Shah Rukh Khan started in theater and television, took on film roles that more established actors were unwilling to touch, and ascended rapidly to become the number one box-office draw in Bollywood for the last fifteen years. Nonetheless, the life of Shah Rukh is more than just a stupendous show-biz success story. In an industry marked by nepotism-some families have fourth-generation members working in Bollywood-Shah Rukh is an outsider. In 2000, he turned from solely being an actor to producing, and made risky films that the mainstream industry refused to support financially. His success in this area of the industry made him susceptible to threats by the Mumbai mafia. Shah Rukh has had to constantly negotiate the complexities of being a Muslim superstar in a predominantly Hindu country. He's broken Bollywood rules and still endured.    With the KING OF BOLLYWOOD Shah Rukh has decided to break his silence, sharing his journey with journalist and film critic,

In April 2007, Shah Rukh was immortalized in wax at Madame Taussaud's Museum in London. His 2002 movie, Devdas, became the first Hindi film to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and also won a BAFTA nomination for best foreign film. His stylized acting and urbane appeal works from New Delhi to New York- according to a 2003 Nielsen EDI survey, seven of the top 10 Hindi films in the U.K. from 1989 onward star Shah Rukh Khan.