In the Hindi film Benaam, the name of the character played by Amitabh Bachchan was ‘Amit Srivastava’, which is his real name. ‘Bachchan’ was the title taken by his father, Harivansh Rai, and Srivastava is their original family surname.
A Dog Actor of Bollywood
Moti, the ubiquitous black Labrador of Bollywood, was literally the hero of the film Teri Meherbaniyan as he did matchmaking, shed abundant tears, performed the last rites of his master (Jackie Shroff) and took revenge. Moti single-handedly cared for an infant in Maa when the baby’s mother passed away. Moti has been the part of the horse-dog duo in Mard and …
From cricket crease to film sets
Two members of the Cricket World Cup 1983 winning team had acted in the film, Kabhi Ajnabi The, Sandip Patil as the hero and Syed Kirmani as the villain.