Shakti Arora birthday special: 5 facts about the handsome actor that will surprise you!

By Rajat Tripathi
| Updated: May 16, 2016 2:05 PM IST

Let's get closer to the actor...

Shakti Arora is a master of stealing hearts. With his guy next door turns egomaniacal business tycoon avatar in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi, he earned an unshakable fandom for himself. His character Ranveer Vaghela will always be remembered as one of the toughest characters on Indian TV. Shakti played the part with utter ease. He set a benchmark for boyfriends, with his character, all over the country- How to be a perfect boyfriend! Also Read - Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin serial BTS: Bhavika Sharma, Shakti Arora and others have a blast shooting for the Gudi Padwa track [View Pics]

Today on his birthday, we gift all you Shakti Arora fans with some interesting insights of his life. Some of these may surprise you. Also Read - Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin: Shakti Arora's recent BTS fun with Bhavika Sharma, Sumit Singh proves he is his leading ladies' favourite

# Shakti has Bollywood blood running through his veins. His grandfather was a Bollywood actor named Chandrashekhar who acted in over 112 movies in 1950s including classics like Sharaabi and Kati Patang. Also Read - Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin serial spoiler: Harini's situation brings Savi-Ishaan closer; Reeva decides to separate them?

A photo posted by Shakti Arora (@shaktiarora) on Jan 9, 2016 at 6:13pm PST

# He worked in a travel agency. The actor has had his own share of struggle, before stardom and glamour entered his life, Shakti used to work in a travel agency. The actor holds degrees in commerce and travel and tourism.

A photo posted by Shakti Arora (@shaktiarora) on Feb 8, 2016 at 9:58pm PST

# The actor has been into tarot card reading since many years. In an interview with an online portal, the actor revealed that he used to read tarot cards. He was very into it but had to give up due to lack of time. He used to give his earnings from to the readings to charity.

A photo posted by Shakti Arora (@shaktiarora) on Dec 8, 2015 at 6:22am PST

# Shakti is a hoarder. In an interview he had revealed that he stores up ALL his clothes even when they are torn and develop holes. His family hates this habit of his and keep asking him to change. But Shakti loves his old clothes way too much to just throw them away when they are old.

A photo posted by Shakti Arora (@shaktiarora) on Dec 4, 2015 at 5:21am PST

#The handsome actor was told by someone that he doesn't have a face to feature in an advert. He should stick to small screen roles. Shakti proved the person wrong by appearing in an advertisement soon enough.

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ByRajat Tripathi
Updated: May 16, 2016 2:05 PM IST