31 Facts About Indian Celebrities

1.

Nithya Menen’s role in O Kadhal Kanmani was initially offered to Alia Bhatt, but she dropped out owing to the fact that she cannot speak Tamil.

2.

Kareena Kapoor Khan attended Harvard University for three months where she studied Information Technology and Microcomputers.

3.

Before her debut in Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Bhumi Pednekar worked as a casting director and an assistant director for Yash Raj Films.

4.

Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan are a part of the Guinness Book of World Records because of their movie Paa. They happen to be the only father and son duo to play reversed roles on screen.

7.

Hrithik Roshan, aka Bollywood’s best dancer, was diagnosed with scoliosis and rheumatism of the knees at the age of 21, and was told by doctors that he would never be able to dance.

8.

Ranbir Kapoor, on the other hand, lives with a condition called Nasal Deviated Septum, which makes him eat and talk incredibly fast.

9.

Sridevi was only 13 years old when she played Rajinikanth’s stepmother (!!!) in the 1976 film Moondru Mudichu. Rajinikanth was 25 at that time.

10.

Shahid Kapoor is the first and the only Indian actor to fly the American F-16 Super Viper. He trained how to fly the aircraft for his role as a fighter pilot in the film Mausam.

11.

Anushka Sharma briefly attended St Mary’s School, Margherita, in Assam, where she was classmates with Sakshi Dhoni.

12.

Acting powerhouse Tabu is the niece of acting powerhouses Shabana Azmi and Tanvi Azmi.

13.

Preity Zinta is a recipient of the Godfrey’s Mind of Steel Award because she was courageous enough to testify against the underworld in the Bharat Shah case of 2003.

15.

There was a time when Anil Kapoor’s family lived in Raj Kapoor’s garage. They later shifted into an apartment in the suburbs of Mumbai.

17.

SRK also believes that the numbers “555” bring him good luck because of which all his car registration numbers include a combination of the same.

19.

Before he became our favourite Gully Boy, Ranveer Singh was a copywriter and worked at reputed advertising firms such as Ogilvy and JWT.

21.

Salman Khan is apparently extremely fond of collecting soaps.

22.

Radhika Apte is married to violinist and composer Benedict Taylor, the same person who is responsible for the background scores of films like Udta Punjab and Newton.

25.

Sidharth Malhotra’s debut would have been a film directed by Anubhav Sinha, had it not been shelved.

26.

The first film that Priyanka Chopra Jonas ever signed was called Good Night Princess and was supposed to be based on the life of Priyanka Gandhi. The project was unfortunately shelved due to lack of funds.

28.

Ayushmann Khurrana had a teeny-tiny role in an Ekta Kapoor-produced show called Kayamath. He was also a part of Zee’s Ek Thi Rajkumari.

30.

Masaan wasn’t Vicky Kaushal’s first big screen appearance. He played young Omi in Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and has been credited as a “silhouette” in Gangs of Wasseypur.