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.

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.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood beauty Sridevi that you may not know

The gorgeous Bollywood actress Sridevi can still give many young actresses run for their money. Indeed, even at this age, the actress is getting the offers to assume the lead roles in the movies. Her comeback movie English Vinglish a huge hit at the Box-Office.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood beauty Sridevi that you may not know:

1. Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963. She was named Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan upon birth. She is the first female actress to have earned the tag of being a superstar. She started her career at the age of four in Thirumugham’s devotional film, Thunaivan.

2. Sridevi was also considered for a role in Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg wanted to cast her for a brief role. But she was at the peak of her career in Bollywood then and had rejected the offer.

3. When she made her debut in Bollywood, Sridevi was not open to talking in Hindi. Her voice was for the most part dubbed by Naaz. Rekha had dubbed for her in the film, Aakhiri Raasta.

4. In 2013, the Government of India granted Sridevi with the prestigious Padma Shri Award. She was likewise voted 'India's Greatest Actress in 100 Years' in a CNN-IBN national survey led in 2013 on the event of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.

5. The actress started her career as a child artist at the age of four in a Tamil movie.

6. Not many people know that the actress was down with 103 degrees fever, while shooting Chalbaaz’s famous song ‘Na Jaane Kaha Se Aayi Hai’.

7. Sridevi has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. Lion's share of her movies were made in Kollywood or Tamil film industry.

8. The first time Sridevi dubbed her dialogues in Hindi was for Yash Chopra's film Chandni. Being a South Indian performing artist, she was not extremely OK with Hindi language. Hence, she required a dubbing artist.

9. With movies like Himmatwala, Tohfa, Mr India, Chandni, Nagina and Sadma, Sridevi developed as a standout amongst the most looked for after performing artists in Bollywood. Jaya Prada was considered to be Sridevi’s strongest contender at that point of time.

10. Sridevi was the first choice for Indra Kumar's Beta. She should star inverse Anil Kapoor in the film yet declined the offer since she had officially done a series of movies with the actor.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood diva Rekha that you did not know

Rekha, or Bhanurekha Ganesan, is a living legend of Bollywood. She was and still has been taking the hearts of her fans through her immortal excellence and acting. Her excursion in Bollywood has been about her perfect acting, as well as been a blend of insider facts and gossipy tidbits.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood diva Rekha that you did not know:

1. Bhanurekha Ganesan, or as we probably am aware her, Rekha, is the daughter of Gemini Ganesan, South Indian on-screen character, and Telugu on-screen character, Pushpavalli. Her dad did not wed Pushpavalli, and furthermore did not recognize his paternity when she was as yet a child. She has a sister, one step-brother and five step-sisters.

2. Rekha disliked acting, but rather was compelled to work in B and C review motion pictures because of financial issues. She quit her school to help her family fiscally. She began her acting career with a Telugu film, Rangula Ratnam. She was additionally considered as an odd one out she set up herself and got her break in Bollywood.

3. Rekha attempted to speak with her co-workers as she couldn't communicate in Hindi, amid her initial days in Bollywood.

4. The actress took some time out and focused just on herself, and entered Bollywood as an ageless wonder in the 1970s. She changed herself by routine activities and eating routine. Furthermore, a great part of the credit for her makeover goes to none other than, incredible performer, Amitabh Bachchan with whom Rekha was accepted to be have had a rampant affair.

5. As her career in Bollywood thrived, she was connected with various Bollwyood performers like Vinod Mehra and Raj Babbar. Notwithstanding amid the later years of her career, she was connected with young actors like Akshay Kumar. We obviously did not forget the gossipy tidbits about her affair with Amitabh Bachchan, who fought with a man troubling her during the shoot of Ganga Ki Saugandh.

6. She wedded Mukesh Agrawal, an industrialist, who committed suicide, only a year after their marriage. Bits of gossip were that he couldn't endure Amitabh and Rekha's affair, however he cleared out a note saying, "Don’t blame anyone".

7. There was additionally another talk about the actress being secretly married to actor Vinod Mehra. However, Rekha never admitted to this. Indeed, she openly denied this gossip on the syndicated program Rendezvous With Simi Garewal.

8. She won the National Film Award for best actress in the movie Umrao Jaan. She learnt Urdu for this movie and furthermore admitted, "After reading the script, I had a strange feeling that I had Umrao in me." She additionally acted in a few parallel movies alongside the standard, keeping up a sound harmony between the two.

9. Rekha practices yoga every day. She trusts that it is yoga and the exceedingly trained life that she drives that have made her an ageless beauty in Bollywood, today. She likewise appreciates distinctive ayurvedic spa medications.

10. Rekha, after the demise of her husband did not marry again. However she has frequently been spotted with sindoor (an indication of a wedded Hindu lady) at open trips. Also, much more intriguing than this is the way that, nobody till date had the nerve to question her about the mysterious sindoor in her maang!

10 Interesting and unknown facts about 'Chocolate boy of Bollywood' Shahid Kapoor that you didn’t know

Shahid Kapoor was born on 25th February 1981 in New Delhi, India. Shahid is considered as the most alluring Indian celebrities in media houses. His parents Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem were both performing artists, however, they were separated when Shahid Kapoor was three years of age. From that point onward, Shahid stayed with his mom and maternal grandparents, they moved to Mumbai when he was 10 years of age.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about 'Chocolate boy of Bollywood' Shahid Kapoor that you didn’t know:

1. Shahid was a background dancer in the films Dil To Pagal Hai & Taal.

2. Before doing a lead role Shahid was featured in TV commercials, Music Videos.

3. Shahid Kapoor wanted to become a Professional Dancer.

4. It took him 1 full year to get a perfect body for his film Kaminey.

5. Shahid gave up eating meat after reading the book “Life is Fair” by Brian Hines.

6. Shahid’s first love wasn’t Kareena, he first dated Hrishita Bhatt his co-star in Aryans Music Album.

7. During his struggles, Shahid Kapoor said “When I bought my first car, I also wanted to buy a Pioneer music system for it but at that time I couldn’t afford it. Now they want me to endorse it.”

8. Shahid uses his step father’s (Rajesh Khattar) surname in his passport. His passport reads Shahid Khattar.

9. His favourite Actor is his father Pankaj Kapoor and favourite actress is Julia Roberts.

10. He has been linked with many actresses in his career, starting from his first co-star Hrishita Bhatt, Amrita Rao, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Vidya Balan, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha and Kareena Kapoor.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about Baahubali's lead actor Prabhas that you may not know

SS Rajamouli's perfect work of art is stamping big money from everywhere throughout the world. The movie has started a broad wave on the planet. Not simply it has earned a great deal of notoriety however has additionally increased current standards for the movie to come.

The "Baahubali" series is a consolidated exertion of a dedicated team and its astonishing star-cast. A standout amongst the most imperative stars of the movie is Prabhas otherwise known as Baahubali. He has given his five years just to this movie and helped the creators to become wildly successful. In any case, have you at any point pondered about Prabhas' inclination, in actuality? Here are some lesser known actualities about Prabhas that will take your mind away.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about Baahubali lead actor Prabhas that you may not:

1. Even before Baahubali, Prabhas was a superstar. He appreciates an immense fan following in south.

2. It was Prabhas' third collaboration with SS Rajamouli. Before 'Baahubali 2', Prabhas worked with Rajamouli for 'Baahubali: The Beginning' and 'Chatrapathi'.

3. Prabhas believe in giving his best to his works. He likes to give time to one movie at a time. Prabhas shot for about 600 days remained dedicated for right around 5 years to finish both the movies.

4. Adhering to a strict diet and under the direction of two coaches and dieticians, Prabhas experienced a thorough change for the film. He picked up 22 kgs for Baahubali and later needed to drop that weight for the part of Shivudu. In 'Baahubali: The Conclusion', Prabhas stars in the double part of Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali for which he sized up to 105 kgs.

5. Prabhas may be busy with movies and shooting plans. But, he is also an energetic peruser. He even has a personal library at his place.

6. The Baahubali actor is a fitness freak and considers shake moving as the best type of preparing. He like freehand practicing more than a gym. To make the war groupings of the "Baahubali" series look genuine he used to sweat out at volley court to make his reflexes exact.

7. Modest and hesitant Prabhas avoids open glare and likes to keep up a position of safety.

8. The qualified single man has so far gotten around 6,000 propositions to be engaged. In any case, because of work responsibilities, he has rejected them all.

9. Prabhas turned down a 100 crore underwriting as he didn't need himself to be occupied from the "Baahubali" arrangement. He even turned down many offers from Bollywood during that period.

10. The actor is a nature lover. Prabhas cherishes the wild verdure and is a huge fan of birds.

12 Interesting and unknown facts about Dev Anand

Dharam Devdutt Pishorimal Anand, commonly known as Dev Anand, made major contributions to Indian cinema. Regarded as an influential actor, he was a writer, director and a producer. He acted in about 116 films, out of which, 114 were Hindi films and two were English. He was born on this day, September 26, in the year 1923 in the Shakargarh tehsil of the Gurdaspur district in Punjab (present-day Narowal district of Pakistan).

Let's take a look at 13 Interesting and unknown facts about Dev Anand:

1. He was called DD in school

Born Dharam Devdutt Pishorimal Anand, the actor was fondly addressed as DD, an abbreviated version of his first name by his peers in school.

2. Worked as a clerk before movies happened

During his struggling days in Mumbai, Dev Anand worked as a clerk in an accountancy firm for a meager salary of Rs 85 to make ends meet.

3. First leading role in Ziddi

The first time Dev Anand played a leading man was in Ziddi, opposite Kamini Kaushal. The actor got his big break as a hero when introduced thus by Ashok Kumar, already a major star. Kumar had spotted Anand hanging around and handpicked him as hero for the Bombay Talkies film.

4. Dev Anand was asked not to wear black

After Dev Anand's hit Kala Pani, the actor was asked not to wear a black suit in public because women would swoon and jump from buildings seeing him dressed in black.

5. Saved Suraiya from a capsized boat and fell in love

The Dev-Suraiya romance began when shooting the film Vidya. While filming the song Kinare kinare chale jaayenge on a boat, the boat capsized. Living up to his heroic image, Dev rescued her and wanted to marry her.

6. Proposed to Suraiya with a diamond ring worth Rs. 3000

Dev proposed to Suraiya on the sets of the film Jeet with a diamond ring worth Rs 3,000, but Suraiya's maternal grandmother was strongly opposed to the inter-religious romance. As a result Suraiya remained unmarried all her life.

7. Launched Navketan Films in 1949

Dev launched his own company Navketan Films in 1949. By 2011, including Dev's most recent film, Chargesheet, Navketan had produced 35 films.

8. Fell in love with wife Kalpana Karthik while shooting Taxi Driver

Guru Dutt's first film Baazi established the on-screen pair of Dev Anand and Kalpana Karthik, and the two went on to make Aandhiyan, Taxi Driver, House No 44 and Nau Do Gyarah, another succession of hits. The two tell in love while making Taxi Driver and Dev and Kalpana got married.

9. Bought the iconic checkered cap in Denmark

The iconic, checkered print cap worn by Dev Anand in Jewel Thief was purchased from a shop in Copenhagen, Denmark where he was filming Pyar Mohabbat with Saira Bano.

10. Bagged Filmfare best actor award for Kalapani and Guide

It's but natural that a star of Dev Anand's stature won several awards. From Best Actor Filmfare trophies for Kala Pani and Guide to prestigious laurels like Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke awards, he bagged them all.

11. Never worked with Amitabh Bachchan

It's startling how Dev Anand has worked with everyone from Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar to Mithun Chakraborty and Aamir Khan, all except Amitabh Bachchan, who gained stardom after signing on Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer, originally offered to DA.

12. Worked in a Hollywood film

Not many know Dev Anand worked in a Hollywood film, "The Evil Within" that starred one of his favourite leading ladies Zeenat Aman along with Vietnamese actress Kieu Chinh.

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

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