Top Bollywood Stars Who Did Odd Jobs Before They Got The Fame

Bollywood is all about fame, beauty, glamor, money. But not all the stars were born in a healthy and reputed family. Few of them had struggled with different other jobs before they came to the big screen. They left no stone unturned to achieve their goal. They tried hard and built their road to success. They got the breakthrough not because of their family reputation but because of their passion and hard work. Some of them are listed below:

1. Boman Irani Boman Irani is a well known name today in the Boll >> Read More...

Boman Irani is one of the versatile actors of Bollywood. He is capable of doing strong as well comic characters. Everybody is aware of his acting skills, but very few of us know that he used to be a waiter and room service attendant in Taj Mahal Palace hotel at Mumbai. He also used to help his mother in their ancestral bakery shop.

2. Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffa >> Read More...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, an actor who can act almost every possible character, was born in a farmer’s family in Uttar Pradesh. Nawaz worked as a chemist in U.P. Then he moved to Delhi and worked as a watchman to gather the fees to join National school of drama. Then he got the chance on the big screen and amazed all of us with his acting skills.

3. Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and hi >> Read More...

Akshay Kumar worked as a waiter at a local restaurant in Bangkok. He used to wash dishes there and later became a chef. After returning Mumbai, he joined modeling and eventually got the break and we got our Khiladi star.

4. Rajinikanth 'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in >> Read More...

Rajinikanth, the ‘thaliva’ of film industry had a very rough path to the big screen. He was a bus conductor in Bangalore Transport Service and also worked as a coolie and even as a carpenter. Then he started doing small stage plays and also acted for small theaters. Then he finally got the chance in Tamil film industry.

5. Rayesh Omprakash Mehra

This famous director did many odd jobs during his struggling days. He worked as a salesman of the vacuum cleaner of a company named Eureka Forbes. He also worked as a spot boy and tea server on film sets. Then he did some short films and finally got the chance to direct ‘rang de Basanti’.

6. Arshad Warsi Arshad Warsi is most popular for his role as Circu >> Read More...

This famous comedian of Bollywood worked as a door to door salesman. After he entered as an assistant at a photo lab. Later he joined a dance team and worked as a choreographer also. Then he was offered his first major break by Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... .

7. Randeep Hooda The strong macho image of Randeep Hooda graces the >> Read More...

Randeep Hooda worked as a waiter at a Chinese restaurant in Australia. He also worked as a driver there. Then he returned Mumbai and worked in small theaters and plays. Thus he made his success by himself.

8. Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More...

This veteran actor worked as a clerk in censor board, where his monthly income used to be Rs.165. Then he joined his brother’s theater and acted some small roles. He started his career in big screen by doing ‘hum ek hein’.

9. Jackie Shroff Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood act >> Read More...

This several awards winning star began his career as ticketing assistant with a travel agency named Trade-wings. He tried very hard to get a role in cinema. Finally, he got his role in ‘Swami Dada’.in 1983.

10. Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More...

Shah Rukh Khan came from an indigent family and struggled a lot to mount the peak of success. He started doing small roles in small television. He slept on roads near the Oberoi hotel as he hadn’t that much of money to rent a room. And now he has fame all over the world. He is the ‘Bad Shah’ of Bollywood.