20 Facts About Gauri Khan

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Gauri Khan is an Indian film producer and fashion designer who works in Hindi films and the designing industry.

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Gauri Khan has produced films including Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om and Chennai Express under the production company Red Chillies Entertainment that she co-founded in 2002 with her husband, actor Shah Rukh Khan.

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In 2018, Gauri Khan was named as one of Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women".

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Gauri Khan was born as Gauri Chhibber in Delhi to Punjabi Hindu parents Savita and Colonel Ramesh Chandra Chhibber who belong to Hoshiarpur.

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Gauri Khan was raised in the suburbs of Panchsheel Park, Delhi.

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Gauri Khan completed a six-month course in fashion design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology and learnt tailoring due to her father's garment business.

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Gauri Khan serves as co-chairperson and the main producer of all the films produced under the banner.

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Gauri Khan made a guest appearance in one of the films she has produced Om Shanti Om.

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Gauri Khan is managed by the Bottomline Media, and close confidante and friend Tanaaz Bhatia from NYC.

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Gauri Khan designed a fashion collection titled 'Cocktails and Dreams' for Satya Paul in 2016.

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Gauri Khan first expressed interest in interior design as a hobby while renovating her Bandra bungalow, Mannat at Siraj Dokadia Road.

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In 2011, Khan partnered with Khan again to launch and introduce The Charcoal Project foundation in Mumbai.

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Gauri Khan launched her first concept store called The Design Cell located in Worli, Mumbai in early 2014.

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In 2016, Gauri Khan was invited to show her designs at the prestigious Maison et Objet show in Paris.

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Gauri Khan has collaborated with various international artists including Roberto Cavalli and Ralph Lauren for home accessories.

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Gauri 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.

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Gauri Khan appeared on the cover of page of the popular Indian lifestyle magazine, Vogue India in January 2008.

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Gauri Khan appeared again on the cover page of Vogue India along with Sussanne Khan in April 2012.

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Gauri Khan walked the ramp alongside her husband for filmmaker turned fashion designer Karan Johar at the HDIL India Couture Week 2009.

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Gauri Khan first met Shah Rukh Gauri Khan in 1984 in Delhi, before the start of his successful career in Bollywood.