Google, Wikipedia, and IMDb, all record today,
January 4
, as
Aditya Pancholi's
birthday
. However, when ETimes contacted the
Bollywood
actor to wish him on his special day, he clarified that today is not his birthday. “Today is not my birthday. It is on
September 12
,” informed Aditya, setting the record straight.
Born to filmmaker parents, Rajan and Aruna Pancholi, Aditya had started his career in 1986 with the film 'Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha'. He went on to appear in several Hindi films, but he was most applauded for his turn in Mahesh Bhatt's film 'Wounded Land'. He has films like, ‘Dayavan’, ‘Aatish’, ‘Yes Boss’, ‘Aankhen’, and more recently, ‘Race 2’, and ‘Bajirao Mastani’ to his credit.
His son
Sooraj Pancholi, who made his big Bollywood debut with ‘Hero’ co-starring Suniel Shetty’s daughter Athiya Shetty, is taking Aditya's legacy forward. Sooraj was last seen in ‘Satellite Shankar’.
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