Aamir Khan, the son of Tahir Husain, has been a producer, actor, director and writer in Bollywood. At age 23, Aamir Khan shot to fame in 1988, with Mansoor Khan's blockbuster film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Born on 14 March 1965, he was a child artist in Yaadon Ki Baaraat in 1973. He is a nephew of late Nasir Husain, a well-known director, producer and a writer. Mansoor Khan, an actor and husband of Zeenat Aman, is Aamir's cousin.

Aamir Khan eloped and married a Hindu girl, Reena, at the age of 21 because the families would not agree to the marriage. He divorced her in December 2002. His two children, son, Junaid, and daughter, Ira, are with his ex-wife, Reena. He had another child, a son, with his ex-girlfriend, English writer, Jessica Hines, on September 14, 2003. He is now paired with the media girl, Kiran Rao.

5' 5" tall, Aamir, is a versatile actor who works for passion more than money. Aamir chooses his roles well. Consequently, you do not see him in too many movies. He does not do more than one movie at a time.

Aamir has now gravitated towards production and direction. Lagaan, his debut as a producer, was an outstanding film that almost made it to the Oscars.

• Mani Ratnam's Lajjo starring Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor. The story is written by Anurag Kashyap based on Ismat Chughtai story. Produced by Bobby Bedi, music by A.R. Rahman and cinematography by P.C. Sreeram.
• Vishal Bharadwaj's Mr. Singh & Mrs. Mehta starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Shilpa Shetty.

Find Aamir Khan's blog at: http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog.htm

Aamir Khan appeared as a celebrity guest on Zee SaReGaMaPA L'il Champs 2007, Saturday, December 08 to promote his children oriented film "Taare Zameen Par". He promoted his film 'Taare Zameen Par' on Children's Day, November 14, with a two hour talk show on Radio Mirchi.

Aamir Kahn launched Ted Lapidus store at Bandra in Mumbai on Nov 16th 2007.

Aamir Khan got marreid to Kiran Rao on Dec 28, 2006 in Panchgani, Maharashtra.

Indian freedom fighter, Mangal Pandey's descendants Raghunath and Omkar Nath Pandey, have filed a case in New Delhi Court against the movie Mangal Pandey. The petition is about 'historical distortion of the fact' saying the portrayal of the freedom fighter in the movie is in bad taste and the movie screening should be stopped. Advocate Siddiqui has pointed out that the visit of Mangal Pandey to the brothel and his friendship with a British officer in the story is not in line with the images of the hero.

Aamir Khan is the Toyota brand ambassador. Toyota Kirloskar Motor India (a joint venture between Kirloskar Group and Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan) will be the third brand to be endorsed by Aamir Khan, after Coca-Cola and Titan watches.

Amir Khan turned 40 on March 14, 2005.

• 21 Dec 2007 - Taare Zameen Par. Produced by Aamir Khan. His wife Kiran Rao is the associate producer. Script was written by Amole Gupte.
• 26 May, 2006 - Fanaa. Directed by Kunal Kohli. Other star cast included Kajol, Tabu, Shiney Ahuja, Jaspal Bhatti, Rishi Kapoor, Kiron Kher and Satish Shah.
• January 20, 2006 Rang De Basanti made both in Hindi and English at an estimated budget of around Rs 40-50 crores. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, starring Aamir Khan, Waheeda Rehman, Om Puri, Kiron Kher, Anupam Kher, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Lekh Tandon and Soha Ali Khan.
• Aug 12, 2005 - Ketan Mehta's Mangal Pandey, a historical on the mutiny of 1857, starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji.
• 2001 - Dil Chahta Hai. Farhan Akhtar's blockbuster that included Saif Ali Khan, Akshaya Khanna, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia
• 2001 - Lagaan, with Gracy Singh and Rachel Shelley
• 2000 - Mela.
• 1999 - Sarfarosh. Amir Khan played the tough cop out to nab the terrorists
• 1999 - 1947 - Earth. Deepa Mehta's essay on the partition.
• 1999 - Mann, with Manisha Koirala, Sharmila Tagore, Deepti Bhatnagar
• 1996 - Raja Hindustani with Karishma Kapoor
• 1995 - Rangeela with Urmila Matondkar and Jackie Shroff
• 1990 - Dil with Madhuri Dixit and Anupam Kher
• 1988 - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.

Aamir Khan's tremendous success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, especially the song, Papa Kehte Hain, made him a darling of the nation. He is one of India's finest actors today.

• Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
• Dil (1990)
• Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992)
• Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
• Raja Hindustani (1996)
• Earth (1998)
• Ghulam (1998)
• Sarfarosh (1999)