Salman is the eldest son of the famous screenwriter Salim Khan and his wife Salma Khan.
His stepmother Helen is the famous yesteryear Bollywood dancer and actress.He has two brothers, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, and two sisters, Alvira and Arpita.
Alvira is married to actor/director Atul Agnihotri.
Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988), had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), for which he won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
He went on to star in some successful Hindi films of those times, such as Saajan (1991), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Judwaa (1997), Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) and Biwi No.1 (1999), having appeared in the highest earning films of seven separate years during his career.
In 1999, Khan won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his extended appearance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and since then has starred in several critical and commercial successes, including Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Tere Naam (2003), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), No Entry (2005), Partner (2007), Wanted (2009), Dabangg (2010), Ready (2011) and Bodyguard (2011), which has become the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time. Khan has thus established himself as one of the most successful actors of Hindi cinema.
In 2007, his first Hollywood movie, Marigold: An Adventure in India opposite American actress Ali Larter was released. The film bombed at the box office. Salman Khan appears in a very important cameo role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya.
He also plans to star in Tom And Jerry, sequel to Partner, along with Govinda. He recently took a crash course in painting at Sir JJ School of Art.
Salman Khan paints as a hobby and for the Salman Khan Foundation. He has made several paintings over the last few years. In May 2007, one of his paintings, an abstract, showing the back of a woman holding a child in her arms fetched him Rs 1 crore.
Salman recently painted Aamir Khan's Ghajini avatar just before the film's release, and showcased it in Inox multiplex, Mumbai.
In 2004, he was voted seventh-best-looking man in the world and the best looking man in India by People magazine, US. Khan has been involved in several charities during his career.
On 11 October 2007, Khan accepted an offer from Madame Tussauds wax museum in London to have a wax replica made of himself. His life-size wax figure was installed there on 15 January 2008, making him the fourth Indian actor to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum.
His release, Dabangg, was produced by his brother Arbaaz Khan, and released on 10 September 2010. It made a record opening at the box office[29] and Box Office India declared it an all-time blockbuster.
For his performance in Dabangg, Khan received a Star Screen Award for Best Actor and a Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Male and was nominated for his sixth Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Khan has started an NGO called 'Being Human' which will sell T-shirts and other products online and in stores. A portion of the sales will go to a worthy cause supporting the underprivileged.
In January 2012, Khan has offered to pay INR40 lakh (US$79,800) for releasing around 400 prisoners from around 63 prisons in the state of Uttar Pradesh via his NGO.
The prisoners had completed their term but due to economical reasons, they were unable to pay a legal fine for their charges.
