Suniel Shetty made his Bollywood debut with the film Balwaan. However the first film which he signed was Sajid Nadiadwala's Waqt Hamara Hai with Akshay Kumar.
There were reports that Suniel was on a signing spree after he signed Waqt Hamara Hai.
The next film which he signed was Balwaan which was followed by Hum Hai Bemiasal, Anth, Dilwale, GopiKishan, Surakshaa, Raghuveer, Vishwasghat, etc. Producers mainly signed him for action films and Suniel was comfortable even if he was not the solo hero in the film.
The Badmabhushan awardee Amirkhan has a large following, and a great actor and producer of films, especially in India and China and has been described by News week as the most bankable movie star in the world".He has been regularly listed among The 500 most influential Muslims of the world.He also created and hosted the television talk show Satyameva Jayathey. His work as a social reformer earned him an appearance on the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world in 2013.
Here is an example of social reform:
Having seen his contribution to the film Industry and his his fellow Muslim communities now let me answer the questions on his married life especially Love Jihad, Aamir Khan married Reena Dutta, a Hindu, who had a small part in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, on 18 April 1986. They have two children: a son named Junaid and a daughter, Ira. Dutta was involved briefly in his career when she worked as a producer for Lagaan. In December 2002, he filed for divorce and Dutta took custody of both children.
On 28 December 2005, he married Kiran Rao another Hindu who had been an assistant director to Gowariker on the set of Lagan. On 5 December 2011, they announced the birth of their son, Azad Khan,through a surrogate mother. In July 2021, the couple announced their separation and stated that though they would raise their son Azad together but it finally fell on Kiran Rao( naturally).
In March 2015, he stated that he quit non-vegetarian food and adopted a vegan lifestyle after being inspired by her. ( Now he has began liking NV food)
On 13 March 2025, Khan has publicly introduced Gauri Spratt ( another Hindu) as his girlfriend at his 60th birthday party, confirming their 18-month relationship.
He can go up to 4 as is religiously permitted as per Hadith.
There are multiple ways makers navigate such process depending upon the role of the actor, the progress of shooting and the financial aspect of the making.
In case of a minor character, makers generally used a body double or long shots to shoot without anyone letting know that the actor has been changed. The great Satyajit Ray did in his iconic film Pather Panchali (1955) where one of the minor characters playing a shopkeeper passed away so the makers used a man with same height and measurements and shot the remaining sequence using over the shoulder shots of the new actor. Interestingly in the same film the dog used for a sequence passed away before the sequence could be finished so they had to find an identical dog for the sequence.
Body double was also used to shoot some minor song sequences in the film Rang (1993) after Divya Bharti passed Away.
In case a major character of the film pass away they have to be replaced by a new actor and a lot of reshooting is done. For example Divya Bharti had signed more than a dozen films including Laadla (1994), Mohra (1994), Kartavya (1995) etc. In such cases she was replaced by Sridevi, Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla etc in these movies.
In rare cases, the makers tweak the story of the film to justify the absence of the actor. In the film Professor ki padosan (1994), which got shelved due to the untimely demise of Sanjeev Kumar and was revived years later, the makers added a track where Sanjeev Kumar is shown drinking a magic potion which made him invisible for the rest of the film and used dubbing artists to dub his voice for the rest of the film. This obviously changed the whole narrative of the film and the film failed badly. In another film of Sanjeev Kumar Hirasat (1987), Sanjeev Kumar was replaced by Shatrughan Sinha but his song was not removed from the film. Instead they show Shatrughan Sinha watching a movie in the theatre and they show the same clips and songs which was originally picturised on Sanjeev Kumar!!
In rare cases the actors are changed in between the film and the same role is played by more than one actor. A few years ago, Sharmaji Namkeen (2021) had Rishi Kapoor in the lead role who shot for significant portions of the film but agter his demise the rest of the film was shot with Paresh Rawal. The makers promoted the film as a tribute to Rishi Kapoor and didn't reshoot the whole film.
I'm quite surprised that none mentioned Actor Vikram.
He can do any role offered to him. The diligence and dedication he offers for his roles is mind-blowing.
He won TheNational award for best actor for his portrayal of gravedigger with mental disorders in the Tamil film Pithamagan. Further he won 7 Filmfare awards and 1 Tamilnadu state award.
Vikram in Tamil film Pithamagan.
Vikram as blind Kasi inTamil film kasi.
Vikram in his career’s breakthrough film Sethu.
Vikram as mentally challenged dad, Krishna in Tamil film Deivathirumagal.
Vikram as Remo, Anniyan, Ambi characters in the film Anniyan ( Aparachitudu in Telugu and Aparachit in Hindi) in which he suffers from multipersonality disorder.
Vikram portraying a body builder, a super model and a hunchback in the film “I”.
Vikram portraying as a RAW agent named Akhilan vinod and feminized villainnamed love in Tamil film Irumugan.
It's his 27th year in his film career. He is just 50 years old and still going strong.
In a different time SRK would've never done Chak De! India
The role of the strict , taciturn, laconic, intense yet loving Kabir Khan was an out of the blue decision from SRK
It was at a time when SRK was oscillating between Yrf and Dharma romantic magnum opus
To Farah Khan's commercial masala fare
The choice of doing a movie like Chak De! India and its eventual success both were out of the blue
SRK at the start of his career during the 1992-1994 period was a very gutsy Risky
Who was ready to Deewana in which he played the second lead
Dil Aashna Hai a female multistarer where Divya Bharti ,Dimple Kapadia ,Sonu Walia and Jeetendra were doing all the heavy lifting
King Uncle another 2nd lead movie
Maya Memsaab a movie which was replete with love making scenes a huge taboo for the times
Baazigar the morally compromised yet charismatic anti Hero
Darr the mentally unstable stalker
Anjaam the evil and
sadistic brat
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa the lovable loser
Infact the biggest of them Ahmak The Idiot a movie so unconditional that it didn't get a release altogether and was shown on Doordarshan as a 4 episode mini series SRK had a very grey shaded role in this
all this at a time when Akshay Kumar was doing out and out commercial movies like Mohra
SRK didn't hesitate in sharing screen space the likes of Naseeruddin Shah in ghost comedy Chamatkar
And Nana Patekar in the romantic drama Raju Bangaya Gentleman two absolute scene stealers
But after the double whammy of 1995 with Ddlj and Karan Arjun
triple whammy if we count Ram Jaane also which was hit SRK became as commercial as commercial can be
And started working almost exclusively with the likes of Yash Chopra,
Aditya Chopra
Karan Johar
Farah Khan and what not
There were others such as Ratan Jain of Venus Tapes and Records
Who had also co produced Main Hoon Na Red Chillies Entertainment first movie
Aziz Mirza
Rakesh Roshan with whom SRK regularly work from the 1990s to the early 00s
Even when SRK rarely went out of his selected few and did films like Pardes
And Devdas they were as commercial as can be
SRK due to theses associations of his became the undisputed king of romance and
King of the entire bollywood
When Chak De! India came to Shah Rukh Khan from the director of Ab Tak Chappan the gritty, critically acclaimed underworld drama it was considered a very optimistic approach
SRK was narrated the story while shooting for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in the USA. He said no initially
And then the makers when to Salman Khan who also refused as it was clashing with the likes of Partner which he was doing then ,he briefly alluded to this and said that he was doing mostly comedies at that time and was not in the frame work to do serious cinema
SRK finally agreed to do it and even changed his look drastically it was the first time SRK grew a beard .
It's said that SRK and the director Shimit Amin and it's writer in the picture Jaideep Sahni regularly clashed with eachother during the making
This was the first time SRK grew a beard and nowadays we are used to seeing him in a beard a myriad of movies such as Don 2,Jthj, Happy New Year,Raees,Pathaan,Jawan etc
Before this he had a beard drawn on him in the movie Baadshah as it was said that SRK couldn't grow a full beard well into his 30s
SRK before Chak De India had never played a full fledged Muslim character before Chak De India. Only brief Cameos he had done in movies like Dushman Duniya Ka and Hey Ram where he played characters belonging to the islamic faith
Contemporaries like Salman Khan in Sanam Bewafa
And Akshay Kumar in Kayda Kanoon where he played inspector Dawood had essayed Muslim characters much before SRK
After Chak De India SRK started regularly essaying Muslim characters in movies like My Name Is Khan,Dear Zindagi,Raees and it's rumoured that he's playing a Muslim character in his up and coming magnum opus King
SRK was know for his virtuous and frivolous Raj and Rahul roles prior to Chak De! India
Kabir Khan on the other hand provided a deep contrast to SRK's earlier characters
SRK was known to do urban love stories in movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho . When he's playing the charmer who's endered by everyone and who can do no wrong
A sports movie which talked about the state of hockey,the prism from which an Indian Muslims loyalty towards his nation is questioned, the women empowerment angle all these topics being broached upon in this one movie.
The last scene where he gets his redemption is so heartwarming to say the least
Former India goalkeeper was called on to provide his technical expertise and nothing but praise for SRK
It's said that the story was based on his life which he at that time had denied velhemtly
It's said SRK was a huge fan of hockey in his youth and played a fair bit of it in University level
SRK was also a huge fan of hockey as seen here he's paying tribute on the death of ace indian hockey player Mohammad Shahid
Not only the movie was a radical departure for SRK it's success itself was surprising barring Baazigar and Darr at the start of his career , it's usually seen that in movies which SRK sheds his romantic and masala hero image have seldom been successful at the box office
Movies like Josh inspite of doing very respectable numbers was categorised as an underperformer
And movies like Swades flopped badly
SRK by his detractors and was being called an actor who can only perform in romantic and masala movies he was being labelled as a one trick poney
After the release of Duplicate SRK was unceremoniously called a bad actor someone who hams on screen
Chak De India's success was a breath of fresh into SRK's filmography, his acting ability and his box office standing
Years later movies like Gold
And Maidaan inspite of having huge stars
couldn't achieve the harmonious blend of critical acclaim and comercial success which SRK had achieved with Chak De! India
