Preity Zinta Besides her acting, Preity Zinta has also written a series of columns for BBC News Online of South Asia.
Rani Mukherjee While in school at the age of 14, Rani did a cameo role in her father's Bengali film Biyar Phool (1992).
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was once rejected for a TV serial dubbing job before she became famous.
Amitabh Bachchan He worked in Calcutta for the shipping firm Shaw & Wallace as executive and as a freight broker for Bird and Co. It was in Calcutta that he bought a second-hand Fiat as his first car.
Imran Khan is not an Indian citizen, but he is actually a US citizen.