Salim Khan
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Khan in August 2011
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24 November 1935 Indore, Indore State, India |
| Occupation | Actor, scriptwriter |
| Years active | 1959–1996, 2013–present |
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| Children | 5; inc. Salman, Arbaaz, Sohail |
| Relatives | See Khan family |
Salim Khan (Hindi: सलीम खान born 24 November 1935) is a veteran Indian actor and screenwriter. In Hindi cinema, Khan is best known for being one half of the prolific screenwriting duo of Salim-Javed. He is the father of Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Arbaaz Khan. He is married to Sushila Charak (a.k.a. Salma Khan) and to actress Helen.
Khan was born in the city of Indore in the princely state of the same name (modern day Madhya Pradesh) into an affluent family which was descended from an AlakozaiPashtun tribe. His grandfather's great-grandfather, a certain Anwar Khan, had migrated from Afghanistan to India in the mid-1800s and worked in the cavalry of the British Indian army, and the family had generally tended to look for employment in government service. They had eventually settled in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and this is where Salim Khan grew up.
Salim was the youngest child of his parents, both of whom died by the time he was 14 years old. His father, Abdul Rashid Khan, had joined the police service and risen to the rank of DIG-Indore, which was the highest police rank open to an Indian during those days. Salim's mother died when he was only nine years old. She had suffered from tuberculosis for four years before her death, and therefore it was forbidden for the younger children come close to her or hug her; Salim therefore had little contact with his mother even before her early death. His father also died in January 1950, when he was only fourteen years old. Two months later, in March 1950, Salim (who attended St. Raphaels' School in Indore) appeared for his matriculation examination. He did moderately well, and enrolled in Holkar College, Indore, and completed his BA. His elder brothers supported him with funds drawn from the family's substantial wealth, to the extent that he was given a car of his own while he was a college student. He excelled in sports, especially cricket, and it was for being a star cricketer that he was allowed by the college to enroll for a master's degree at the end of his bachelors. During these years, he also became enamored of films, and received encouragement from classmates, who told him that with his exceptional good looks, he should try to become a film star.
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