Facts That Will Make You Feel Really, Really Old

1. The Jungle Book recently released on the big screen but good old Doordarshan's Mowgli is 26 years old.

2. The Delhi metro has been around for 14 years now.

3. Nokia 1100 has been around since 2003 and now comes with Android.

4. We first sent scraps to our friends on Orkut in 2004.

5. McDonald's has been in India since 1996. Yes, it has been 2 decades.

**6. The same year, Harry Potter's first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released in India.**

**7. "Classwork, homework, punishment, lecture, good...goodmorning teacher!" The Action ka school time boy is 28 now.**

**8. We've been grooving to Sukhbir's Gal Ban Gayee since 20 years.**

9. It has also been 21 years since Milind Soman first wooed us in Alisha Chinai's Made in India video.

10. Small Wonder's Vicki is 41 years old now.

11. The last episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S was aired 12 years ago.

12. Chetan Bhagat has been around since 2004 when he released his first book, Five-Point Someone.

13. The first Indian Idol winner, Abhijeet Sawant, was announced a decade ago, in 2005.

14. Our man Arnab here has been shouting since 2006.

15. Google's first doodle came 18 years ago, in 1998.

Awesome Facts About Different Countries That’ll Make You Feel Like Travelling Alone!

Our World is a vast one, I mean it is the only world that we know of till date (sorry aliens!). But, how much do we really know about this world? Do we know enough about it? Oh, please who are we kidding, beside the facts that we acquire from the famous Hollywood movies we don’t really indulge much. But, there are some facts even about the most famous countries in the world that would make your jaw drop! Check out these awesome facts about different countries in the world before packing your luggage!

These awesome facts about different countries in the world will actually make you feel like traveling the world right now!

1. Before you scratch your heads, Africa doesn’t go by just one name. It’s a continent people, not a country, it has 54 countries and covers a land area of 23,700,000 square miles.

2. Mediterranean sea wasn’t always a sea, rumor has it that it was once a huge desert that has changed into the sea over the course of 600,000 years.

3. Scotland, apart from ranging as the top country in the world for tourists to visit, Scotland is also a place for Island lovers, it consists of nearly 790 Islands.

4. Rich people need not worry about serving jail time, In China, the wealthy and Royalty can actually pay for their body doubles to serve their jail time.

5. I’ve always wanted to visit the Philippines (have you ever since a Filipino guy?), this beautiful country is made up of 7641 Islands.

6. Take that Pyramids of Egypt, Sudan has been home to over 200 pyramids and that’s way more than Egypt!

7. All you McDonald’s lovers, can I please have your attention. Sweden is one such country where you can find the most number of McDonald’s than any country in Europe.

8. Apparently, this was the first country that realized that fire is indeed dangerous, Edinburgh was the first city to have its own Fire Brigade.

9. Greenland, I’ve been forever confused why is this ice-laden Island called Greenland, but did you know that Greenland is the largest Island in the world!

10. India definitely needs to see this post right now, you can find 99% of the world’s fresh water in Antarctica, and the least number of inhabitants live there, makes any sense?

11. Yes, you read that right, you can major in bra studies in China.

12. Coffee lovers, this one’s for you, Hawaii is the only place in the States to grow coffee commercially.

12 Interesting and unknown facts about Irrfan Khan that will make you admire the actor even more

Unconventional looks, no godfather in Bollywood and no story of exponential rise in the industry! It’s Irrfan Khan, the actor, the person and the global Indian. The guy made a name for himself from the ground up, brick by brick. Ask his fans and they would almost certainly try convincing you that in terms of acting talent, this guy is all other Bollywood Khans put together. Perhaps! He certainly is one of The Best actors in the industry. No doubts about that.

Let's take a look at 12 Interesting and unknown facts about Irrfan Khan that will make you admire the actor even more:

1. He became an actor by chance. He wanted to be a cricketer. Parents disapproved of it. As if by stroke of luck, he got a scholarship to attend NSD (National School of Drama). He was pursuing MA in Jaipur at that time. And he lied about having past theater experience to get in. By all means, it was a ‘good lie.’ We only have a handful of real artists like him in Bollywood.

2. He was a final year student at NSD (1988) when Mira Nair chose him for a role in Salaam Bombay.

3. A TV regular from 1994 to 1998, Irrfan was so bored at one point in time that he thought of quitting. It is an award winning movie based on local tribes of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

4. His real name – Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan. He was born in the village of TONK in Jaipur, in a well off family with royal connections. He has two siblings and his father was a wealthy Zamindar who wanted his son to join the family tyre business. Good that he didn’t.

5. He added an extra ‘R’ to his name – hence the name IRRFAN. And it was not a numerologist who suggested this. Irrfan did it himself.

6. At 6 feet, 1 inch, Irrfan is one of the tallest actors in Bollywood.

7. LunchBox is the only Indian movie to have ever won a TFCA – Toronto Film Critics Association Award. With so much talent he sure has a long way to go.

8. He was offered a big role in Interstellar, but turned it down as he was expected to stay in USA for four months at a stretch.

9. Our home grown Irrfan Khan play the full fledged baddie in the hollywood movie The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012.

10. He has a wish – to gift his mother a suitcase full of money.

11. Julia Roberts stopped outside the Kodak Theater (where the Oscars were being staged) to compliment Irrfan on Slumdog Millionaire.

12. He reads a LOT; almost one new Hollywood script per week to better understand how to play his roles better. Irrfan did about 200 episodes of this TV serial in 1990s.

These 11 Facts Of Johnny Lever’s Life Inspiring Journey Will Make You Cry

We often read about the popular Bollywood celebs that are good-looking and rich, but very few of us may be reading about those actors whose contributions make films a big success. Johnny Lever is a respectable name in the film industry. He is one of the first stand-up comedians in India. Johnny was born and raised in Mumbai’s King Circle area, Dharavi. The actor drew his career line in 1984 and has acted in more than 300 films.

Despite the hurdles in life, Johnny kept smiling with the sole purpose to make others happy by his aura. He is one of the most noted comedians in Bollywood, who has made people smile, cry, laugh, and happy by his brilliant acting. We have collected some highlight on Johnny’s career life with the help of few pictures.

1. A Star With A Young Heart

Johnny pursued his studies in Andhra Education Society English High School; however he was a drop out due to financial constraints in his family. He studied till 7th grade. Johnny started to sell pens on the streets by dancing on popular tracks and imitating the Bollywood actors.

2. A Man with Funny Bones

Johnny spent many years in Yakutpura too. It is an old city of Hyderabad. This was a major movement in his career as he learnt their language and originated a different style of acting in comic genre.

3. A Hilarious Villain

Johnny’s real name is John Prakasa Rao Janumala. Johnny worked in Hindustan Lever Factor with his father. Apart from working, he imitated an American Singer, Elvis Presley. Due to this skill, he was asked to perform at a function held by Hindustan Lever. It was the moment when his friends and seniors started calling him ‘Johnny Lever.’

4. An Amazing Artist

Johnny began performing musical shows. This led him to good popularity. He then joined the group of Kalyanji-Anandji, the great music director duo. Johnny felt blessed and worked relentlessly to achieve his goals. Feelings of failure were slowly fading from Johnny’s life, but the struggle continued for a while.

5. A Humorous Being

It was during 1980s when Johnny released his mimicry and comedy album, Hansee Ke Hungame. The album was a major hit globally and it took this amazing man to another level of recognition.

6. An Iconic Fighter

Johnny performed various shows with the music director duo, Kalyanji-Anandji. He felt blessed to have been given the opportunity for touring with Amitabh Bachchan in 1982. In the midst of his struggle,veteran actor Sunil Dutt noticed his hardships and talent; he offered Johnny his first movie, Dard Ka Rishta.

7. A Successful Star

Johnny’s first hit was Baazigar, which was directed by Abbas-Mustan. After this movie, he was chosen for almost every alternate movie as a supporting actor or comedian. Despite a handful of movies, Johnny continued to perform live shows. By this time, Johnny was at the peak of his career, but challenges started to throw again at this amazing personality.

8. A Committed Man and a Lovely Father

Johnny got married to a beautiful lady, Sujatha and has two children out of their wedlock. His daughter, Jamie Lever is also a standup comedian and she appeared in Kapil Sharma’s movie, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon as one of the lead actresses. Johnny couldn’t complete his studies, but he got his daughter educated as Masters in Marketing Communications from the University of Westminster, London. That’s commendable.

9. A Brave Personality

Johnny’s son, Jesse was only 10 when he was detected with tumour. Despite all the struggles in his life, Johnny kept smiling and made others laugh. However, this one incident took away comedy from Johnny’s life. He left comedy and did only one movie and one show a year. In one of the interviews Johnny expressed his helplessness by saying, “It was God’s will. I had always been a religious person, but one incident changed my life. My son was diagnosed with cancer. I was helpless and turned to God for help. I stopped working in films and spent all my time praying for him. Ten days later, when he was taken for a test, the doctors were surprised because the cancer had vanished. It was the beginning of a new life for me.”

10. A Religious Man

After his son’s miraculous results of cancer, Johnny became extremely religious. He was born in a Roman Catholic family, but never read the Bible. However, after this major change in his life, he started believing in the almighty and read the Bible completely. He admitted that he is not really a holy person, but something drags him to god for prayers as he strongly believes in him now.

11. A Well-Accomplished Comedian

Johnny has acted in more than 300 movies. He did an amazing job in his recent movies, Dilwale and Housefull 3.Hope you liked this article and the story of this amazing man, Johnny Lever. FilmyMantra team salutes to this brave man who survived as a winner despite major storms in his life.

16 Unique Facts About 16 Unique Animals

Animals are amazing things; all of us are unique and sometimes very unusual in our behavior. At Frontier HQ, we are fascinated by all things nature, and so we have put together a list of all of the very best and most interesting and downright funny facts about animals we could find.

1. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

2. A snail can sleep for three years.

3. The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.

4. Slugs have four noses.

5. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

6. A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair.

7. It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach.

8. It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.

9. Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

10. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

11. Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.

12. Giraffes have no vocal chords.

13. Kangaroos can't fart.

14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

15. Around 50 percent of orangutans have fractured bones, due to falling out of trees on a regular basis.

16. Frogs cannot vomit. If one absolutely has to, then it will vomit its entire stomach.

Here Is Some Unknown Facts About JACKIE CHAN That Will Blow Your Mind

“I never wanted to be the first Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.” Quoted the 61 years old cultural icon. Who doesn’t know him? He is a martial artist, actor, director, stuntman, producer and a singer too. Have a look at few unknown facts about the Guinness World Record Holder Jackie Chan-

1. Jackie Chan spent 12 months in his mother’s womb.

2. His parents left him when he was a child.

3. Jackie Chan has released more than 20 albums in over five languages as the lead vocalist.

4. He has a permanent plastic plug in his skull due to an accident that he survived.

5. One of his young and female fans killed herself after discovering that Chan was married.

6. He has worked as a stunt coordinator with Bruce Lee.

7. Initially, his stage name was “Become the Dragon.”

8. He is afraid of needles and public speaking.

9. Jackie Chan love pandas.

10. His son will not inherit his $130 million fortune and it will go for donation as according to him his son is capable enough to make his own money.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about Ranveer Singh that you did not know

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh made a kickass passage in bollywood with 'Band Baja Baraat.' Since at that point, he is shaking the big screen and social media as well. He is best known for his role in 'Baajirao Mastani', and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Ram-Leela'.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about Ranveer Singh that you did not know:

1. Ranveer Singh is Sonam Kapoor's Cousin from the maternal side.

2. Ranveer had rejected 3 movies, before marking his first debut film 'Band Baja Baraat' opposite Anushka Sharma.

3. Unlike other actors, Ranveer did not do any ads or music videos before entering into bollywood, thinking that the fresh face works better in film industry.

4. He was not into modelling. After his college, he joined a job as a copywriter at an advertising agency.

5. Ranveer once thought of changing his name as it sounds so much similar to Ranbir (Kapoor).

6. He is master at 'Rapping'. He even rapped a couple of lines in his film 'Ladies vs Ricky Behl'.

7. Ranveer Singh dated Ahana Deol, daughter of Hema Malini and Dharmendra, before entering in the Indian film industry.

8. Ranveer Is a Mama's boy. Likewise, he considers his sister as his second mother.

9. Not Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh was the primary choice for Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet.

10. During the shooting of the film “Lootera”, Ranveer Singh suffered a serious led injury. He again goy his shoulder injured during his to be released film “Bajirao Mastani”.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about Amrita Rao that you did not know

Amrita Rao is an Indian model and a very famous Bollywood actress who has carved a niche for herself in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in a number of movies and left the audience and her fans mesmerized by her performance. Till date, she has done a number of hit movies like Vivaah, Ishq Vish, Legend of Bhagat Singh, Main Hoon Na, Masti etc.

When we discuss Amrita Rao, the main thing that comes to our mind is the Bollywood's quintessential next door girl. She has done a number of movies with Shahid Kapoor who happens to be her favourite co-star. She was hailed for her role in the movie Vivaah opposite Shahid Kapoor and is her best film till date.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about Amrita Rao:

1. She was born on 7th June 1981 and has worked in a number of Tamil and Telugu movies. Apart from Hindi and English, Amrita Rao can speak Marathi and Konkani fluently.

2. She is born in a Brahmin Konkani family and did her graduation from Mumbai. Amrita Rao has a younger sibling named Preeta and both of them have done modelling together. Her father Deepak Rao is a businessman in Mumbai.

3. Amrita had done her senior secondary school from Canossa Convent Girls School, which was a very strict school. In one of her interviews she said, “I went to a strict school. Even if a button was missing here and a clip missing there, we were punished. I had to always be obedient. No masti at all for me”.

4. She is the granddaughter of Guru Dutt who was a celebrated chief, maker and film on-screen character. Amrita Rao has done her graduation from Sophia College. She has a decent voice and she has done Hindustani Classical singing for a long time when she was in school.

5. At the point when Amrita Rao was 16 years of age, her first crush was nobody however Nayan Mongia; India's a standout amongst the most praised wicket managers. She says that every one of the young ladies in her group used to like Sachin TENDULKAR yet she was succumbing to Mongia.

6. Amrita Rao came into the Bollywood film industry in the year 2002 and made debut in a movie called Ab Ke Baras. Till date, she has won a number of different awards like Fashion Icon of the Year that was sponsored by NIFD, Stardust Awards, Filmfare Awards etc. Also, she is the winner of prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award when she was 25 years old.

7. Before beginning her vocation in Indian motion pictures, Amrita Rao showed up in various TV plugs and was doing displaying for a few mold houses. Her first open appearance was in the year 2002 when she was 17 years of age. She was included in a music video called Woh Pyar Mera by Alisha Chinoy.

8. In the year 2007, she was offered a movie by Yash Raj Films however she denied the offer for the role of the lead actress in the movie. Actually she needed to kiss Ranbir Kapoor in one scene which she has never done onscreen.

9. Her hobbies include writing, reading and poetry. She loves eating Thai and Mangalorian cuisine. Amrita Rao is the brand ambassador of Miss Players Apparel, Parachute Hair Oil and D’Damas Gold Jewellery. Times of India declared her as one of the Top 50 Desirable Women of 2011.

10. She was in headlines after she secretly married with her boyfriend Anmol who is actually a radio jockey. As she is amazingly saved in her own life, the wedding declaration by this diva came as a kind of shock.