7 Lesser Known & Interesting Bollywood Stories You Must Know If You Call Yourself A Movie Buff!
When Karan Johar spotted Ranveer Singh for the first time at Yash Raj Studios he mistook him as an AD. For the climax scene of Ghulam Aamir Khan didnt take bath for 12 days. Abhishek Bachchan gave Priyanka Chopra the nickname Piggy Chopps. Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar play cards before going to bed every night.
We have time and again read and heard stories about actors. Be it interviews or fan pages, there are so many stories around on the web today that can give you a closer look at the life of your favourite actors. When Bollywood stars make their appearance on chat shows, they are at their candid best.
To show a very different side of these actors, we have compiled a few interesting stories around their lives. From their struggle days to their peak stardom days, there is a lot about these stars that we never knew. Read on!
1. When Karan Johar spotted Ranveer Singh for the first time at Yash Raj Studios, he mistook him as an AD
During an episode of Koffee With Karan, KJo himself apologised to both Anushka and Ranveer. Why? Because when KJo spotted Anushka and Ranveer for the first time at YRF studios, he dismissed them as 'ugly' and 'not deserving' enough to be main leads of Band Baaja Baraat. KJo admitted that he was sitting in YRF canteen with Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra when he saw Ranveer Singh in 'Ganji and shorts' playing Table Tennis. KJo asked Aditya if this guy was an AD but he said he was the lead actor of Band Baja Baraat. KJo didn't have any hopes from Ranveer and he had advised Adi to change the cast. KJo had even disapproved Anushka Sharma for the film. But life had different plans for all three of them. Today, Ranveer is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood and shares a great rapport for KJo.
2. On the sixth season of Koffee With Karan, Shahrukh Khan coined a term called ¡°Demotional¡±.
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As stated by Shahrukh, Demotional means ¡°Blend of detached and emotional. When you are too emotional but at the same time very detached." These words were later added in Urban Dictionary and several other places.
3. Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna's special 'Saturday' dates.
The couple tries and goes for a quiet dinner every Saturday and their major visits are to a seafood restaurant called Gajalee where the bill never comes to more than Rs 600. Yes!
4. For the climax scene of Ghulam, Aamir Khan didn't take bath for 12 days.
The climax scene of the movie 'Ghulam' was shot over 10 to 12 days. It is a fight scene where Aamir gets beaten a lot by the villain. Aamir ends up getting a lot of blood and dirt on this face. He didn't take bath for 12 days to maintain the accuracy and consistency of the look on his face. Well, no wonder he is called Mr Perfectionist!
5. It was Abhishek Bachchan who gave Priyanka Chopra the nickname 'Piggy Chopps'.
Priyanka Chopra is called Mimi or sunshine by her close friends and family. She got her nickname "Piggy Chopps" from Jr.Bachhan when they were working together for Bluffmaster. The mention of the same is there in one of the songs from the film.
6. Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar play cards before going to bed every night.
"Every night before going to bed, we play 10 rounds of rummy for enormous amounts of money. At the moment, I owe him some 4.5 Lakhs."
7. Parineeti Chopra's acting career began with a 'dummy audition' video that she shot just for fun
Parineeti was working around promotions for Band Baaja Baaraat, Chopra realised that she wanted to become an actress and decided to resign from her executive position with Yash Raj Films to attend acting school. Film director Maneesh Sharma suggested signing Chopra to Aditya Chopra, chairman of Yash Raj Films. Appalled by the idea of recruiting someone from his marketing team as an actress, the vice-president refused. When Parineeti Chopra told Sharma she was leaving her job to attend the acting school he advised her to meet the company's casting director, who asked her to do a "dummy audition for fun".
On an episode of Koffee With Karan, Parineeti Chopra remembered, "fooling around with a camera" and delivering lines by the character Geet from the film Jab We Met, never expecting producer Aditya Chopra to see the tape. However, when the producer saw the tape he was impressed with her acting. With Sharma describing her "phenomenal" in the screen test. Parineeti later also signed to a three-film deal. Chopra's colleagues later told her she was a "misfit in an office situation".