Interesting facts about Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha is a bollywood actress, She is the daughter of actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam. She started her acting career in the year 2010 with the movie dabang opposite to Salman Khan.

Sonakshi began her career in bollywood as an outfit designer for the movie, "Mera Dil Leke Dekho" in the year 2005.

Before acting in debut movie dabang, Sonakshi was a model. She walked on the ramp for Lakme Fashion Week in the year 2008 and 2009.

Salman Khan was responsible for Sonakshi to join Bollywood, Sonakshi did swimming, gymming, yoga and so forth to get thin loosing substantial weight around 30 KG as guided by Salman Khan.

Sonakshi was rumored to be dating, sports and bollywood manager Bunty Sachdeva in 2012. What's more, later her name was connected with the R.. Rajkumar's star Shahid Kapoor and she is by and by said to be dating Arjun Kapoor.

Sonakshi Sinha has dubbed her voice for the Hindi version of Hollywood movie “Rio 2” and “Rise of the Guardians“.

Since Kid Sonakshi loves to wear Saree. May be for this reason in most of her movies she is seen in Sarees. She also love to wear nose ring which we see in her movies

Sonakshi tattood a small star near the collar bone when she joined the bandwagon in the year 2014.

6 Interesting Facts about Nora Fatehi

Facts About Nora Fatehi

1. Nora Fatehi is an Indo-Morrocan-Canadian dancer, model and actress.

2. Nora Fatehi seen in the re-created version of the song "Dilbar" which had crossed 20 million views in its first 24 hours of release.

3. She made her film debut in the Bollywood film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans.

4. Fatehi speaks English as her first language, though she can also speak Hindi, French and Arabic

5. She also gained popularity in Telugu cinema by doing item numbers in films like Temper, Baahubali and Kick 2. .

6. She was a contestant on Bigg Boss 9 and got evicted on day 84.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about the 'Item Girl of Bollywood' Malaika Arora

Malaika Arora is one of the few actresses in Bollywood who has impressed the audience with her sheer dance moves. She is a remarkable person who can sweep you off your feet with her spectacular looks. She continues to rock the film industry and has given a number of items songs. She is the heartbeat of every fan and these days you can see her judging the dance reality shows like Jhalak Dikhla Ja and India’s Got Talent. If you are an ardent fan of this actress, then it is important that you know everything about her right from professional to personal level.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about the 'Item Girl of Bollywood' Malaika Arora:

1. She is born and brought up in Mumbai in the year 1981. Her parents got divorced when she was only 11 years old. She had to get shifted to Chembur in Maharashtra later on.

2. Mallaika Arora’s mother is a Malayali Cathoic while her father is Punjabi of Fazilka district near Indian border. She has a younger sister Amrita Arora who is also an actress in the Indian film industry and known for her gorgeous looks.

3. Malaika Arora completed her education from Swami Vivekanand School at Chembur. Grace Polycarp, the principal of the school happens to be her maternal aunt. She is also an alumnus of Holy Cross High School at Thane where she studied up to class 9.

4. She is extremely protective about her younger sister and has taken very good care of her ever since her parents got divorced. Malaika Arora is extremely close to Amrita and takes very good care of her.

5. She was one of the first Video Jockeys of India and she was elected for MTV when it started its operations in India. Malaika Arora started as an interviewer and later turned into anchoring many programs. Malaika started dancing at a tender age of 4 years and never stopped dancing since then.

6. Malaika Arora works out three days in the week in gym. Apart from that workout schedule includes medicine balls, free weights, kickboxing, squats and Yoga. All these things help her to keep her curvaceous body in proper shape.

7. Malaika’s favourite dancer in Bollywood is none other than Hrithik Roshan. She will do anything to share the screen dancing with him. Surely it will set the stage on fire watching both of them dance together. Deepika Padukone is her favourite dancing diva in Bollywood.

8. She has revealed in a show that she never wanted to become an actress. This vibrant actress has numerous items songs to her credit and she loves dancing more than acting. If she is ever offered a full pledged role, she wants to do action movies preferably a super hero.

9. Before her entry into the film industry, Malaika Arora worked as a model. She appeared in a number of commercials in the early phase of her life. You might have seen her in the music video “Gur Naal Ishq Mitha” and also in the song “Chaiyya Chaiyya” dancing to the tune of the music with Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Dil Se.

10. Malaika Arora is married to Arbaaz Khan who is the elder brother of Salman Khan. Both of them met during a coffee advertisement shooting and instantly fell in love with each other. They have a son named Arhaan Khan.

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.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about 'The Disco Dancer' Mithun Chakraborty

The Ultimate Disco Dancer of Bollywood, an actor par excellence and a human being to be adored, Mithun Chakraborty needs a grand salute. Fondly known as Mithun Da, the actor has achieved sky high success in almost 4-decade long career and has witnessed a stardom which is no layman’s job. But still, he is one such rare star who is completely unaffected by all the hullabaloo of the glamorous world.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about 'The Disco Dancer' Mithun Chakraborty:

1. Mithun Chakraborty was born on 16 July 1950 in Kolkata, West Bengal. He has completed his schooling at the Oriental Seminary. He graduated with chemistry from Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta and is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India.

2. Mithun Chakraborty was a wrestler in his younger days. In 1967, he won the West Bengal State Wrestling Championship in the Junior Category.

3. He made his acting debut with the film Mrigayaa in 1976. He first gained fame as a renowned dancer and established himself as one of the all time top ten greatest actors of India. He became a household name for his role in film Disco Dancer. He has appeared in about 350 films including Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri and Punjabi movies.

4. Mithun Chakraborty was a hard Naxalite before he joined the film industry. It was after the death of his brother in an unfortunate accident that he quit.

5. During his struggling days, he was an assistant to star dancer Helen under the name Rana Rej. Speaking about his struggling days, Mithun Da had once said that when he danced on stage, he was not even sure whether he would get a meal. He used to wish after every performance that a reputed person from the industry saw him dance, and would give him a break.

6. He owns various in the regions of Ooty, Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kolkata. He considers Ooty to be a very lucky place for him because most of his films which had a backdrop of Ooty were a super hit at the box-office.

7. He had got a massive fan following in Russia. There, he has been worshipped by his fans to the extent that in an interview, Mithun once claimed that he sometimes feels he must have got great association with the country in his last birth.

8. Mithun has won four National Awards, three of them Best Actor - 'Mrigayaa' (1976), Agneepath' 1990) and the Bengali film 'Tahader Katha' (1992), and one for Best Supporting Actor for the 1998 film 'Swami Vivekananda'.

9. Mithun Da is married to Yogita Bali and has two kids but there was a time when Mithun Da was quite famous for his relationship with Sridevi. Reports suggest that despite being a married man, Mithun Da couldn’t control his fondness for Sridevi and indulged in a secret wedding with her. It was only after a newspaper published their marriage certificate that their relationship became public.

10. The actor has got tremendous love for animals and he deems himself as a proud father of 38 dogs in Mumbai. He fondly addresses his dogs as his kids and loves them unconditionally.

10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood actress Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza is a celebrated actress in the Bollywood industry who has won the Miss Asia Pacific title in the year 2000. Apart from her acting skills, she is known in the media for her humanitarian social work. She is one of the successful actress in the Bollywood industry and has a large fan base in India.

Let's take a look at 10 Interesting and unknown facts about bollywood actress Dia Mirza:

1. She comes from a mixed family of German and Indian. Her father Frank Handrich is a German architect while her mother Deepa is a Bengali and an interior decorator. Her parents separated when she was just 4 years old. Her father died when she was 9 and her mother re-married with her step father dying in 2003.

2. She was born on 9th December 1981 at Andhra Pradesh. Her nickname is Dee and likes eating chocolates. Her favourite perfume is Baby Doll by Ralph Lauren. Her favourite colour being turquoise and her favourite movies include Forest Grump and Schlinder’s List.

3. Her favourite actors incorporate Nana Patekar, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. In Hollywood, she prefers Tom Cruise and happens to have seen every one of his movies.

4. Dia Mirza got her surname from her step father named Ahmed Mirza who was a Hyderabadi Muslim. She was born and raised in Hyderabad where she went to Vidyaranya High School. She finished her graduation in Arts from Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad.

5. In April 2014, she got engaged with Sahil Sanga who was her long time business partner. Both of them got married in October that same year at Chattarpur Farm in New Delhi.

6. Before making a career in the Indian film, Dia worked as an advertising official for a media firm named as Neeraj's Multimedia Studio. She was paid Rs 5000 at that point. In the meantime, she began her modelling career and she could be found in various promotions for brands like Lipton and Wall's Ice-cream.

7. She made debut with the film Rehna Hain Tere Dil Mein featuring Saif Ali Khan and R Madhavan. Tragically, the movie did not fared well in the box office. She has showed up in various films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Dus, Parineeta with Vidya Balan and Tumko Na Bhool Payenge.

8. Dia Mirza has garnered a lot of praise for her social work. As such, she has received 2012 Green Award from IIFA for her contribution towards the environment. At the same time, she has done a number of different awareness campaigns like HIV, female foeticide, cancer etc. She has publicly supported Narmada Bachao Andolan and written a number of articles for Hindustan Times.

9. In the year 2012, Dia was seen in a regional cinema with a Bengali film maker named Pritam's Paanch Adhyay. It swung to be an exceedingly effective movie at the box office and the film was chosen for major film festivals in India and abroad.

10. Dia Mirza was the second runners up at Femina Miss India 2000 and was the winner of Miss Asia Pacific 2000. In the meantime, she has won different titles like Miss Close Up Smile, Miss Avon and Miss Beautiful Smile.

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