The showbiz world of the Bollywood industry works only on one principle and that is ‘if you can't fit in, you can’t live in'. But the truth is finding a way inside the tinsel town is harder than surviving in it. While some use their parents’ legacy to enter the industry, some step in with their own destiny and skills. There have been a number of prominent Bollywood actors who started their Bollywood journey as assistant directors or dancers who show off their moves in the back of the lead actors. Here we bring you a list of the top 10 Bollywood actors who started their careers as background dancers:
1. Shahid Kapoor: Despite being the son of Bollywood’s veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor kick-started his career as a struggler. Being a skinny kid he only got chances in local advertisements and small music videos. The actor can be seen as a background dancer. He can be seen rocking the stage in movies like ‘Taal’ and Dil Toh Paagal Hai.
2. Dia Mirza: Before being crowned as Miss Asia Pacific in 2000, Dia Mirza tried her luck in Bollywood but as a background dancer. She can be seen in the 1999 Tamil film 'En Swasa Kaatre', in a song titled Jhumbalaka.
3. Sushant Singh Rajput: We all are aware of the heart-taking moves of Sushant Singh Rajput but many few of us know where he got them from. Before garnering their name with his performance in Pavitra Rishta, he performed as a background dancer as part of Shiamak Davar's dance company. He also performed in the background of Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom.
4. Deepika Padukone: The actress who is currently ruling the Bollywood industry started her career with her modeling and ad stints. But very few of us know that she also starred in music videos.
5. Daisy Shah: Remember Salman Khan's film 'Tere Naam'? The one that inspired numerous young men to don Salman's look from the film. Well, the song 'Lagan Lagi' features Daisy Shah shaking a leg with Salman Khan. She was a well-known background dancer before she made her acting debut.
6. Ranveer Singh: The energetic actor of the industry has garnered applauds for his dancing moves. With the power of his dance moves, he started his career as a background dancer of the song Bole Chudiyan in K3G.
7. Arshad Warsi: A popular comic actor, he worked as a choreographer in the industry initially. However, he also performed as a background dancer a few times, like in the song titled Help Me from 'Aag Se Khelenge'.
8. Sajid Khan: Interestingly, Arshad wasn’t the only one dancing in the song ‘Help Me’ Sajid Khan was also right there with him! In fact he was the one who shared this little fact with everyone.
9. Kajal Agrawal: Kajal Agrawal, whose popularity is on sky seven right now can be seen dancing beside Aishwarya Rai in the movie Kyon Ho Gaya in a song called Uljhane.
10. Farah Khan: Famous choreographer turned director, Farah Khan, was a backdrop dancer in the film Sadaa Suhagan back in 1986. The song was Govinda’s Hum Hain Naujawan.
