Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an actor and producer in Hindi films. He is the son of the actress Sharmila Tagore and the cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and he has been the titular head of the Pataudi family since 2011. He received the Padma Shri in 2010. His awards include a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards.

His debut was Parampara (1993), and he found success in the 1990s in multi-starrers such as Yeh Dillagi and Main Khiladi Tu Anari (both 1994), Kachche Dhaage and Hum Saath-Saath Hain (both 1999). The 2000s changed his reputation. He won awards and praise for the romantic comedies Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), then carried Hum Tum (2004), Parineeta and Salaam Namaste (both 2005) and Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) as the solo male lead.

Critics also noticed his darker side. He played a manipulative businessman in Ek Hasina Thi (2004), an apprentice in the English-language Being Cyrus (2006) and the Iago figure, Langda Tyagi, in Omkara (2006). Race (2008) and Race 2 (2013) were action hits. On this guide he is in the cast of Dil Chahta Hai and plays Rohit in Kal Ho Naa Ho.

Dil Chahta Hai (2001, Hindi) was released 10 August 2001. Saif Ali Khan is in the cast, under director Farhan Akhtar. The cast also includes Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna and Preity Zinta.

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003, Hindi) was released 28 November 2003. Saif Ali Khan plays Rohit, under director Nikhil Advani. The cast also includes Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Jaya Bachchan.