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Posted: 19 years ago

Puru Rajkumar is an accomplished painter and collects a lot of varied art.

Chandrachur Singh was unceremoniously kicked out of the Preity Zinta's starrer Kya Kehna and was replaced with Salman Khan -- but luckily for Chandrachur, Salman opted out at the last minute and he was back in the frame.

Neena Gupta is not the only television actress with a connection with a West Indies cricketer. Years ago, Anju Mahendru was engaged to marry Gary Sobers, another great cricketer from West Indies.

When Khalid Mohammed first wrote the script of FIZA he had wanted Ramgopal Varma to direct it.

Amitabh Bachchan was to be named Inquilab before his father finally agreed on Amitabh, which means brilliance unlimited.

Did you know that Balraj Sahani ran bare feet till they bled to portray a poor Bengali farmer in the famous Do Bigha Zamin and stayed with an Afghan family to get a realistic feel for his role in Kabuliwallah.

Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor was actor Shammi Kapoor's secretary.

The title song Kabhi kabhie mere dil mein was originally recorded by Chetan Anand many years ago but not picturised for some reason. There were two versions, one sung by Sudha Malhotra and the other, later by Lata Mangeshkar.

Ashok Kumar was the hero of Mr X (Indianised Invisible Man) he was paid only for a day's work (Rs 1000 only) as the duplicate in disguise was Mehmood.

Sridevi started acting at the age of four and is a seventh standard dropout.

Amitabh Bachchan loves snacking on Bourbon biscuits and cashew nuts.

Oldtimer Nadira in her heydays had every conceivable car, a Rolls Royce, a Mercedes and the works. She always had at least three cars at the same time and changed them every six months when she tired of them.

Sushmita Sen loves animals. She has five dogs and a pet python at home.

Did you know that Khayyam won a National award for his musical compositions for the film Umrao Jaan.