Top 10 Bollywood stars from Army background

Bollywood has seen a long list of actors who celebrate Independence Day a lot more emotionally than others because of the background they come from.

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Akshay Kuma

Akshay Kumar’s father Hari Om Bhatia was based in Amritsar as an Indian army soldier until he joined UNICEF as an accountant in Delhi.

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Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh is also a Fauji kid. Her father served in the Indian Army.

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Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma's father, Ajay Kumar Sharma, was a Colonel in the Indian Army. He was also a part of the 1999 Kargil War.

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Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen's father Shubeer Sen was an Indian Airforce Wing Commander.

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Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra’s parents, Ashok and Madhu Chopra served in the Indian army.

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Neha Dhupia Bedi

Neha Dhupia Bedi's father, Pradip Singh Bhupia, served as a commander in the Indian Navy.

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Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta was barely 13 when her father, Durganand Zinta, an Indian Army officer, got killed in a car accident.

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Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta’s father LK Dutta was an Indian Air Force Wing Commander.

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Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur's father, late Major Bhupender Singh, served the Indian Army as an engineer.

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Manushi Chhillar

Manushi Chhillar's father, Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar, serves as a physician and scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation.

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