page_title: Shakib Khan
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Shakib Khan / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: অপু বিশ্বাসEnglish: Apu Bishwas
context_page_description: Shakib Khan, also known by the initialism SK, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personality. In his career spanning about two decades, Khan has been the propeller of the contemporary local film industry, widely known as Dhallywood. He is popularly known in the media as "King Khan", "King of Dhallywood" and "Number One Shakib Khan", also referred as "Bhaijaan of Dhallywood". Currently he is the highest paid actor in Bangladesh.
  Following his debut in Sohanur Rahman Sohan's 1999 action romantic Ananta Bhalobasha, Khan did not lead to widespread fame. Subsequently, Khan established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bengali cinema. The Badiul Alam Khokon-directed Priya Amar Priya in which Khan played a college student with careless attitude, was a major commercial success in his career with grossed ৳150 million and become the second highest-grossing film and earned him highest remuneration. His Shikari's new look garnered him praised from the audience and critics and was declared as a blockbuster at the box office, and become the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016. His 2017 success is Swatta and Nabab.
context_section_description: Shakib Khan married most of his films co-star Apu Biswas in a private wedding ceremony on April 18, 2008 at his Gulshan house in Dhaka. But the issue of marriage is kept secret in the media. Later, in 2017, Apu Biswas informed in an interview with a private television channel that they were married. The couple has a son named Abraham Khan Joy, who was born on 27 September 2016 in a clinic in Kolkata, India.
  On 22 November 2017, Shakib Khan filed for divorce and the couple got divorced on 22 February 2018.
  He has also done some philanthropic work, such as supporting the Rana Plaza cause. Khan also owns a restaurant chain at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka named Red Chicken.
  Shakib Khan loved cricket. He is a fan and good friend of Bangladesh national cricketer Shakib Al Hasan.
caption: Portrait of Khan's former wife Apu Biswas.
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