5 Bollywood celebs who are not Indian citizens

It would come as a surprise to all the Bollywood lovers that several celebs in the film industry aren’t even Indian citizens. Here are five of them:

Deepika Padukone

The actress’ claim to fame has been numerous. Daughter of badminton player Prakash Padukone, Deepika was actually born in Denmark. Therefore, she holds Danish citizenship, though she was raised in Bangalore.

Akshay Kumar

The actor was born in Punjab and was raised in Delhi. He holds a Canadian passport as he gave up Indian citizenship after he received his honorary Canadian citizenship.

Alia Bhatt

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter Alia Bhatt in reality is a British citizen. Due to her mother Soni Razdan’s origin in Britain, the actress does not qualify to acquire Indian citizenship.

Katrina Kaif

The actress is known to be a foreign entrant in B-town. Though she was born to a Kashmiri father in Hong Kong, Katrina holds British citizenship that comes from her mother’s roots.

Jacqueline Fernandez

The Sri Lankan beauty has made her way into Bollywood on her own, however, she does not own Indian citizenship. Miss Universe Sri Lanka beauty pageant winner in 2006, the diva is very much a Sri Lankan citizen born in Bahrain.

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