shahrukh khan

Television presenting

Khan at the Zee Carnival in Sun Tech City, Singapore, in 2008

In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third season of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati popularly known as KBC, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.The previous had hosted the show for two previous seasons from in 2000 and 2005. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host. The grand prize amount of 2 crore rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3.and later ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale. .

On 25 April 2008, Khan began hosting the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest.

On 1 February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV. The show ended on February 25, 2011 with Kushal Punjabi as the winner.

Stage performances

Khan is a stage performer and has participated in several world tours and concerts. In 1997, he preformed in the Asha Bhosle’s: Moments In Time in Malaysia. He returned to another concert there the following year with Shahrukh–Karisma: Live in Malaysia concert. In 1999, he was part of The Awesome Foursome, which included Salman Khan, Juhi Chawla and Twinkle Khanna.In November 2002, Khan took part in theFire & Flames concert in Malaysia, alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and BPL-Oye VJ Raageshwari with a 40-member troupe of singers and dancers. In the same year, he participated in the show From India With Love in the UK, along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan,Preity Zinta and Aishwarya Rai. It took place at two outdoor venues, Manchester’s Old Trafford and London’s Hyde Park, with over 100,000 spectators.

Khan during a performance in Dhaka,bangladesh

Khan participated in a concert tour titled Temptations 2004 which was the most successful Bollywood concert at the time. Khan performed alongside Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta,Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra in nineteen stage shows across the globe. He sang, danced and performed in skits. In 2008, Khan set up Temptation Reloaded 2008, a series of concerts showcased across several different countries. The show, which also featured Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Ganesh Hegde, Javed Ali and Anusha Dandekar, took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands.Several months later, he again joined Kapoor, Rampal and Kaif to perform for 15,000 spectators at Dubai’s Festival City Arena.

In 2010, Khan was joined by Rani Mukerji, Arjun Rampal and Ishaa Koppikar for a concert at the Army Stadium, Dhaka, bangladesh to a packed audience. And in 2011, he joined Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the Friendship Concert, celebrating 150 years of India-South Africa friendship in Durban, South Africa.

Humanitarian work

Khan is known for keeping a low profile on his social commitments and Humanitarian work. Apart from regular donations to organizations and individuals, especially in the case of AIDS and cancer patients, he is behind the creation of a children’s ward at theNanavati hospital in Mumbai, in memory of his late mother.^[84][85] He is also active with relief funds when the Indian nation faces a natural calamity.In March 2004, Khan visited the border post at the Attari-Wagah section of the Indo-Pak border, near Amritsar (the only one where people can cross over to the other side) to boost the morale of the jawans. It was for a TV show called Jai Jawan where entertainers and stars visit Indian troops in far-flung regions to encourage them along with the NDTV team. In February 2005, Khan performed at theHELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in company with other Bollywood stars.

He organized and participated inthe Temptations 2005 show in New Delhi which helped to raise funds for the National Centre For Promotional of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a leading disabled rights’ group.During his 2009 appearance at the NDTV Greenathon, Khan adopted seven villages in Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara, to provide them with electricity under the solar energy harnessing project in its title initiative ‘Light A Billion Lives’.  The following year, he adopted eight more villages, and again adopted eleven during his appearance in in the third edition of the event. In november 2009, Khan along with BJP spokesperson Shaina N C painted a wall at Marine Lines at midnight to pay tribute to the heroes and victims of 26/11. with Mumbaikars joining them in large numbers. In 2011, Khan teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan and English actress Judi Dench to promote Resul Pookutty’s foundation that works to better the living conditions of the underprivileged in India. The complain aims to spread awareness on the cause of education among the impoverished, in India and also discourages child labour in the low income bracket of society and focus on providing opportunities to let children have a proper childhood.the same year, he was honored with the Unesco Pyramide con Marni award for his charity engagements and social commitment towards providing education for kids thus becoming the first Indian to win the accolade.Khan donated his prize money of 50 lakh rupees from his appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati season 5, 2011 to the to the Nanavati cancer ward. Later that year, Khan was appointed by TheUNOPS to be the first global ambassador of The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council that works to improve the lives of poor people by enhancing collaboration among sector agencies and professionals around sanitation and water supply.

Ownership of IPL cricket team

In 2008, Khan in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the a Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of USD 75.09 million (Rs 357 crores), and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR is the richest team in the IPL and it has been ranked as the most valued with a brand value of $42.1 million.  Financially, the KKR are the most profitable and successful franchise in the IPL as well.