Trivia 2

* Amitabh was first cast opposite Rekha in Haseenon Ka Mela. But Rekha didn't fancy working with this lanky newcomer, so she very discreetly had him replaced by the smarter, more handsome and established Sanjay Khan instead!

* Amitabh Bachchan holds an art degree from Sherwood College, Nainital.

* Amitabh Bachchan considers Waheeda Rehman the most beautiful woman on earth.

* Salman Khan likes to collect soaps. In his bathroom, there is a collection of all kinds of handmade and herbal soaps.

* Famous Bollywood actress Nutan was a Miss India.

* Mahima Chaudhary has a shoe fetish. She spends most of her free time shopping for shoes. During one such shopping stint, she actually picked up a dozen pairs of the same variety in every colour available

* Smita Patil was a TV newsreader before she became an actress.

* Pakistani speedstar Shoaib Akhtar was Mahesh Bhatt’s first choice for the title role in Gangster which eventually went to Shiney Ahuja after Shoaib turned it down.

* Divya Bharati was discovered by Govinda’s filmmaker brother, Kirti Kumar in a video cassette library but she turned down his offer to star in his film.

* Jackie's father was a Gujarati and his mother, a Muslim. Wife Ayesha's father was a Gujarati and her mother, Belgian.

* Jaya Bachchan hates to carry handbags, so all her salwar-kameez, formal or informal, all of them, have two pockets on the sides to hold her essentials like keys, combs etc.

* Guru Dutt committed suicide in 1964 by an overdoes of sleeping tablets.

* Amitabh Bachchan loves snacking on Bourbon biscuits and cashew nuts.

* Rishi Kapoor is petrified of flying. He cannot board a plane till he is drunk out of his wits.