Aamir Khan

Apart from "Rang De Basanti" and "The Rising", he recently signed a deal for one more movie with director Kunal Kohli. Martin is a member of Mensa International. Aamir is currently working on a project called "The Rising" which is being made in 2 languages. Martin's personal collection has at one time included the art of O'Keeffe, Twachtman, Diebenkorn, de Kooning, Kline, Twombly, Frankenthaler, Hopper, Hockney, Lichtenstein, and Picasso. This film was a big box-office success in India and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 2001. Martin is also an avid art collector, particularly modern American art, and a trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Aamir's reputed perfectionism seems to have paid off for Aamir's first foray into film-production, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. In 2002, Martin adapted the Carl Sternheim play The Underpants, which ran Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company.

Detractors say that his penchant for perfection sometimes leads to clashes with directors who don't listen to his objections or let him re-shoot a scene he thinks sub-par. In 2001, Martin hosted the 73rd Annual Academy Awards. Aamir is also known for working on only one film at a time, unusual in the Bollywood film industry, because he wants to give his best to each film. In 1993, Martin wrote the play Picasso at the Lapin Agile, which had a successful run in several American cities. His memorable characters include: Amar (Andaaz Apna Apna), Aakash (Dil Chahta Hai), Munna (Rangeela), Bhuvan (Lagaan) and ACP Rathod (Sarfarosh). He appeared in a version of Waiting for Godot as Vladimir (with Robin Williams as Estragon). He will go to great lengths to give a convincing portrayal -- including, it is said, drinking heavily in order to play a drunken scene in Raja Hindustani, even though he doesn't drink in real life. They later appeared in the collection Pure Drivel.

Aamir is known for his efforts to create believable characters, rather than just playing himself in film after film. Throughout the 90s, after Tina Brown took over The New Yorker, Martin wrote various pieces for the magazine. He has also done playback singing for himself in the film Ghulam which went on to become a success. In 1999, Martin and Goldie Hawn starred in a remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy, The Out-of-Towners. He acted and wrote the screenplay for the film Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993). Martin starred in the Ron Howard film, Parenthood in 1989. Aamir began his career as a child-actor in the film Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), when he was 8 years old. That same year, Roxanne, a film he cowrote, won him a Writers Guild of America award and more importantly, the recognition from Hollywood and the public that he was more than a comedian.

Aamir's brother Faizal has also acted in films. In 1987, Martin joined comedian John Candy in the John Hughes film, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. He has acted in a few films directed by his cousin Mansoor Khan. It was originally entitled The Three Caballeros and Martin was to be teamed with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. His father Tahir Hussain is a producer and his uncle Nasir Hussain is a director. In 1986, Martin joined fellow Saturday Night Live veterans Martin Short and Chevy Chase in Three Amigos!, which was directed by John Landis, and written by Martin, Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman. Aamir was born in Mumbai into a family with a history of film production. Martin was in two more Reiner-directed comedies after The Jerk: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid in 1982, and The Man with Two Brains in 1983.

He rose to stardom with the film Qayamat se Qayamat tak. The film was a financial failure; Martin's comment at the time was "I don't know what to blame, other than it's me and not a comedy.". Aamir Khan (born Aamir Hussain Khan, March 14, 1965, in India), is one of the most prominent actors on the Bollywood scene. To prepare for that film, he took acting lessons from the director, Herbert Ross, and spent months learning how to tap dance. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). It emboldened him to try his hand at his first serious film, Pennies From Heaven, a movie he was anxious to do because of the desire to avoid being typecast. Raakh (1989). He was executive producer for a prime-time TV series starring Martin Mull and a late-night series called Twilight Theater.

Love Love Love (1989). Stanley Kubrick met with him to discuss him starring in an early, screwball comedy version of Traumnovelle (Kubrick later changed his approach to the material). Tum Mere Ho (1990). The success of The Jerk opened more doors for him. Dil (1990). The movie was a huge success, grossing $100 million on a budget less than a twentieth of that amount. Jawani Zindabad (1990). In 1979, Martin wrote and starred in his first full-length movie, The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner.

Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin (1990). The film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Short Film, Live Action. Awwal Number (1990). The seven-minute long film was written by and starred Martin. Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991). Martin's first film was a short, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977). Afsana Pyaar Ka (1991). His real goal was to get into film.

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992). But unknown to his audience, stand-up comedy was "just an accident" for him. Isi Ka Naam Zindagi (1992). By the end of the 1970s, he had acquired the kind of following normally reserved for rock stars, with his tour appearances typically occurring at sold-out arenas filled with tens of thousands of screaming fans. Daulat Ki Jung (1992).
. Parampara (1993). A typical gag might be interrupted for a sip from a glass of water, and just as he was about to speak again, he forcefully spits the water onto the floor.

Hum Hain Rahin Pyaar Ke (1993). His style is off kilter and ironic, and sometimes makes fun of stand-up comedy traditions. Andaz Apna Apna (1994). It mixes philosophical riffs with sudden spurts of "happy feet", deft banjo playing with balloon depictions of concepts like venereal disease. Baazi (1995). In these and his two other albums, Martin's stand-up comedy was self-referential, sometimes self-mocking. Rangeela (1995). Both albums won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording in 1977 and 1978.

Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995). Both were million sellers. Aatank Hi Aatank (1995). A top 40 hit King Tut, from the album, released in 1978, was backed by the Toot Uncommons (better known as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). Raja Hindustani (1996). His next album, A Wild and Crazy Guy, was an even bigger success reaching the number two spot on the chart, and spawning another catch phrase, this time based on an SNL skit where Martin and Dan Aykroyd played a couple of bumbling Czechoslovakian playboys. Ishq (1997). The album was a huge success; one of its tracks, Excuse Me, helped establish a national catch phrase.

Ghulam (1998). That exposure, together with appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL), led to his first of four comedy albums, Let's Get Small. Earth (1998). In the mid-1970s he made frequent appearances as a stand-up comedian on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Sarfarosh (1999). He continued to write, earning an Emmy nomination for his work on Van Dyke and Company in 1975. Mann (1999). He appeared at San Francisco's The Boarding House among other locations.

Mela (2000). He then started performing his own material, sometimes as an opening act for groups such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Carpenters, and sometimes appearing on camera:. Lagaan (2001). Martin also wrote for John Denver (a neighbor of his in Aspen, Colorado at one point) and The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. Dil Chahta Hai (2001). Martin, along with the other writers for that show, won an Emmy Award in 1969. The Rising (2004). A girlfriend helped him get his first real job in 1967, as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the show she was on as a dancer.

Rang De Basanti (2004). Nevertheless, his time there changed his life:. Martin majored in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach, but dropped out. Martin worked at the Bird Cage Theater in Knott's Berry Farm and at the Magic Shop at Disneyland as a teenager, where he developed his talents for magic, juggling, playing the banjo and creating balloon animals. Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Orange County, California.

Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003). Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). Bringing Down the House (2003). Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002, TV).

Novocaine (2001). Fantasia 2000 (1999) host. Bowfinger (1999). The Out-of-Towners, (1999).

The Prince of Egypt (1998, voice). The Spanish Prisoner (1997). Bilko (1996). Sgt.

HouseSitter (1992). Grand Canyon (1991). Father of the Bride (1991). Story (1991), also written by Martin.

L.A. My Blue Heaven (1990). Parenthood (1989). Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).

Pennies from Heaven (1981). The Jerk, (1979) also co-written by Martin. The Muppet Movie (1979). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, (1978).

Sgt. The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977) (short). The Steve Martin Brothers (1981). Comedy is Not Pretty! (1979).

Shopgirl (2001). Pure Drivel (1998). Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays (1997). L.A.