They are your favourite Indian actors, but are they Indian at all?
When we look at these faces, they strike as one of our own - as though he is the guy that steals glances, as though she is the girl next door.
But you know what? They are not that next door' at all, for many of our Bollywood celebrities were born in a country afar and a lot of them still hold their foreign citizenships.
Let's take a look at actors from the Indian movie industry that were either born foreigners or have now taken up a different citizenship.
Renowned badminton player Prakash Padukone's elderest daughter was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 5th 1986. This restricted the baby girl's right of being a natural born Indian citizen. But the girl grew up to be Bollywood sensation and very much Indian Deepika Padukone.
Of all the actors we are going to list down, Katrina's non-Indian status is most widely known and talked about. It's interesting that having spent over a decade working in the Indian film industry the actress has neither adopted the country's citizenship, nor learned the language. Katrina still hold a UK passport.
We have to give it to the Rustom' actor for all this influential video messages he records and sends out to his fans, be it about respecting women, or standing by our forces. It might come as a surprise that the National Award winner is in fact a Canadian since being offered the citizenship. Though he stated, "I have a strong affiliation with Canada and also have dual citizenship. It's a place that I really love"the open terrain, the scenery, the wide roads and the clean streets. It's the complete contrast of my homeland, although I love India for all the opposite reasons and it's my home. I was honoured with a doctorate degree from The University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, for my contribution to the Indian film industry and for my social work in Canada." that India does not acknowledge the concept of Dual citizenship fundamentally makes the actor a Canadian
She was seen promoting her young adult fans to vote during the 2014 elections and looked every bit excited about her the propaganda. Unfortunately, the Student of The Year actress cannot exercise her right to vote and contribute her bit towards the formation of Indian government, rather she has no rights to begin with. The actress is British.
Unfortunately, just like Alia Bhatt, Aamir Khan's nephew too is restricted from voting. He is an American. He was born in Wisconsin, USA but moved to India following his parent's divorce. The actor was just a toddler at the time.
She stunned us as a rare find to the Indian movie goer in her debut movie Rockstar, but what's more striking is her ethnicity. The half Pakistani-half Czech actress is an American citizen.
This beauty has distinctive features that one can ogle at for hours at stretch. So while you take in her beauty, do bear in mind that the Houseful actress owes her charm to her Sri Lankan connection - yes, Jacqueline is a Sri Lankan by birth.
Another gorgeous actress who has been bagging roles one after the other, not only in Bollywood, but also down south is Amy. Tamil and Telugu movie makers are not getting enough of this fair lady. But how many of you know that the actress is British to the core?
A successful host, actress and VJ, Sarah is of course an Indian, else how would you explain her winning the Miss India title in 2007. But this multi-talented diva is not a naturally born citizen, it was the skies of Muscat that echoed with her first cries. And here's a quick bite - she has also donned crown the crown of Miss India Oman before putting on the sash of Miss India.
Yeh Jawani Hai Dewani might have been her major breakthrough in India, but she is famous as an International model. She made her acting debut in the British movie Turn Left before turning east and landing at the Indian Airport. Evelyn is a German citizen by the way.
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