14 Actors Who Have Actual Things And Places Named After Them!
The star power of a film celebrity is realized when they become household names and their fans, out of sheer love and respect for their favorite film celebrities, use their names in contextualizing everyday thing or actions. While many fans also pay respect by copying actors and their styles, some Bollywood celebrities are blessed to have these things or places named after them!! While some are really wow and others truly bizarre isn’t it is just the best way to pay them a compliment??
Here is a list of things named after popular Bollywood celebrities –
Shahrukh Khan – A New York-based International Lunal Geographical Society named a lunar crater after the Bollywood’s beloved Badshah !!
Amitabh Bachchan – There is a waterfall in North Sikkim named after him! Also in 2004, an orchid was named after him in Singapore and is called Dendrobium Amitabh Bachchan.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Aishwarya whose beauty has charmed the world has a special breed of Tulips named after her in Holland!!
Salman Khan – The bhai jaan of Bollywood has a café named after him in Tukey. Another restaurant in Mumbai is named after the actor and is called Bhaijaanz !!
Raj Kapoor - The veteran actor/ filmmaker that we all loved so dearly also has street named in his honor in Canada!
Sanjay Dutt – The Noor Mohammadi Hotel in Mumbai adopted a recipe in his name and call it Chicken Sanju Baba .
Shahid Kapoor – He has a star in the Orion constellation named after him!
AR Rahman –The composer has an entire street named after him in Canada! It’s called Allah Rakha Rahman Street.
Yash Chopra – The director/producer has a lake named after him in Switzerland which is called Chopra Lake!
Mahuri Dixit – The dhak dhak girl of Bollywood is also a star in the Orion constellation. Madhuri’s fans had the star named after her!
Manoj Kumar – Manjor sahib has a kilometer stretch of road named after him in Shirdi. The raod leads to the famous temple of Sai Baba.
Jitender – Jittu ji funnily has a an entire meal named after him. A restaurant in Chennai named a thali after him!
Zeenat Aman – In 1990, a perfume brand named a fragrance in her name. The perfume is called Zeenat!
Deepika Padukone - The actress who hails from Karnataka is now an ultimate comfort food on a food menu and has a dosa named after her.
What a way to flaunt your stardom!! Cool right??