Bollywood Stars’ Strange Phobias

By Grinell Jacinto June 15, 2021 From Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas Fearing Horses To Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif’s ‘Roaches & Lizards’ Fear – Bollywood Stars’ Strange Phobias

[{"selector":"#anim-175c7769-d544-407f-9228-fbd68e849b78","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Despite riding horses in several films, Shah Rukh Khan fears these majestic beasts, aka he has Equinophobia.

[{"selector":"#anim-43489696-2055-4f14-b18d-38ff14d8c8b1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The actress keeps a distance from them as she has Ophidiophobia – a phobia of these slithering creatures.

[{"selector":"#anim-fd943be8-7fdb-45cf-bb66-c7efb4312e47","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The industry’s bhaijaan suffers from Cleithrophobia, aka the fear of being trapped. His phobia manifests itself while the Dabangg actor has to travel in elevators.

[{"selector":"#anim-0f8e9687-6d83-4925-9a75-38f4482a97b1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Katrina Kaif has two fears – Herpetophobia, aka the fear of lizards and Lycopersicoaphobia, aka the fear of tomatoes.

[{"selector":"#anim-3ca7f77e-e347-4ad0-b95a-649cd3313aa6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The Masaan actor can win our heart on screen and off the screen, but he will stay miles away from sources of water. This is because Vicky Kaushal suffers from Aquaphobia

[{"selector":"#anim-1e7b34e0-acf3-475b-a8a9-b883af61187c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] This young superstar of Bollywood has Nyctophobia – the fear of darkness.

[{"selector":"#anim-a4c0ade9-4797-4f16-9fdf-523ad4a28ce2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The Rockstar actor has Katsaridaphobia, which is the fear of cockroaches. Not just that, this Bollywood heartthrob also had arachnophobia or a fear of spiders

[{"selector":"#anim-39e20ed9-6386-4a1f-bc02-a1eea71d25ad","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Bollywood’s fashionista, Sonam Kapoor, has two phobias – Cleithrophobia & Claustrophobia.

[{"selector":"#anim-9f0b9c6e-be3b-4480-be49-014852097036","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Well, AB Junior has a fear of fruits, so much so that he has apparently never eaten a fruit in his life. Who other has a phobia of fruits?

[{"selector":"#anim-fc7b3080-1641-4ab1-a720-18c948b43553","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Vidya has Ailurophobia, that is, she fears cats. Does this mean we may never see a cat alongside the Tumhari Sulu actress on the silver screen?

[{"selector":"#anim-a6dee34f-a1a6-49bc-b38c-680b1b5e7edf","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] As per reports, this Bollywood hunk has Aanemistiraphobia – that is, he fears ceiling (in his case) fans of Ceiling Fans. Isn’t that strange?

[{"selector":"#anim-54d22b82-5210-4d52-9f23-3bb2c0cd7593","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Just like Shah Rukh Khan, PeeCee too fears horses and avoids going anywhere near the majestic animal.