Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- Bollywood actor Aamir Khan turned a day older on March 14. Fondly dubbed Mr Perfectionist, Khan made his debut in 1988 with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and has worked in around 60 movies. He has over 19 commercially successful flicks which five movies hold the record of being the highest-grossing Indian films. However, did you know that Khan became an actor accidentally?

In an old interview with Movie Magazine in 1988, Khan was asked if he always wanted to be an actor. To this, Khan replied, "As a child, I was shy, high-strung, goofy and awkward (words that seem to bear no connection to the self-possessed man that he is). Acting was far remote from my thoughts, my 'filmi' connections disillusioned me further. My dad (...