Trivial Pursuit 76

X's father Kakubhai was an astrologer and mother Rita was a housewife. There was a difference of seven years between 'X' and his elder brother Hemant.

One day, Hemant jumped into a river to save a child from drowning. Hemant saved the child, but lost his life.


X's family never had enough money, so he had to look for work, instead of going to college.
He found work as a Ticketing Assistant with Trade Wings, a travel agency.


One day, while he was walking down the road, an executive of a modelling agency spotted him and offered an assignment. His first modelling assignment was for 'Centurion'.

With a very basic level of education behind him, and with no knowledge of English, 'X' acted as if he was the serious sort, who rarely spoke. Unfortunately, people misunderstood his silence with arrogance !!


'X' first saw 'Y' in her school uniform, hanging out of a bus. 'X' was on a bike, and when the bus stopped, he introduced himself : "Hi, I'm 'X'. What's your name ?"

For him, it was love at first sight !!







Then, when he was buying records in a store, he spotted 'Y' again, went up to her, and asked : "Can I help you ?"

Soon 'X' and 'Y' started going steady.







Producer Pramod Poddar was making a Hindi version of "The Blue Lagoon" (1980). Both 'X' and 'Y' tried out for the lead roles, but 'X' was rejected as Director Umesh Mehra found him too skinny for a role which required a bare-body show. Also, 'X' didn't know how to swim !! Finally 'Y' and Mohnish Behl were finalised for the lead roles in the film titled "Teri Bahon Mein".


Film maker O.P. Ralhan had advertised for a fresh face for his film "Ashoka The Great". 'X' and 'Y' went to a photo studio, and posed for some photos and went to meet O.P. Ralhan. Nothing came of this meeting and eventually, the film never got made.

But this investment marked the beginning of X's efforts. He met Suneil Anand at an acting class and was soon introduced to his father Dev Anand, who was looking for new faces to cast in "Swami Dada".







Dev saab had seen 'X' on the poster of a cigarette ad and offered him the role of the villian's henchman. All 'X' did was stand behind Shakti Kapoor in two shots !!







But this experience changed his life; another famous filmmaker spotted 'X' in "Swami Dada" and offered him the lead role in his next film 'Z'.

The film 'Z' went on to be a 'Superhit' and as they say, the rest is history..
'X' went on to become a star in his own right !!


'X' and 'Y' got married on 5th June, 1987.


Identify 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'.