Shah Rukh is one of the highest-paid actors in India.

Shah Rukh is said to be 5 foot 9 inches tall.

Shah Rukh has refused to go to Sri Lanka after a grenade was tossd during his live performance.

Shah Rukh although his birth name, which means "Face of the King," is spelled Shahrukh, he prefers and signs his name Shah Rukh and his name is often abbreviated to SRK.

Shah Rukh is married to Gauri Khan who is a Hindu. Rumour has it that he fell instantly in love with his present wife, who did not initially agree; after a long period of courtship, she finally relented. The couple now have two children and have combined both religious backgrounds into their upbringing. His son, Aryan Khan, appeared in a scene in the film "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham", playing the younger version of the character played by his father. Aryan also collaborated with his father in dubbing the movie "The Incredibles" into Hindi and voiced Robert "Bob" Parr/Mr. Incredible in the dub. The film was released in India as "Hum Hain Lajawab".

Shah Rukh is a chain smoker; he had vowed to quit smoking before his 40th birthday in 2005, as part of a Bollywood push to de-glamorize smoking. However, he has been seen smoking even after his 40th birthday, although he has dramatically cut down on the amount of cigarettes he smokes a day.

Shah Rukh loves computer games and hi-tech gadgets

Shah Rukh lives in a palatial heritage mansion called Mannat (formerly Villa Vienna) at Bandra's Bandstand, in the city of Mumbai - a city where many Bollywood stars can only afford apartments, especially in the city's most expensive areas.

Shah Rukh firmly insists that he will never kiss any of his heroines on lips, however, earlier in his career, he appeared in what was apparently an "explicit for Bollywood" sex scene in the 1992 film "Maya Memsaab".

Shah Rukh has recently released his biography, "SRK-Still Reading Khan" by Mushtaq Sheikh.

Shah Rukh did his High school from St Columbus High School, New Delhi.

Shah Rukh has back and knee problems.

Shah Rukh has been voted the sexiest man in Asia by Jade magazine.

Shah Rukh was very good in electronics and biology but was not at all good in mathematics. But overall he was a brilliant student.

Shah Rukh graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University. Then he took up masters in Mass Communications in Film making from Jamiya Miliya Islamiya but he quit the course within a year.

Shah Rukh loved TV commercials that is why he wanted to do Mass Communications in Film making.

For a short period of time Shah Rukh Khan ran a restaurant in Darya Ganj.

Shah Rukh also joined theatre with Barry John.

Shah Rukh started as a TV actor in Dil Dariya which was directed by Lekh Tandon. In the serial he played a sardarji. Then he did serials like Fauji, Ummeed & Circus.

When Shah Rukh was in school he had a gang of four freinds. They called themselves the 'c' gang as they were from the c-section. They are still friends.

Shah Rukh has launched his perfume "SK".