The grand Bollywood that stands in front of you today used to have a lot of great actors who were born in Pakistan. A large number of Hindus and Sikhs had migrated to India during the partition. The Pakistan we see today has given Indian cinema some of its finest actors. Some of these stars shifted to India during the partition, and some came after it. From legendary Raj Kapoor to the first method actor of India, Dilip Kumar, take a look at actors with Pakistani roots.

Actors with Pakistani roots

1. Raj Kapoor: On December 14, 1924, he was born Shrishti Nath Kapoor in his grandfather’s home, Kapoor Haveli, Peshawar, British India.
2. Dilip Kumar: Bollywood’s tragedy king was born as Mohammed Yusuf Khan in Peshawar,1922. 
3. Amrish Puri: The Bollywood villain was born into a Punjabi Hindu household in Nawanshahr, Punjab (now in Pakistan).
4. Gulzar: This writer was born in 1934 in a Sikh household in Dina, Jhelum district, British India.
5. Suni Dutt: This famous Bollywood actor was born in Nakka Khurd in the Punjab province of British India’s Jhelum district.

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