Saif Ali Khan belongs to a family whose members have achieved so much in their fields . His great grandad Rabindranath Tagore was a freedom fighter and a Noble Prize winner whose has written our national anthem Jan Gan Man , his mom Sharmilla Tagore was a famous actress in her period and his dad Nawab Tiger Pataudi Khan was one of the successfull test captains of our cricket team . Saif has got the approach no stopping him to get a role in movies he is unlike SRK , Govinda who rose from rags to the rich .
Saif as the family parampara was sent to London for studies when he was 10 years old he was a die hard fan of the Beatles , Saif completed his education and Graduation from England and came back to India . He was jobless and was totally dependent upon his parents as the family was very rich Saif did not spend a single second in constantly buying sports cars , he used to return from night clubs and was always drunk . His dad got worried and eventually throwed him out of the house this is how Saif’s struggle began , he had already done a Mass Communication Course in England , he did not had insticts to become a Cricketer so he had to become an actor . He approached many producer and directors for a role but most of them rejected him , it was the beautifull Amrita Singh who was at the peak of her career who helped and sort out his problems , she gave him money and home and because of her his debut film was to have been Bekhudi, opposite newcomer Kajol. But the director tossed him out amidst allegations of tardy arrivals and drunken behavior.
Saif got married to Amrita Singh in 1991 , he made his official debut in 1993 with Aashiq awaara , it won Saif won the Best Debut Award . But it was in 1994 ’’Yeh Dillagi’’ with Kajol and Akshay Kumar it was a Yash Raj Production and it had to be a superhit and made him famous , but the n came the unexpected failures flops after flops , it was Seventeen in a row which must be a record . Saif took a break in his career and concentrated on his family then he returned with an objective set in his mind , then came Kya Kehna which was an average but his part was well applauded , then came the hit Hum Saath Saath Hain which had a very well effective star cast. But in 2001 Dil Chahta hai broke all the barriers of him being an underactor and the movie was a super hit it made Saif won the Best role in Comic in the filmfare’s.He followed it up with memorable performances as a comic eligible bachelor in Kal Ho Naa Ho, a manipulative gangster in Ek Hasina Thi, and a light-hearted cartoonist in Hum Tum. Hits after hits awards after awards Saif even won the best actor in the national awards for Hum Tum . Then came up the critically acclaimed movies which were hits such as Salaam Namaste where he was again a cool dude and Parineeta where he played the character of an inscure person till its utmost depth .
His divorce with his so much understanding wife Amrita Singh who was actually 10 years senior to him was not Liked for a single moment by actors like Jackie Shroff and especially Sanjay Dutt . His misbehaving attitude has been lowered but its still there , he has been in contoversies when his dad had been arrested , when his car hit a child . But intially till now Saif has struggled a lot beside having a very strong background .
Saif has proved like most of the celeberities do hard work is the key of success and never take Success and Failure for granted .