuch Naa Kaho where Aishwarya worked with an Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. After a minute of talk Salman started to throw his fists out. It is only because of Salman that Aishwarya has lost her part in one of the most successful films of Bollywood Chalo Ishq Ladaaye to Rani Mukerji. Salman was very jealous of Shakrukh Khan and he was always complaining about it. After Shakrukh who also was the producer for the movie got tired of all of the complaints he decided to simply replace Aishwarya with Rani Mukerji. This was the last thing Aishwarya could stand. In 2002 the former Miss World has broken up with Salman Khan and the two didn't even talk to each other. Salman was outrageous and has cost a bunch of nerves to Aishwarya's newly found boyfriend - Vivek Oberoi. Salman also couldn't stand anyone near him recalling the name Aishwarya. It is well documented that he was ready to fight Rishi Kapoor's (a famous Indian actor, film producer and director) son, Ranbir Kapoor. It was because of Ranbir trying to attract one of the girls in the night club and comparing her to Salman's ex-girlfriend saying "Look what a beauty that is! A real Aishwarya she is!" Salman got mad because of Ranbir's light-minded manner of saying this and it was very hard for the actor's friend, Sanjay Dutt to calm Salman down.
It took enough time but eventually Salman calmed himself down. He apologized to Shakrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor and concentrated solely on his work. The actor started to grow again with his movies regularly become hits. Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002), Tere Naam (2003), Kyon Ki (2005), No Entry (2005), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005), Lucky: No Time for Love (2005). The actress called Katrina Kaif who Salman met at shooting one of his most recent movies is now his girlfriend. Katrina did not get scared away by the actress reputation and the fact that she is twenty years younger than the "bad guy of Bollywood". The two are together since they've met and Salman didn't take the wedding between Aishwarya Ray and Abhishek Bachchan too hard. Even more than that, Salman and Aishwarya are now telling the media they are each other's best friends now.
It seems as if Salman Khan is really happy now. He stars in the successful movies; God Tussi Great Ho one of his recent ones became the most successful box-office Indian comedy ever in Bollywood's history. His girlfriend Katrina Kaif is building up an outstanding career in Bollywood, having no failures in her portfolio. It also seems as if Katrina is not giving Salman any reasons to be jealous or it can easily be that the actor is all grown up now. By the way, he was recently very enthusiastic about art and pictorial art in particular and he started painting as well. Those who had seen some of the actor's works tell that they are as good as the films he had been in. All of the money that gets raised by his painting hobby is being transferred to Salman fund which helps children with cancer diseases and also mentally sick people.
Salman is, just like he always was, starring in several movies at one time. It seems like the most anticipated of them is called Veer by Anil Sharma. Salman, following his father's footsteps has written the plot for the movie himself. According to different gossips, Salman is receiving an extremely large paycheck of 250 million of rupees for the movie (just for the comparison means, Shakrukh Khan's paycheck is something around 34 million rupees). And of course, just as usual, one will never know whether the movie will be a massive success or a miserable failure.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Aishwarya Rai Miss World from India
The Indian sub-continent is also very keen about this contest and has a large viewership. Though Fleur Ezekiel was the first women to represent India in the Miss World Contest, however, popularity of this event gained ground in post-1994, when the European developed countries were left far behind as India won both the Miss World and Miss Universe titles. After Aishwarya Rai, Daina Hayden won the title in 1997, Yukta Mookhey in 1999 and Priyanka Chopra in 2000. Since then, it has become a dream for millions to wear that coveted crown.
Aishwarya Rai:
Though Aishwarya Rai became the runners-up of the Miss India contest 1994, yet the perfect synthesis of her beauty and brains won her the coveted title of Miss World. Since then, she did not have to look back and started ruling Bollywood as the most gracious lady. The heart throb of millions, Ash seemed to grow beautiful in outlook and matured in acting day by day.
Diana Hayden- Miss World 1997:
Starting her career as a model by doing fashion shows in Bangalore and Mumbai, Secunderabadi girl Diana Hayden won the Miss World title in 1997. Miss World title gave her the credentials and she was signed up as the brand ambassador by L’Oreal and Child Relief and You (CRY). However, she failed to make it up to Bollywood following the footsteps of her predecessor Aishwarya Rai.
Yukta Mookhey- Miss World 1999:
Born in Mumbai, the dream of Yukta Mookhey was to win the beauty pageant. Her hopes became brighter when she watched Sushmita Sen win the Miss Universe title. Though Yukta too tried her luck at Bollywood but ultimately she failed to make a place there amid the galaxy of stars.
Priyanka Chopra- Miss World 2000:
Priyanka Chopra became the Miss World in the year 2000. Since then she made a place for herself in the glamour world and has acted in a number of films. Her latest film Krrish was a real hit in the box office. Priyanka has gained great popularity and a huge fan gathering.
The popularity of the Miss World Contest is, however, not above criticism. This contest was opposed by many when it was held in India for the first time by Amitabh Bachchan’s ABCL. Those against it were of the view that real beauty cannot be quantified. Many even raised eyebrows over the swimsuits worn by the contestants in one such round. However, these criticisms failed to deter the generation X to dream of being in the global stage of such beauty contest. Whatever may be the pros and cons of this concept of beauty contests, we hope that many others will earn similar laurels for India.
Aishwarya Rai:
Though Aishwarya Rai became the runners-up of the Miss India contest 1994, yet the perfect synthesis of her beauty and brains won her the coveted title of Miss World. Since then, she did not have to look back and started ruling Bollywood as the most gracious lady. The heart throb of millions, Ash seemed to grow beautiful in outlook and matured in acting day by day.
Diana Hayden- Miss World 1997:
Starting her career as a model by doing fashion shows in Bangalore and Mumbai, Secunderabadi girl Diana Hayden won the Miss World title in 1997. Miss World title gave her the credentials and she was signed up as the brand ambassador by L’Oreal and Child Relief and You (CRY). However, she failed to make it up to Bollywood following the footsteps of her predecessor Aishwarya Rai.
Yukta Mookhey- Miss World 1999:
Born in Mumbai, the dream of Yukta Mookhey was to win the beauty pageant. Her hopes became brighter when she watched Sushmita Sen win the Miss Universe title. Though Yukta too tried her luck at Bollywood but ultimately she failed to make a place there amid the galaxy of stars.
Priyanka Chopra- Miss World 2000:
Priyanka Chopra became the Miss World in the year 2000. Since then she made a place for herself in the glamour world and has acted in a number of films. Her latest film Krrish was a real hit in the box office. Priyanka has gained great popularity and a huge fan gathering.
The popularity of the Miss World Contest is, however, not above criticism. This contest was opposed by many when it was held in India for the first time by Amitabh Bachchan’s ABCL. Those against it were of the view that real beauty cannot be quantified. Many even raised eyebrows over the swimsuits worn by the contestants in one such round. However, these criticisms failed to deter the generation X to dream of being in the global stage of such beauty contest. Whatever may be the pros and cons of this concept of beauty contests, we hope that many others will earn similar laurels for India.
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