Bollywood film fraternity is no different from any other professional industry. Just like many other industries, the children or the star kids of the industry follows the footstep and legacy of their parents and pursue the same career path. The arrival of the star kids in the industry doesn’t mean the show biz world of Bollywood is allergic to outsiders. In fact, there have been many success stories in the industry where people who have made it large with hard work and perseverance, don’t have any hand of godfather on their head. Here is the list of the top 10 Bollywood outsiders who made it big in the industry
1. Priyanka Chopra: The international star Priyanka Chopra, herself revealed that she never dreamed that she will win the most prestigious beauty pageant one day and conquer every milestone in her career. Her initial films were critical and commercial failures until Andaaz came along.
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2. Akshay Kumar: Rajiv Bhatia to Akshay Kumar, the Khiladi Kumar became the inspiration for many eyes who dared to dream. We all are aware of the fact that he was a cook and waiter at a hotel in Thailand and worked his sweat off to enter Bollywood and that’s what impresses us the most.
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3. Kangana Ranaut: Kangana is one of the most initial actors who talked about nepotism because she proudly says that she made it big in the industry with the push of any godfather. She ran away from home to Mumbai at the age of 16. She auditioned for Gangster but was rejected for being too young but she didn’t stop there and kept working.
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4. Sushant Singh Rajput: Sushant struggled in his initial days and then landed a role in Ekta Kapoor’s soap opera Pavitra Rishta. However, he quit the show because he wanted to try out his luck in Bollywood. After struggling for long and working at various coffee shops, Kai Po Che happened.
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5. Ayushmann Khurana: Ayushmaan started his career at the age of 17 a reality show on channel VPopStars in 2002. He kept grinding his blood off and hosted many shows and then finally Vicky Donor happened.
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6. Vidya Balan: Vidya was offered a Malayalam film opposite Mohanlal which led to 12 more films down South. However, the movie stalled and she was labeled ‘jinxed’ and got kicked out of all 12 movies. She was then cast by Pradeep Sarkar in one of Euphoria’s music videos which got her Parineeta. She was also in Ekta Kapoor’s Hum Paanch.
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7. Sidharth Malhotra: Sidharth was serious about his career in modeling from the start. Luckily he got a chance to work as assistant director in Shahrukh Khan’s My Name is Khan where he was noticed and signed by Karan Johar for Student of the year.
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8. Anushka Sharma: Anushka was enjoying her career as a model when her manager told her to audition for Bollywood. She then auditioned for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi without knowing that it was a YRF film. Aditya Chopra loved her confidence and roped her in.
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9. Deepika Padukone: For the uninitiated, Deepika played badminton at a national level (her father is a badminton player too). She was told by her friends to take up modeling. That’s how she moved to Mumbai and landed Himesh Reshammiya’s music video. This is when Farah Khan signed her for Om Shanti Om.
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10. Shahrukh Khan: The journey from being an ordinary Delhi boy who wants to join the Indian army to be the king of Bollywood has been amazing for the Badshah. Shahrukh made his on-screen debut with a TV show and the rest is history.
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