Salman Khan, film actor
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Who is Salman Khan?
Most successful Hindi-Urdu actor in history?
Till 2010 Salman Khan was at Number 3 (tied with SRK) in the list for having the highest number of top grossers of the year in the history of Hindi-Urdu cinema. He had till then five in the list (‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', ‘Biwi No.1’, and ‘No Entry’). Amitabh Bachchan had seven films as the top grossers of the year, while Dilip Kumar had ten films.
This arguably made him, at least till 2011, the 3rd most successful Hindi-Urdu film actor in history. His films since then have been even more successful.
The next no.1 films of the year were Dabangg (2010),Bodyguard (2011, with Ready at no.2), Ek Tha Tiger (2012, with Dabangg 2 at no.2), Kick (2014), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015, with Prem Ratan Dhan Payo close at its heels). With ten no.1s, Salman has tied with the legendary Dilip Kumar.
(The Filmography in this article looks at the box office success of every Salman film. Similarly, the article Amitabh Bachchan looks at the box office success of every Amitabh film. A similar analysis is being done for Dilip Kumar films.)
According to another yardstick: Despite being the huge stars in the likes of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, and Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan still has more All-Time Blockbusters than any other star in Bollywood history e.g. ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. The closest star to beat him is Shah Rukh Khan with two All-Time Blockbusters. Also, Salman Khan is one of the few stars to have other records at the Box-Office. He is one of the few stars to have:
- Four or more releases in one year (1998), and were all HITS – ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hain’, ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’, ‘Bandhan’, ‘Jab Pyar Kisse Se Hota Hain’
- Top Grossers In One Year (1999) – ‘Biwi No.1’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Hum Saath-Saath Hain’
- Most Hits than any other actor in the 90s
In 1994, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ smashed ‘Sholay’ records Gross to become the biggest grosser film at that time and did excellent business in the overseas for a Bollywood film. It was the first film to do over Rs. 10 crores in the overseas market.
Maine Pyar Kiya broke records not only in India, but also in overseas market.
Trends that were started by Salman Khan Despite SRK being the ruler of the overseas market, it’s in fact Salman Khan films which opened Bollywood films to the overseas market. Yes, Amitabh Bachchan films in the 70s and 80s films succeeded in the West Indies, North American and UK territory, but it was ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ that made the huge impact. It broke records everywhere especially in the West Indies. It was dubbed in English ‘As When Love Calls’ and in Spanish as ‘Te Amo’. ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ was Rs.1 crore short of beating ‘Sholay’ record Gross.
Then came ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ that smashed records everywhere. HAHK was the first film to gross over Rs.50 crores, and settled for a Rs.65 crores run at the BO. Plus, it was the first film to gross over a $1,000,000 in the US market, and over 1,000,000 Pounds in the UK market. Since then, Bollywood has made a huge impact in the overseas market. If trade reports are to be believed, it was Salman Khan who started the bumper opening trend. That’s why back in the 90s, most of his films were HITS at the BO because they had took huge opening at the BO (he did it on a consistent basis). Even his flop films were nearly recoverable thanks to the good opening it received.
100 Crore Club Salman Khan is the only Indian film actor who has six films in the 100 Crore Club to his credit. With a huge fan base across the globe, Salman Khan must be the most loved actor.
Two Salman films collected Rs 200 crore or more (Kick, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo) and one crossed Rs 300 crore (Bajrangi Bhaijaan). Ek Tha Tiger made Rs198 crore. (Joginder Tuteja KoiMoi.com)
Top 10 worldwide earners in history Salman Khan has three films in this list (Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo), as does Amir Khan. (Shah Rukh Khan has two, Hrithik Roshan has one in the Top 10 and two in the Top 11; and then there is the phenomenal Baahubali: The Beginning at no.3.)
What makes Salman Khan great?
Launched the careers of many stars Himesh Reshammiya, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sajid-Wajid were brought into the industry thanks to Salman Khan’s help. Even Hrithik Roshan went through training through him.
Helped Govinda at the time of crisis Govinda was practically forgotten in our industry, and was written off by the critics and media. However, Salman Khancame and saved the day by giving him a hero lead in ‘Partner’. Although he had a role in ‘Bhagam Bhag’, Govinda was wasted in the film, and with ‘Salaam-E-Ishq’, he got appreciated for his role, but this time it flopped at the Box-Office. However, with the big success of ‘Partner’, Govinda got both a huge HIT and also the critics/audience appreciation. Now, Govinda is back in the running. It has also been written that Salman Khan gave Govinda a Mercedez-Benz car when Govinda refused fees from him.
Stars turn to Salman Khan for help Many celebrities have turn to him for help, e.g. when Sushmita Sen adopted daughter fell ill, no one was there to help her, and then she called Salman Khan. And within a couple of minutes, he showed up at her doorstep. When Dia Mirza mom fell ill, it was Salman Khanwho made the rescue. Saawan Kumar Tak came to Salman Khan – who thought he needed money. However, Saawan Kumar asked him to play a part in ‘Saawan’, which Salman Khan did f
