Saif Ali Khan is the son of the famous couple Mansoor
Ali Khan Pataudi, former
captain of Indian
cricket team, and Bollywood actress
Sharmila Tagore. He studied in Lawrence School and attended Lockers Park
Prep School. Later, he followed in his father`s footsteps by attending Winchester College, a famous independent school for boys in UK.
He hails from the
family of the Nawabs of
Pataudi.
But surprisingly, he choose his mother's
profession and debuted in 1993 in ‘
Aashik Awara’ and gave another average movie ‘Parampara’. The very next year he starred in the
hit ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anar’i. After this, his career graph remained unnoticed until the very popular ‘
Dil Chahta Hai’, where he got his successful turn. Since
then he has gone on to prove himself as an excellent actor.
He married
Amrita Singh in 1991 and divorced in 2004. Since then, has been linked with Rosa Catalano, but is presently dating
Kareena Kapoor. Saif Ali Khan was charged with
blackbuck poaching in 1998.
His role as ‘
Langda Tyagi’, the villain in ‘Omkara’, and his obsession for Kareena that shows in his ‘Kareena’ tattoo is what he is more popular for. Saif is an excellent guitarist.
Now he has turned producer too with his production company Ilumanati Films and its very first movie is Love Aaj Kal. It will star Saif opposite
Deepika Padukone.