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Happy Birthday Ali Zafar!

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 18 May 2016 01:10 PM (IST)

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He and his wife were once KIDNAPPED and and were released after his family paid 2.5 million rupees as ransom!

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He was last seen in Kill Dill opposite Parineeti Chopra and Ranveer SIngh. He is presently filming for Gauri Shinde's next!

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Before becoming a musician, he used to sketch portraits in a hotel lobby.

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In 2012, Ali Zafar was ranked 2nd in the Most Sexiest Asian Men list and he has been in the top twenty list for six consecutive years. In 2013 he was declared the Sexiest Asian Man On The Planet!

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Ali has a no-kissing clause in his contract. He is so committed to his wife that he refuses to do intimate scenes on the big screens.

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He has two children, a son Azaan, and a daughter Alyza.

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He rose to fame as a musician with the song 'Channo' from his album 'Huqa Pani'.

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Sorry ladies! But he's taken. Ali Zafar got married to his long time fiance, Ayesha Fazli in 2009. He met her in the same hotel lobby where he used to sketch. She was there for a portrait.

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Ali Zafar is the third most Googled musician in India. That's right. He has left behind ace musicians like A.R. Rehman!

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Besides music and acting, he is also an artist. He made his first comic when he was eight years old and is fond of painting since childhood. He also worked as a sketch artist at the lobby of Continental hotel in Lahore. He can make a portrait in 20 minutes!

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He made his debut in Bollywood with the movie 'Tere Bin Laden', and was offered 40 movies after his performance released!

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Ali Zafar is known to the world as a singer, but there's a lot more to him. He is also a , an actor, musician, song writer, director and, not that it was needed, but a painter too. Talk about being multi-talented!

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