One of the most talented and versatile actors of the Indian film industry in the recent years is Aamir Khan. He appeared in front camera for the first time with the film ‘Yaadon Ki Barat’ in 1973, it was directed by his uncle Nasir Hussain and Aamir appeared as a child actor in the film. Aamir’s father TAhir Hussian is a producer and his brother Faisal Khan is also an actor. Both of them have acted together in the film ‘Mela’. Aamir received his first commercial success with his cousin Mansoor Khan’s film ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ in 1988; this was his debut film and was paired opposite the then newcomer Juhi Chawla. The film fetched him ‘Filmfare Best Male Debut Award’.
Aamir Khan received his first Filmfare award in the best actor category in 1997, for the film ‘Raja Hindustani’. Aamir has given the audiences some of the memorable films of al times like ‘Lagaan’ , ‘Dil Chata Hai’ , ‘Rang De Basanti’ and few more. His other commendable films are ‘Dil’, ‘Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke’ , ‘Rangeela’ , ‘Ghulam’ , ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikhandar’ and many more. For the periodic film ‘Lagaan’ which was produced by Aamir Khan and directed by Asutosh Gowariakar, Aamir won his ‘National Award’ for the best actor. ‘Lagaan’ was the third Hindi language film to be nominated for the ‘Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film’. Aamir Khan turned a director with the film ‘Taare Zameen par’ which was released in 2007 and was a huge hit.