Wednesday, July 8, 2026
ADVT 
Bollywood

What Do Bollywood Celebs Fear?

Darpan News Desk, 10 Feb, 2016 11:21 AM
  • What Do Bollywood Celebs Fear?
Karan Johar fears that his right profile is captured instead of the left on camera; Parineeti Chopra is scared of plane landings; Neil Nitin Mukesh is afraid of being alone -- it is such fears and more that a string of Bollywood stars have shared ahead of the release of "Neerja" -- a biopic on a fearless woman.
 
The celebrities shared their fears as part of a unique social media campaign made for the Sonam Kapoor starrer “Neerja”, which encourages unleashing one's fears and exhibiting courage.
 
Produced by Atul Kasbekar under the banner of Fox Star Studios, the film, which is slated to release on February 19, revolves around the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi in Pakistan and how a flight attendant named Neerja Bhanot saved the lives of 360 people on board the air craft.
 
To support her bravery, many Bollywood celebrities took to various social media sites to share videos of their fears and how they overcame it under the hashtag “#fearvsneerja”.
 
Here's what the stars have said:
 
 
Salman Khan shared a piece of advice given by his father Salim Khan: “Jo darr gaya samjho mar gaya”. 
 
Anil Kapoor shared: "My biggest fear is sitting on the dining table and going hysterical and berserk where food is concerned. I overcome it by sitting with my wife who keeps on slapping on my hand so that I don't eat too much.
 
Filmmaker Karan Johar spoke about his biggest fear which is of his right profile being captured instead of his left profile which he feels makes him look best.
 
 
Actor Shahid Kapoor shared a rather light hearted video in which he said he doesn't have any fear, while Priyanka Chopra talked about a rather unique fear which she termed as 'No-Mo Phobia' -- fear of no mobile phones.
 
 
Parineeti Chopra terms “plane landing' to be her biggest fear; and Alia Bhatt shared that she fears “missing out” and so she battles it by being everywhere and doing everything.
 
 
Anupam Kher is fearful about losing his memory one day, and Huma Qureshi spoke out loud about her fear of dreams.
 
Rajkumar Rao shared: "My biggest fear would be that one day my director would say action and I will just freeze. I wouldn't know how to act.. I wouldn't know how to crack it. It's like god will take away acting from me. I don't know what I would do then."
 
Neil Nitin Mukesh termed “being alone” to be his biggest fear.
 
Actress Esha Gupta shared to have overcome her fear of “free falling” by indulging in sky diving.

MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

I don't expect to be star all my life: Deepika

I don't expect to be star all my life: Deepika
After giving hits like "Chennai Express", "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" and "Race 2" in 2013, Deepika Padukone has become one of the most sought-after actresses...

I don't expect to be star all my life: Deepika

Tepid response to 'Finding Fanny', 'Creature 3D'

Tepid response to 'Finding Fanny', 'Creature 3D'
Bollywood divas Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu entered theatres with "Finding Fanny" and "Creature 3D" respectively, but neither could rock the box office....

Tepid response to 'Finding Fanny', 'Creature 3D'

Mohit Suri to direct film adaptation of 'Half Girlfriend'

Mohit Suri to direct film adaptation of 'Half Girlfriend'
Mohit Suri is set to direct the film adaptation of author Chetan Bhagat's upcoming novel "Half Girlfriend", which is about a Bihari boy falling in love with a girl from upper class society...

Mohit Suri to direct film adaptation of 'Half Girlfriend'

Not without Manoj Bajpayee: E. Niwas on 'Shool' sequel

Not without Manoj Bajpayee: E. Niwas on 'Shool' sequel
E. Niwas, who made his Bollywood debut as a director with "Shool", now plans to make a sequel to the National Award winning movie. He says he won't make it without Manoj Bajpayee....

Not without Manoj Bajpayee: E. Niwas on 'Shool' sequel

Sonam Kapoor to skip 'Khoobsurat' promotions in Pakistan

Sonam Kapoor to skip 'Khoobsurat' promotions in Pakistan
Prior work commitments will keep actress Sonam Kapoor away from the promotions of her forthcoming film "Khoobsurat" in Pakistan, the home...

Sonam Kapoor to skip 'Khoobsurat' promotions in Pakistan

Photographers boycott Salman's 'Bigg Boss 8' press meet

Photographers boycott Salman's 'Bigg Boss 8' press meet
Photographers, who have decided to boycott events of actor Salman Khan, were Friday missing from his press conference to announce "Bigg Boss" season 8...

Photographers boycott Salman's 'Bigg Boss 8' press meet