Little known facts about Khushboo

Khushboo Sundar was born into a muslim family and was earlier known as Nakhat Khan.

She started her career in the early 1980s as a child artist. Her first film appearance was in ‘Raja Nanna Raja’, a 1976 Kannada film

Her first two appearances in Bollywood were not credited - She appeared in the ‘Burning Train’ in 1980 in the song “Teri Hai Zameen Tera Aasman” followed by ‘Thodisi Bewafaii’

Her first credited role was in the film ‘Laawaris’ in 1981 and then in ‘Dard ka Rishta’ in 198. She danced her way into many hearts and made a mark in Bollywood when she shook a leg with Javed Jaffery in the superhit song “Bol Baby Bol, Mere Sang Dol” in the film ‘Meri Jung’

Though her career as a heroine in Hindi films was a disaster, she went on to become the No 1 leading actress of Tamil Cinema in the late 80s’ and early 90s’. She has acted in various languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu

Khushboo married director Sundar C in the year 2000. They have two daughters, Avanthika and Ananditha. She’s been living in Chennai for the last 28 years and has three brothers all of whom are based out of Chennai

She is a self-confessed atheist and does not believe in religion and discrimination

In 2005, she was engulfed in controversy over a remark she made about AIDS awareness and premarital. She said it was okay for girls to have premarital sex as long as precautions were taken to prevent pregnancy and STDs. The SC dismissed all cases registered against Khushboo for her alleged remarks on pre-marital sex.

In 2006, Maxim magazine’s inaugural issue featured a page called “Women you will never see in Maxim - 100% fake”. Among the photos was a morphed one showing Khushboo posing nude, along with the caption “Of course, I am a virgin if you don’t count from the behind”; this was in reference to remarks made by her in 2005 on whether modern men should expect their brides to be virgins. She filed a petition citing defamation and indecent representation of women.