Trivia

Updated on Feb 16, 2008  |  03:24 PM IST |  1.3M

* The idea of making Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna struck Karan Johar while he was in London. During his trip, he saw the movie Before Sunset (2004), based on a couple who meet after parting ways. After seeing that film, he was out at a restaurant where he overheard a married couple breaking up amicably. The incident moved him and he decided to explore the idea.

* The train Shekhar Rai is riding during the song "Kasto Mazza" in Parineeta is the same one his mother, Sharmila Tagore, was riding in the film Aradhana (1969).

* It was during the making of Veergati that Salman Khan actually began building his body. And the effort showed in Karan Arjun.

* Ameesha Patel's Grand father Rajni Patel was the first sheriff of Bombay.

* Preity Zinta worked as an assistant director for four days on the sets of Ajay Devgun's Haqueekat. They didn't think she was good enough to be the heroine.

* When she was just 13 years old, Sridevi played the role of stepmother to Rajnikant in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu.

* Hrithik Roshan loves collecting photographs. He would never travel anywhere without his personal camera even as a child. He has a vast collection photographs and special scrapbooks marking each occasion.

* Actor Amjad Khan was almost dropped from Sholay because scriptwriter Javed Akhtar found his voice weak for Gabbar Singh's role.

* R D Burman's father S D Burman nicknamed him Pancham because as a child, he would cry in all five notes.

* Lata Mangeshkar's passion, other than singing is painting and she is also an expert in the art of applying make-up and an avid photographer.

Credits: indya-starscreen awards

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