Shahid Kapoor Birthday Special: 4 lesser known facts about 'Haider actor'

Bollywood chocolate boy Shahid Kapoor broke millions of hearts the day he married Mira Rajput in 2015. After dating numerous actresses, Sasha ditched his bachelorhood at the age of 33 to Mira who is 13 years younger to him. And now the couple has a six-month-old daughter Misha. Shahid rings in his 36th birthday today. As his recent film Rangoon receives good response by the audience, the actor couldn't have asked for a better birthday gift. So as Shahid turns 36, we bring to you some of the lesser known facts about this chocolaty boy: Vegetarian lad. We all know that Shahid is a strict vegetarian. But not many people know the reason for Sasha turning vegetarian. It is said that his father Pankaj Kapur tried his level best to turn his son into a vegetarian, but it all went in vain. But things changed for the Haider actor after he read the book named 'Life is Fair' by Brian Hines and he eventually gave up non-veg. Kareena wasn't his first lady love. Contrary to popular belief, Kareena Kapoor wasn't Shahid's first love, it was Hrishita Bhatt. They first started dating when they shot for the video, 'Aankhon Mein Tera Hi Chehra'. The 'Haider' actor, had rejected some really big budget movies like Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', Prakash Jha's 'Satyagraha' and Siddharth Anand's 'Bang Bang'. Shahid Kapoor's official name is Shahid Khattar. Yes! The actor still uses his stepfather Rajesh Khattar's surname.