Entertainment: Famous Bollywood director and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has been showing great films to the audience for years. He is counted among the legendary film makers of Hindi cinema. Due to his great creativity, Bollywood has got blockbuster films like 'Munnabhai', 'PK', '3 Idiots' and 'Sanju'.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is the step brother of Ramanand Sagar, who made historical serials like 'Ramayana'. Apart from being a director and producer, Vidhu is also a story writer and editor. At one time, he even became an actor out of compulsion. He also made a lot of headlines with his personal life. Vidhu has married not once or twice but three times.

Vidhu reached the set in the getup of Dushasan

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is going to be 72 years old on 5 September. He was born on 5 September 1952 in Srinagar. Vidhu was working as a production controller for the film 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'. One day, during the climax scene of 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro', a scene from Mahabharata was also being shot. Then the actor who was playing the role of Dushasan for 500 rupees suddenly asked for two thousand rupees and he was not ready to accept.

Then Vidhu Vinod Chopra became an actor out of compulsion

The actor who played the role of Dushasan insisted on demanding two thousand rupees. But there was a shortage of money, so Vidhu Vinod did something that surprised everyone. Vidhu himself reached the set in the getup of Dushasan. In this way, he became an actor under compulsion. 

Vidhu has married thrice

Vidhu has been in the news as much for his excellent films as he has been for his personal life. Vidhu has become a groom not once or twice but three times. The director has married three times. His first marriage was with film editor Renu Saluja in the year 1976. But both of them got divorced in the year 1983.

After separating from Renu Saluja, Shabnam Sukhdev entered Vidhu Vinod Chopra's life. Both got married in the year 1985. But this relationship also did not last long and both got separated in 1989. Then Vidhu got married for the third time to Anupama Chopra in the year 1990.