Indian television has provided people with memorable drama and legendary characters over the decades. But what occurs behind the camera is usually much more interesting than what is written in a script. Bizarre on-set rituals to quirks that have puzzled fellow co-stars over time, there has never been a bigger TV star in India with such habits as entertaining as their screen characters.
Hina Khan and the case of lost belongings
Best known for her decade-long role as Akshara in ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ and her memorable stint on ‘Bigg Boss 11,’ Khan is one of Indian TV’s most recognizable faces. However, off-screen, she cannot seem to keep track of anything she owns. Husband Rocky Jaiswal revealed this on the sets of ‘Laughter Chefs 2’ in 2025, telling the crew that Khan has a compulsive habit of constantly misplacing things — keys, phones, accessories, all of it. The actress who projects total control on camera apparently cannot locate her own belongings half the time at home. Meanwhile, Rocky delivered the revelation with the fond exhaustion of someone who has long since accepted his fate.
Divyanka Tripathi demanded all case details while hosting ‘Crime Patrol’
Known for her long-running role as Ishita in ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ and her powerful hosting turn on ‘Crime Patrol,’ Tripathi has built a reputation for immersing herself completely in her work. That immersion, it turns out, comes at a cost. She revealed on Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa’s podcast that she demanded the full backstory of every real case featured on the show, fully aware it would disturb her. Recurring nightmares followed. The strange part? Tripathi kept asking for more details anyway, unable to shake the habit throughout the show’s entire run.
Dara Singh would recite Lord Hanuman’s dialogues even in his sleep
Best known for playing Lord Hanuman in ‘Ramayan’ (1987), Dara Singh was deeply immersed in his role. In an interview with Koimoi, His son Vindu revealed that Dara Singh used to murmur Hanuman’s dialogues in his sleep even years after the show had ended, and his mother would wake him up saying, “The show ended 10 years ago!”
Kapil Sharma gets nervous before every episode
The host of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ and ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show,’ Sharma is arguably the biggest name in Indian comedy television today. However, behind the confident on-stage persona is a man who has never once felt comfortable before the camera rolls. Bharti Singh revealed in a Pinkvilla interview that he sweats profusely backstage before every episode and approaches each show as though it were his first. Even after hundreds of episodes across multiple hit formats, the pre-show anxiety has never left him, and at this point, it likely never will.
