Childhood secrets of Bollywood siblings

Priyanka Chopra's new avatar from the movie Gangaajal 2 is out. The actress plays a hard-as-nails cop who takes on not only her conniving subordinates but also the influential bizmen in her district. The shoot of this Prakash Jha's movie has started since June 16 and look who recently dropped on the sets of Gangaajal 2 to meet Priyanka Chopra. Its none other than Zid actress, Mannara. Priyanka's sister Mannara recently visited the sets of Gangaajal 2 and was seen hanging out with her sister. Mannara took her excitement to Twitter and posted, "Hanging out on the sets of "Gangaajal2" wearing @priyankachopra cap and shades!!!." [sic] She also shared a picture of her from the sets. Have a look...

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Click on the next slide to know why maternal cousins, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kiran Rao maintained a low profile at an event...

Not many know that Dhobi Ghat director Kiran Rao and Aditi Rao Hydari are maternal cousins. At a recent event, the two were spotted catching up with each other. Aditi, who will be seen in Bejoy Nambiar’s upcoming film, Wazir, and filmmaker Kiran, both maintain a low profile about their relation.

Well if this was a revelation of a family tree, there are many more childhood secrets of B-Town families. Read on to know more…

Heropanti actress Kriti Sanon recently received a surprise gift from her sister. She was sent a scrapbook filled with childhood pictures of the funny moments between her and her sister, reports Bollywoodlife.com. Kriti, who is originally from Delhi, shares a strong bond with her sister and often visits Delhi to be with her family, the report further stated.

Childhood has always been an important part of our life, and these celebrities are no different. Find out what happened, when Salman Khan poked brother Arbaaz with a pencil...

We all are familiar with the popular families of Bollywood like the Kapoors, the Bachchans and the Khans. But away from the glare of the cameras, the stars too had enjoyed a normal childhood. While Saif Ali Khan once took five year-old Soha Ali Khan to a pub and made her do aadab, Salman Khan poked a pencil in brother Arbaaz Khan’s chest during their childhood days.

Read on to know about more such funny instances of sibling bonding from the childhood days of the stars.

Superstar Aamir Khan turned 51 this year but is still the buddy bro for his younger sibling Faisal Khan. On the occasion of his birthday, Faisal shared some lovely memories from their childhood days. He revealed how Aamir and he just loved balloons and how their entire house including the furniture, walls and fans used to be decorated with balloons for their birthday parties, as reported by Indian Express. The cutting of cake was always followed by a family dinner on each of his birthday. However, what still remains unchanged is Aamir’s broken resolutions to quit smoking.

While Aamir’s childhood memory is a pleasant one, Kareena has a very bitter and nasty one. Move on to find out about it…

When Ranbir Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor shared the couch on Koffee With Karan, the revelations did not go well down with Kareena’s image of the Bollywood Heroine. According to Ranbir, once while playing with the kids near a dirty drain behind her house, Kareena dived into it mistaking it for a swimming pool. Also, in another amusing instance, while playing House with Riddhima and Kareena, Ranbir used to play the double role of their husbands.

All hell broke loose when the three Khans -Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail came together on Dus Ka Dum. Salman Khan revealed that Arbaaz is called Pappu at home and all three stand up or shift positions when they get a call from their daddy. The Kick actor also disclosed that once he was mistakenly studying History instead of Geography for his exams the next day and instead of correcting him, Arbaaz started teasing that he would now fail in the exam. An irritated Salman then threw a pencil towards Arbaaz which hit him in the middle of his bare chest like a dart.

On Koffee With Karan, Saif Ali Khan had no excuse for not seeing Soha Ali Khan’s first blockbuster Rang De Basanti, even after a year of its release. Saif used to babysit Soha Ali Khan in England where he took her pocket money amounting to about 5 pounds. He even took her to a pub at the age of five and made her do aadab to all the English people. During their childhood days, Soha thought that Saif would end up becoming a guitarist of some small band.

Priyanka Chopra's brother Siddharth Chopra was training in culinary skills. He is seven years younger to her and is committed to his longtime girlfriend Kanika. Priyanka had said in an interview that since she loves food and Siddharth is a great chef, he always cooks a special meal for her whenever they are together. The former beauty queen also said that though she sends rakhis to her brother and cousins every year, it would be good if they also send gifts in return.

Little do people know that Shweta stopped reading newspapers forever after reading a bitter article about her brother Abhishek Bachchan. Sharing the couch with pa Amitabh Bachchan on Koffee With Karan, she confessed the fact, calling the article a ‘character assassination’ of her brother. The doting sister also shared in an open letter published in a leading magazine that Abhishek wanted to become Amitabh Bachchan and not an actor. She also revealed the fact that he used to shoot Shweta’s dolls and teddy bears with his toy guns while enacting Big B’s on-screen roles.

Sharing the couch on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Priya Dutt revealed that Sanjay Dutt wrote sad letters from his boarding school to sister Namrata Dutt, asking for money and also at the same time, asking her to not tell this to their mother. And Namrata used to send him her pocket money without anyone knowing. Priya Dutt also revealed that she scolded Sanjay Dutt, who was seven years older, for coming late and other such issues. The caring sister also said that she would like him to get rid of his gullibility.

When Farhan Akhtar shared the couch with Zoya Akhtar on Koffee With Karan, a series of revelations followed with Karan Johar as the witness. Zoya revealed how Farhan Akhtar used to play rummy in all- women kitty parties with Rinke Khanna and Anisha Sippy. And when he failed in every subject, their mother freaked out. Zoya also revealed that Farhan was so good at lying and acting that she thought he will become an actor.