Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan ( born 16 August 1970 in New Delhi, India) is National Film Award winning Indian actor who stars in Bollywood films. He is the son of the Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and the actress Sharmila Tagore. His sister is actress Soha Ali Khan.

Saif Ali Khan was born into the family of the Nawabs of Pataudi. His grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, was the Nawab of Pataudi as well as an accomplished cricketer who played for England and then for India as the captain of the team. His paternal grandmother was Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal and his great-uncle was Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi.

Saif was meant to make his debut in "Bekhudi" (1992) opposite Kajol but the film took off without him.He made his Bollywood debut in the 1992 film "Parampara". For his next film "Aashiq Awara" (1993) he won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. His breakthrough role came in 1994 with "Yeh Dillagi" starring opposite Kajol and Akshay Kumar which was his first major hit.Khan went on to star in many films but they failed at the box office. He only had success with multi-starrer hits like Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994)," Kachche Dhaage" (1999) and "Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United" (1999).After some box office failures he had a hit with the film "Kya Kehna" (2000).

He has since had many box office successes such as "Kal Ho Na Ho" (2003),"Hum Tum" (2004)[15] and "Salaam Namaste" (2005).He won lots of critical acclaim for his performance in a rare negative role for the film "Ek Hasina Thi" (2004) and for "Parineeta" (2005). His performance in "Hum Tum" won him the National Film Award for Best Actor.

He married actress Amrita Singh in October 1991. They divorced in 2004. They have two children, a daughter named Sara and a son named Ibrahim, both of whom live with their mother.Khan currently lives in Mumbai.Saif recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend, Rozza Catalino.

Khan is also an active stage performer.Saif was part of a troupe that included Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra, which went on the Temptations 2004 world tour. The tour was a huge international and commercial success, performing nineteen stage shows across the globe.