Gauri Khan

Personal life

Gauri Chibber was born in Delhi to Punjabi Hindu Brahmin parents Savita and Colonel Ramesh Chandra Chibber with roots in Rawalpindi and raised in the suburb of Panchsheel Park. She completed her schooling at Loreto Convent School, she completed twelfth from Modern School, Delhi; and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College with B.A.She also completed six months course in fashion designing from NIFT, Delhi and learnt tailoring due to her father's garment business.

She encountered Shah Rukh Khan in 1984 and became his wife on October 25, 1991, before his notable achievements in the Bollywood industry. The couple has three offspring; a male child named Aryan Khan born on November 12, 1997, a female child named Suhana Khan born on May 22, 2000, and another male child named AbRam Khan born on May 27, 2013, through surrogacy.

Career

In 2004, together with her husband Shah Rukh Khan and distribution company, Red Chillies Entertainment serves as the main producer, she became a producer of Farah Khan's directorial debut Main Hoon Na, which launched her career as a producer in Bollywood. The film did well at the box office, becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year. She also made a guest appearance in Om Shanti Om (2007) and Happy New Year (2014).

She used to host a weekly Hindi music countdown show, Oye, for MTV India in the 1990s. She is also the face of the fashion line, Aftershock. Khan first expressed interest in interior design as a hobby while doing up her Bandra bungalow, Mannat. However, in 2010, she professionally ventured into interior designing in partnership with Hrithik Roshan's ex-wife Sussanne Khan to design exclusive interior projects together. The same year, they collaborated on their first commercial project together in Vadodara of a massive 60 thousand square foot private home.

In 2012, Khan launched her own line of furniture in partnership with Roshan's home store in Mumbai – The Charcoal Project. In an interview with Vogue magazine she stated that she choose an interior designing because of her interest in art, she explained: "I started off as an artist in school with various sketches. I continued that as a hobby for many years, and I think that is where my designs come from.

Khan has launched her brand new interior store in Mumbai named Design Cell. She has so far received positive responses towards her creativity.

In the media

Khan is known for keeping a low profile and being media shy, though she is often cited as one of the most stylish women in Bollywood. She appeared on the cover of Vogue in January 2008. The magazine called her the "First Lady of Bollywood". Priya Tanna, the editor of Vogue India wrote : "That she is stylish, enigmatic, and poised is known, but at the shoot we saw another side of her. Even in the frame she shares with Shah Rukh, she holds her own impressively." She also walked the ramp alongside her husband for filmmaker turned fashion designer Karan Johar at the HDIL India Couture Week 2009.

In 2008, she appeared in a television and print commercial for the home furnishings brand, D'decor along with her husband. The couple play themselves in the commercial. On 11 January 2009, while shooting in Los Angeles for My Name Is Khan, she accompanied her husband and director Karan Johar to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards. In October 2013, she earned much publicity when she accompanied Shah Rukh to attend the wedding of British-Asian socialite Pamela Grover's son in the city of Cannes.