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Shilpa Shetty Did you know Shilpa is scared to drive her car? Yes, the actress doesn't know how to drive a car and always has a driver along with her where ever she goes.

Bollywood
Anurag Basu wanted Katrina Kaif originally to narrate the story in ‘Barfi!’ instead of Ileana D’Cruz. But the director had to go with the latter when Katrina refused due to unknown reasons.

Bollywood Ileana D Cruz
Amitabh Bachchan holds an art degree from Sherwood College, Nainital.

Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood
In most of Salman's films his character name has been Prem and more recently Radhe and Chulbul Pandey has now been synonymous with him.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Anil Kapoor shaved-off his mustache, for the first time, while filming Lamhe (1991). He has also done so for Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998) and Salaam-E-Ishq (2007).

Anil Kapoor Bollywood
Salman Khan likes to collect soaps. In his bathroom, there is a collection of all kinds of handmade and herbal soaps. His favourites are soaps made from natural fruit and vegetable extracts.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Shahrukh Khan personal bodyguard's name is Yasmin Khan. When his bodyguard got married, Shahrukh gifted him a flat that is located beside his residence Mannat.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Sunil Dutt initially used to be an RJ for Radio Ceylon and wanted to interview his favorite actress Nargis, but it had to be cancelled when he could not say a single word to her. Later, when he worked with her in ‘Mother India’ (1957), they fell in love and got married.

Bollywood
Dharmendra starred in Alok Chitra's shelved film " Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil " in 1965. The film co starred Shashi Kapoor. This would have been the first film they both worked in.

Bollywood Dharmendra
Anil Kapoor is the director of Asian Academy of film and television film city noida which conducts film degree programs and is rated as top 10 in the world

Anil Kapoor Bollywood
Geet Gaaya Pattharonne was Jeetendra first hit, but that didn't fetch him offers as a lead hero. It was Farz released in 1967, his 4th film appearance and 3rd as the male lead, which made him a known face.

Bollywood Jeetendra
Salman Khan did his first playback singing for the film 'Hello Brother'.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Because the cinema industry was still considered a low profession in the 40s, music director Naushad was introduced by his parents to his bride as a tailor. And ironically, the music that played in his ‘baraat’ was from ‘Rattan’ (1944) – that had been composed by him.

Bollywood
Aamir Khan once shaved off his hair because a girl rejected him.

Aamir Khan Bollywood
Actor Annu Kapoor used his real name " Anil Kapoor" for his first film Adharshila. He later changed it to Annu Kapoor to avoid confusion with Anil Kapoor.

Bollywood
Salman Khan suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, a facial nerve disorder commonly known as the suicide disease.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Nana Patekar actually stayed in military camp for several months to prepare for his movie Prahaar.

Bollywood Nana Patekar
Emraan Hashmi did his first film Footpath with the screen name " Farhan Hashmi".

Bollywood Emraan Hashmi
Raj Kapoor was superstitious and went off drinking as well as eating non-vegetarian food before the release of ‘Satyam Shivan Sundaram’ (1978).

Bollywood
The film ‘Lagaan’ by Aamir Khan has the most number of British actors playing a significant role in the entire history of Bollywood cinema.

Aamir Khan Bollywood
Deepika Padukone made her first runway appearance in 2003, at just Seventeen Magazine.

Deepika Padukone
Preity Zinta Besides her acting, Preity Zinta has also written a series of columns for BBC News Online of South Asia.

Preity Zinta
Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the first Hindi movie to have two intervals.

Bollywood
Dharmendra Hema Malini were paired in lead roles romantically in 31 films but have worked in 35 films. Of them, had 20 hits.

Bollywood Dharmendra Hema Malini
In two completely unconnected movies, Irrfan Khan speaks of 'Richard Parker': the tiger in Life of Pi (2012) and Spiderman's dad in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Bollywood Irrfan Khan
Bappi Lahiri composed for films starring Jeetendra beginning from Himmatwala. Together Bappi and Jeetendra did 20 films between 1983 to 1988. Of these 20, 16 were silver jubilee hits and 4 were flops.

Ajay Devgan Bollywood Himmatwala
Anupam Kher awarded the "Special National Jury Award" and the "Actor of the Decade Award" (Millennium Honours) among others, but he also holds the record as the only actor in the industry to have won eight consecutive Filmfare awards.

Bollywood
Govinda had a narrow escape from death on January 5, 1994. While travelling to a studio for the shooting of 'Khuddar (1994)', the actor's car hit another car, resulting in him sustaining injuries to his head. Though bleeding profusely, Govinda did not cancel the shooting. After visiting a doctor, he shot for the film till midnight.

Bollywood Govinda
In Ishqiya, Preity Zinta was the makers original choice. However, Vidya Balan took over the female lead.

Bollywood Preity Zinta Vidya Balan
Imran Khan is not an Indian citizen, but he is actually a US citizen.

Imran Khan
Dilip Kumar was offered a lead role in the international project ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962) by director David Lean. However for reasons unknown, the actor declined the offer. The role subsequently went to Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.

Bollywood
In Don 2, Shah Rukh Khan (Don) is seen riding on a long motorway aboard a bridge, a motorbike, with a license plate reading “Don 3″. Hence, there may be a possibility of a sequel.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Hukumat, Dharmendra 74th solo hero film, was highest grosser, at the box office in 1987.

Bollywood Dharmendra
‘Silsila’ (1981) is the only movie in which Shashi played an elder brother to Amitabh. In all the other movies starring the duo, Amitabh has essayed the role of the elder sibling. The films include hits like ‘Deewar’, ‘Suhaag’, ‘Do Aur Do Paanch’ and ‘Namak Halaal’.

Amitabh Bachchan
Sholay won only one award even after its mega success at the box office.

Bollywood Sholay 3D
The longest film in the world is also a Bollywood film. ‘LOC: Kargil’ is 4 hours and 25 minutes long and if you plan to catch this war saga, we recommend you’re sitting comfortably.

Bollywood
Dilip Kumar has won the most awards as the Best Actor with 8 awards spanning over 3 decades.

Bollywood
Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai’ was added to the Guinness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning the most number of awards for a movie. The movie won a total of 92 awards.

Hrithik Roshan Ileana D Cruz
Shahid Kapoor starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal. Later, he made his debut as a lead in Ishq Vishk and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance.

Bollywood Shahid Kapoor
Shah Rukh Khan runs a production company "Dreamz Unlimited" with actress, friend, co-star Juhi Chawla and director, friend Aziz Mirza.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Devika Rani was the first actress with a degree in film-making.

Bollywood
Farhan did something very unconventional in Bollywood by singing all his songs himself for the movie Rock On!! (2008) as the movie featured him as a rockstar.

Bollywood Farhan Akhtar
Shahrukh Khan 3rd child was born via a surrogate mother on 27 May, 2013.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan's first salary was Rs 50 which he earned by working as an usher at a Pankaj Udhas' concert in Delhi. He used the money to take the train to Agra and see the Taj Mahal.

Shah Rukh Khan
Kareena Kapoor : Kareena's name was derived from the book Anna Karenina, which her mother read while she was pregnant with her. But her family and close friends call her Bebo.

Kareena Kapoor
Style diva Rekha wears only crimson or chocolate colored lipstick when making public appearances.

Bollywood
The 'Khalnayak' song 'Choli Ke Peeche' was protested by as many as 42 political parties.

Bollywood Madhuri Dixit
Shamita Shetty is deeply into Sports and Body training and holds a Diploma in Fashion Designing.

Bollywood
Hrithik Has twoo thumbs on his right hand that are grown together.

Bollywood Hrithik Roshan
Feroz Khan started a film titled Kasak in the 1980s. After recording a song he shelved the film. The song was later used in Yalgaar. The song E Mere Watan sung by Mohd Aziz and Nitin Mukesh..

Bollywood
Govinda actually sang for himself in some of his movies like, "meri pant bhi sexy" from "dulaara" and "gori gori" from "shola aur shabnam".

Bollywood Govinda
Jeetendra career's first blockbuster, without being a remake of a Tamil Film, was Caravan in 1970.

Bollywood Jeetendra
Rohit Dhawan had suggested the title ‘Main Tera Hero’ for Varun Dhawan..

Varun Dhawan
Salman was voted 7th best-looking man in the world by People Magazine.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Devdas was the first film of the pair Dilip Kumar-Vyjanthimala, which though a box office flop, fetched awards for most of the crew and Vyjanthimala got nominated for Best Actress at Filmfare and Dilip Kumar got Best Actor award at Filmfare.

Bollywood
Salman Khan has been wearing Feroza (turquoise) stone bracelet for the past 15 years.

Bollywood Salman Khan
The only time in the history of any Indian award, when the best female playback singer award was shared was between Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik for ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ in ‘Khalnayak’.

Anil Kapoor Ila Arun
Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar. She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982.

Bollywood
Salman Khan was swimming champion in his school days and was tipped to represent India at international events.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Amitabh is a great fan of Brazilian soccer players. His favorite however is Rudd Gullit. He also has a fondness for golf.

Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood
The 1957 film Musafir had one Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar where sings in Dilips own voice....Lagi nahin chhote rama kahe jiya jai. The film was critically acclaimed.

Bollywood
For a country that is obsessed with films, there are still very few cinema screens. India has fewer than 13,000 screens compared with nearly 40,000 screens in the US.

Bollywood
Dilwale Dulhaniya Lejayenge has won the most number of filmfare awards till date.

Bollywood
Emraan Hashmi's grandmother actress Poornima (Zanjeer) was Mahesh Bhatt's mother (Shirin Mohammed Ali) biological sister.

Bollywood Emraan Hashmi
Akshay Kumar is the son-in-law of India and Hindi Film Industry's first ever Superstar, Rajesh Khanna and actress, Dimple Kapadia, as well as the brother-in-law of actress Rinke Khanna.

Akshay Kumar Bollywood
Amitabh Bachchan loves snacking on Bourbon biscuits and cashew nuts.

Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood
Rekha was a crazy fan of Mumtaz when she entered the industry

Bollywood
Aishwarya's first ever commercial was for Camlin pencils while in 9th grade.

Bollywood
Dharmendra did 13 B grade Action films with Hemant Birje in 1991-2003.

Bollywood Dharmendra
The first motion picture in India was ‘The Wrestlers’ screened in 1899 a portrait photographer called Harischandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar.

Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan debut film was Dil Aashna Hai but due to the delay in the release of the film Deewana was considered as his debut film.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Salman Khan uses a mulmul cloth to wipe his nose. You will never find him with a handkerchief or tissue!

Bollywood Salman Khan
Hrithik Roshan had got 30000 (!) marriage proposals on Valentine's day 2000.

Bollywood Hrithik Roshan
Shahrukh Father ran a transport company and his mother was a magistrate.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Sushmita Sen Did you know that former beauty queen and actress Sushmita Sen keeps a python as a pet?

Bollywood
In Sholay, both Amit Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar were more keen to play the dacoit Gabbar Singh which eventually was played by newcomer Amjad Khan.

Amitabh Bachchan Amjad Khan Bollywood Sanjeev Kumar Sholay 3D
Hrithik Roshan fought hard to overcome a stammering problem.

Bollywood Hrithik Roshan
Shahrukh Khan Father Meer Mohammed Taj Khan died of Cancer in 1981 and his Mother Lateef Fatima Khan died of complications in Diabetes in 1991.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Diana Penty's role in the film Cocktail was first offered to Deepika Padukone.

Diana Penty
The popular United Kingdom Magazine "Guardian" said Lagaan is a must-see movie especially for the British.

Bollywood
Shahrukh Khan had Graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University and followed it up with a Masters Degree in Mass Communications (Film making) from Jamia Millia Islamia University, in New Delhi, but after a year Shah Rukh opted out as he had to make his acting career in Bollywood.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh was turned down the Quiz Master's (Prem Kapoor) role in Slumdog Millionaire and the role went to Anil Kapoor.

Anil Kapoor Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Aditya Chopra rejected 24 verses before approving the song 'Mere Khwaabon Mein Jo Aaye' for his debut film DDLJ.

Bollywood
Hrithik Roshan loves collecting photographs. He would never travel anywhere without his personal camera even as a child. He has a vast collection photographs and special scrapbooks marking each occasion.

Bollywood Hrithik Roshan
In his youth, actor Dharmendra was such a big fan of actress Suraiya that he walked miles to watch her film ‘Dillagi’ (1949) over 40 times.

Dharmendra
Arjun Rampal has acted with Nicole Kidman in ad for Schweppes Drink, produced by Sir Ridley Scott (Gladiator Director) and directed by Shekhar Kapoor.

Arjun Rampal Bollywood
Shahrukh Khan owns three Production Houses in India, Dreamz Unlimited, Red Chillies Entertainment and Red Chillies Idiot Box. Red Chillies Idiot Box Production house will start producing Television Serials in India.

Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Amir Khan's wife Reena and Shah Rukh Khan's Wife Gauri share the same birthday, October 8th.

Aamir Khan Bollywood Shahrukh Khan
Salman Khan arrested by police under the charge of having connection with underworld mafia. He was also questioned about Bharat S. Shah, a producer of Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001) since Shah has also been linked with underworld mafia.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Salman Khan was initially offered the role of Devdas, which was later on enacted by his rival Shahrukh Khan.

Bollywood Salman Khan Shahrukh Khan
Aamir Khan is such a perfectionist! IN the movie Ghulam he did a dangerous stunt where he has to run against a speeding train ALL BY HIMSELF. He almost got killed during that scene

Aamir Khan Bollywood
Hrithik Roshan had a stammering problem since childhood. In order to combat the problem, he took speech lessons and, today, he is one of the most eloquent Bollywood stars.

Hrithik Roshan
Salman was offered Baazigar (1993) by Abbas-Mustan, but turned down the film after the makers refused to accommodate changes suggested by his father Salim Khan. The role went to Shah Rukh Khan.

Bollywood Salman Khan
Waheeda Rahman played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan. She played the love interest of Big B in ‘Adalat’ (1976) and mother in ‘Trishul’ (1978).

Bollywood
Raj Kapor used to work as a sweeper boy and clapper boy.

Bollywood
Akshay Kumar Though nominated seven times at the Filmfare awards, he's won just twice - Best actor in a comic and negative role for Garam Masala and Ajnabee, respectively.

Akshay Kumar
While shooting for the underwater scene in KNPH, Hrithik Roshan's foot got stuck in a rocky crevice and he nearly drowned.

Bollywood Hrithik Roshan
Katrina Kaif visits Sidhivinayak Temple, Mount Mary Church and Ajmer Sharif Dargah before the release of her every film.

Katrina Kaif
Parineeti Chopra was a nerd in her school days & stood first all over India in her 12th standard exams. For this, she was rewarded by the then President of India.

Bollywood Parineeti Chopra
Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor was Nargis and Geeta Bali's secretary.

Anil Kapoor Bollywood

Shilpa Shetty Did you know Shilpa is scared to drive her car? Yes, the actress doesn't know how to drive a car and always has a driver along with her where ever she goes.

Anurag Basu wanted Katrina Kaif originally to narrate the story in ‘Barfi!’ instead of Ileana D’Cruz. But the director had to go with the latter when Katrina refused due to unknown reasons.

Amitabh Bachchan holds an art degree from Sherwood College, Nainital.

In most of Salman's films his character name has been Prem and more recently Radhe and Chulbul Pandey has now been synonymous with him.

Anil Kapoor shaved-off his mustache, for the first time, while filming Lamhe (1991). He has also done so for Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998) and Salaam-E-Ishq (2007).

Salman Khan likes to collect soaps. In his bathroom, there is a collection of all kinds of handmade and herbal soaps. His favourites are soaps made from natural fruit and vegetable extracts.

Shahrukh Khan personal bodyguard's name is Yasmin Khan. When his bodyguard got married, Shahrukh gifted him a flat that is located beside his residence Mannat.

Sunil Dutt initially used to be an RJ for Radio Ceylon and wanted to interview his favorite actress Nargis, but it had to be cancelled when he could not say a single word to her. Later, when he worked with her in ‘Mother India’ (1957), they fell in love and got married.

Dharmendra starred in Alok Chitra's shelved film " Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil " in 1965. The film co starred Shashi Kapoor. This would have been the first film they both worked in.

Anil Kapoor is the director of Asian Academy of film and television film city noida which conducts film degree programs and is rated as top 10 in the world

Geet Gaaya Pattharonne was Jeetendra first hit, but that didn't fetch him offers as a lead hero. It was Farz released in 1967, his 4th film appearance and 3rd as the male lead, which made him a known face.

Salman Khan did his first playback singing for the film 'Hello Brother'.

Because the cinema industry was still considered a low profession in the 40s, music director Naushad was introduced by his parents to his bride as a tailor. And ironically, the music that played in his ‘baraat’ was from ‘Rattan’ (1944) – that had been composed by him.

Aamir Khan once shaved off his hair because a girl rejected him.

Actor Annu Kapoor used his real name " Anil Kapoor" for his first film Adharshila. He later changed it to Annu Kapoor to avoid confusion with Anil Kapoor.

Salman Khan suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, a facial nerve disorder commonly known as the suicide disease.

Nana Patekar actually stayed in military camp for several months to prepare for his movie Prahaar.

Emraan Hashmi did his first film Footpath with the screen name " Farhan Hashmi".

Raj Kapoor was superstitious and went off drinking as well as eating non-vegetarian food before the release of ‘Satyam Shivan Sundaram’ (1978).

The film ‘Lagaan’ by Aamir Khan has the most number of British actors playing a significant role in the entire history of Bollywood cinema.

Deepika Padukone made her first runway appearance in 2003, at just Seventeen Magazine.

Preity Zinta Besides her acting, Preity Zinta has also written a series of columns for BBC News Online of South Asia.

Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the first Hindi movie to have two intervals.

Dharmendra Hema Malini were paired in lead roles romantically in 31 films but have worked in 35 films. Of them, had 20 hits.

In two completely unconnected movies, Irrfan Khan speaks of 'Richard Parker': the tiger in Life of Pi (2012) and Spiderman's dad in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Bappi Lahiri composed for films starring Jeetendra beginning from Himmatwala. Together Bappi and Jeetendra did 20 films between 1983 to 1988. Of these 20, 16 were silver jubilee hits and 4 were flops.

Anupam Kher awarded the "Special National Jury Award" and the "Actor of the Decade Award" (Millennium Honours) among others, but he also holds the record as the only actor in the industry to have won eight consecutive Filmfare awards.

In Ishqiya, Preity Zinta was the makers original choice. However, Vidya Balan took over the female lead.

Imran Khan is not an Indian citizen, but he is actually a US citizen.

Dilip Kumar was offered a lead role in the international project ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962) by director David Lean. However for reasons unknown, the actor declined the offer. The role subsequently went to Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.

In Don 2, Shah Rukh Khan (Don) is seen riding on a long motorway aboard a bridge, a motorbike, with a license plate reading “Don 3″. Hence, there may be a possibility of a sequel.

Hukumat, Dharmendra 74th solo hero film, was highest grosser, at the box office in 1987.

‘Silsila’ (1981) is the only movie in which Shashi played an elder brother to Amitabh. In all the other movies starring the duo, Amitabh has essayed the role of the elder sibling. The films include hits like ‘Deewar’, ‘Suhaag’, ‘Do Aur Do Paanch’ and ‘Namak Halaal’.

Sholay won only one award even after its mega success at the box office.

The longest film in the world is also a Bollywood film. ‘LOC: Kargil’ is 4 hours and 25 minutes long and if you plan to catch this war saga, we recommend you’re sitting comfortably.

Dilip Kumar has won the most awards as the Best Actor with 8 awards spanning over 3 decades.

Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai’ was added to the Guinness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning the most number of awards for a movie. The movie won a total of 92 awards.

Shahid Kapoor starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal. Later, he made his debut as a lead in Ishq Vishk and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance.

Shah Rukh Khan runs a production company "Dreamz Unlimited" with actress, friend, co-star Juhi Chawla and director, friend Aziz Mirza.

Devika Rani was the first actress with a degree in film-making.

Farhan did something very unconventional in Bollywood by singing all his songs himself for the movie Rock On!! (2008) as the movie featured him as a rockstar.

Shahrukh Khan 3rd child was born via a surrogate mother on 27 May, 2013.

Shahrukh Khan's first salary was Rs 50 which he earned by working as an usher at a Pankaj Udhas' concert in Delhi. He used the money to take the train to Agra and see the Taj Mahal.

Kareena Kapoor : Kareena's name was derived from the book Anna Karenina, which her mother read while she was pregnant with her. But her family and close friends call her Bebo.

Style diva Rekha wears only crimson or chocolate colored lipstick when making public appearances.

The 'Khalnayak' song 'Choli Ke Peeche' was protested by as many as 42 political parties.

Shamita Shetty is deeply into Sports and Body training and holds a Diploma in Fashion Designing.

Hrithik Has twoo thumbs on his right hand that are grown together.

Feroz Khan started a film titled Kasak in the 1980s. After recording a song he shelved the film. The song was later used in Yalgaar. The song E Mere Watan sung by Mohd Aziz and Nitin Mukesh..

Govinda actually sang for himself in some of his movies like, "meri pant bhi sexy" from "dulaara" and "gori gori" from "shola aur shabnam".

Jeetendra career's first blockbuster, without being a remake of a Tamil Film, was Caravan in 1970.

Rohit Dhawan had suggested the title ‘Main Tera Hero’ for Varun Dhawan..

Salman was voted 7th best-looking man in the world by People Magazine.

Devdas was the first film of the pair Dilip Kumar-Vyjanthimala, which though a box office flop, fetched awards for most of the crew and Vyjanthimala got nominated for Best Actress at Filmfare and Dilip Kumar got Best Actor award at Filmfare.

Salman Khan has been wearing Feroza (turquoise) stone bracelet for the past 15 years.

The only time in the history of any Indian award, when the best female playback singer award was shared was between Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik for ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ in ‘Khalnayak’.

Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar. She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982.

Salman Khan was swimming champion in his school days and was tipped to represent India at international events.

Amitabh is a great fan of Brazilian soccer players. His favorite however is Rudd Gullit. He also has a fondness for golf.

The 1957 film Musafir had one Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar where sings in Dilips own voice....Lagi nahin chhote rama kahe jiya jai. The film was critically acclaimed.

For a country that is obsessed with films, there are still very few cinema screens. India has fewer than 13,000 screens compared with nearly 40,000 screens in the US.

Dilwale Dulhaniya Lejayenge has won the most number of filmfare awards till date.

Emraan Hashmi's grandmother actress Poornima (Zanjeer) was Mahesh Bhatt's mother (Shirin Mohammed Ali) biological sister.

Akshay Kumar is the son-in-law of India and Hindi Film Industry's first ever Superstar, Rajesh Khanna and actress, Dimple Kapadia, as well as the brother-in-law of actress Rinke Khanna.

Amitabh Bachchan loves snacking on Bourbon biscuits and cashew nuts.

Rekha was a crazy fan of Mumtaz when she entered the industry

Aishwarya's first ever commercial was for Camlin pencils while in 9th grade.

Dharmendra did 13 B grade Action films with Hemant Birje in 1991-2003.

The first motion picture in India was ‘The Wrestlers’ screened in 1899 a portrait photographer called Harischandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar.

Shah Rukh Khan debut film was Dil Aashna Hai but due to the delay in the release of the film Deewana was considered as his debut film.

Salman Khan uses a mulmul cloth to wipe his nose. You will never find him with a handkerchief or tissue!

Hrithik Roshan had got 30000 (!) marriage proposals on Valentine's day 2000.

Shahrukh Father ran a transport company and his mother was a magistrate.

Sushmita Sen Did you know that former beauty queen and actress Sushmita Sen keeps a python as a pet?

In Sholay, both Amit Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar were more keen to play the dacoit Gabbar Singh which eventually was played by newcomer Amjad Khan.

Hrithik Roshan fought hard to overcome a stammering problem.

Shahrukh Khan Father Meer Mohammed Taj Khan died of Cancer in 1981 and his Mother Lateef Fatima Khan died of complications in Diabetes in 1991.

Diana Penty's role in the film Cocktail was first offered to Deepika Padukone.

The popular United Kingdom Magazine "Guardian" said Lagaan is a must-see movie especially for the British.

Shahrukh Khan had Graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University and followed it up with a Masters Degree in Mass Communications (Film making) from Jamia Millia Islamia University, in New Delhi, but after a year Shah Rukh opted out as he had to make his acting career in Bollywood.