What is Salim Khan?
{{Infobox person | name = Salim Khan<br>{{Nastaliq}} | image = SalimKhan.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Salim Khan in Aug 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1935|11|24}} | birth_place = [[Indore]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[India]] | nationality = [[India]]n | occupation = [[Actor]], [[screenwriter|Scriptwriter]] | yearsactive = 1959 − 1996 (Retired), 2013 | spouse = {{Unbulleted list|Sushila Charak<br/><small>(m.1964–present; (4 children))</small> <br/>[[Helen (actress)|Helen Jairag Richardson]] <br/><small>(m.1981–present; (1 child))</small>}} | awards = | children = [[Salman Khan]]<br>[[Arbaaz Khan (Indian actor)|Arbaaz Khan]]<br>[[Sohail Khan]]<br> Alvira Khan Agnihotri <br> Arpita Khan | relatives = Thakur Baldev Singh (Father-in-law)<br/>[[Malaika Arora Khan]] (Daughter-in-law)<br/>[[Atul Agnihotri]] (Son-in-law) }} '''Salim Khan''' (born 24 November 1935) is an [[India]]n [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]]. He starred mostly in [[Hindi]] movies. Khan is known for his role in ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'' (1966). He is married to veteran Indian actress [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]. He is the father of actor [[Salman Khan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/the-kingdom-of-khan |title=The Kingdom of Khan |publisher=OPEN (magazine) |quote=Salim Khan, scriptwriter and father of Salman Khan, remembers the [[Afghan]] tribe his family historically belongs to. “It is Alakozai,” he says. “My family came to Indore 150 years ago, and worked as [part of the] cavalry in the time of the British.” Salman Khan is a fifth-generation Khan in India. While completing his MA in Indore, young Salim Khan was spotted by some producers who had come to attend a wedding in Tarachand Barjatya’s family. He then left for Bombay, where he acted in what he calls “indifferent roles” in 20-odd films before switching to scriptwriting. (In the long chain of filmi coincidences, it is Tarachand Barjatya’s grandson, Sooraj Barjatya, who gave Salim’s son Salman his