Micky Makhija

Some Lesser Known Facts About Micky Makhija

• Micky Makhija is an Indian actor who has worked in several Bollywood films including My Name Is Khan (2010), Krrish 3 (2013), and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015)

• When he was two years old, his mother was travelling with him to Calcutta when they met a Punjabi man who joked and remarked, “Why do you have such a long name (Mukesh) for a young kid, you should rename him Micky.” Later, his parents changed his name to Micky. ^[2]YouTube – Join Films

  

• Micky Makhija belongs to a business family.

• His elder brother was once at the bus stop when a stranger asked him if he wanted to become a model. His brother refused and told the stranger that he should ask his younger brother, Micky, about the same; Micky accepted the offer.

• While giving an interview, Micky expressed his desire to act in Hollywood.

• Micky Makhija is the chairman of the Squash Committee at Otters club in Mumbai. He has also worked as a personal fitness trainer and a sports nutritionist at the American Muscle & Fitness Personal Training.

• Micky Makhija has appeared on two TV shows titled Anywhere Anytime Fitness and Marathon Managers on CNBC.

• In an interview, Micky Makhija said that sometimes he regrets why he didn’t get into the acting industry sooner.

• He is fluent in the Gujarati language.

• Micky consumes alcoholic beverages occasionally.

  

• In an interview, while talking about the types of roles he would not like to play, Micky said that he won’t play the role of a mythological character.

• Micky often raises his voice against animal cruelty and campaigns for it on various social media platforms.

•  In an interview, Micky revealed that he is claustrophobic, which was triggered when the makeup artists inserted cotton in his nostrils as a result of which he could not breathe during the shooting of the film Shoonya.

• Micky appeared in several Bollywood films including Rock On!! (2008), Dil Kabaddi (2008), Shah Rukh Khan‘s starrer My Name Is Khan (2010), When Harry Tries to Marry (2011), Luv Ka The End (2011), and A Thursday (2022).

• In 2013, Micky acted in the Hindi films I, Me aur Main and Ramaiya Vastavaiya.

• In 2020, Makhija played the character of a solicitor general in the Bollywood film Chhapaak.

  

• He has appeared in many popular Telugu films including Eega (2012) in which he played the role of a businessman.

  

• Makhija is known for his performances in many short films including Food for Thought which premiered on 15 April 2020 on ZEE5.

  

• In 2021, Micky Makhija appeared on FilterCopy’s short video ‘What Dads Say vs. What They Mean’ along with Anant Kaushik.

• In 2021, Micky was cast by director Punit Malhotra in the music video of the Hindi song ‘Aaj Sajeya’ sung by Goldie Sohel.

  

• In 2010, Micky worked in a TV series titled Rishta.com in which he played the role of Ashok Mirchandani.

• In 2012, he appeared in the crime TV show ‘Savdhaan India: Crime Alert’ on Star TV. In 2014, he played the role of Subodh Pradhan in ‘Adaalat,’ which premiered on Sony Entertainment Television.

  

• In 2014, he voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[3]The Times of India

• In 2015, Mickey played the role of Avinash Khurana in the TV show Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan, which premiered on MTV India.

• Micky Makhija appeared as a police commissioner in ‘The Casino’ (2020) on ZEE5 and ‘Miya Biwi Aur Murder’ (2022) on MX Player.

• Micky has appeared in many TV commercials including TATA Indigo CS, ‘Dr. Fixit alongside Amitabh Bachchan, OLX, Mountain Dew, RealMe, ayurvedic products, fitness health oil, YAMAHA bikes, Fru candy, and Monte Carlo.