Moving to Hollywood is just like getting a promotion in your job in the Bollywood industry. And this time Alia Bhatt has managed to get this promotion. After making it big in the industry, Alia Bhatt is all set to enter Hollywood with Gal Gadot’s next. We all are super happy for Alia Bhatt but this is not the first time when some Bollywood actors are being roped for a meaty role in a big-budget Hollywood venture. From Priyanka Chopra to Amitabh Bachchan, a bunch of Bollywood actors have managed to land in Hollywood. Here we bring you a list of the top 10 Hollywood movies that captured the debut of Bollywood actors:
1. Amitabh Bachchan (The Great Gatsby): The whole Bollywood industry is shining with the stardom of Amitabh Bachchan, he took his charm to Hollywood when he made his global debut with The Great Gatsby. Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tommy Maguire in the lead, the movie featured Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of a Jewish gangster Meyer Wolfsheim.
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2. Irrfan Khan (The Namesake): Irrfan Khan is one of the most versatile actors in the Bollywood industry. The journey of Irrfan Khan in Hollywood started with Mira Nair’s The Name Sake in 2006. He was roped to play an Indian guy opposite Tabu. After that, he played crucial roles in movies like The Life of Pi, Jurassic World, Inferno.
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3. Priyanka Chopra (Quantico): The desi girl of Bollywood who running a full-fleshed career in Hollywood made her debut back in 2013 with thrilling TV drama titled Quantico. she has starred in multiple Hollywood movies like Baywatch, A Kid Like Jake, Isn't It Romantic, We Can Be Heroes, The Matrix Resurrections, and an upcoming romantic drama called Text for You.
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4. Dimple Kapadia (Tenet): Dimple Kapadia has quite a reputation in Bollywood she continued this reputation in Hollywood. She made her Hollywood debut with Tenet. After being a part of Christopher Nolan’s movie, she confessed it was just a dream come true for her.
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5. Naseeruddin Shah (The Great New): One of the finest Indian actors Naseeruddin Shah has been part of some fine Hollywood project. His filmography in the west includes some exceptional movies like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Great New. He also worked with Mira Nair in Monsoon Wedding.
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6. Ali Fazal: Ali may have carved a niche for himself in the industry but he was treated as an underdog for a long time in Bollywood, even after making his Hollywood debut. He made his Hollywood debut by making a special appearance in Fast and Furious 7. He recently witnessed another release of his Hollywood movie titled The Death on the Nile.
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7. Om Puri (Gandhi): Om Puri was one of the few actors whose work has traveled from Bollywood to British and Pakistani cinema. The actor was part of Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning film Gandhi. He was also part of Roland Joffe's City of Joy, Mike Nichols's Charlie Wildon's War, Michael Winterbottom Code 46, Damien O'Donnell's East Is East, and Lasse Hallström's The Hundred-Foot Journey. Puri was also paid homage at Oscar Awards 2017.
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8. Deepika Padukone (XXX): There is a reason why she is called the queen of Bollywood and this same reason helped her make her Hollywood debut in 2017 in Ven Diesel’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage. Soon after her first movie, she got roped in a movie shedding light on cross-culture love relationships.
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9. Anupam Kher (The Mistress of Spice): Anupam Kher made his Hollywood debut with the movie The Mistress of Spices, which was released in 2005. He had been a part of several other Hollywood movies like Silver Linings Playbook, Lust, and Caution, A Family Man, etc.
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10. Aishwarya rai Bachchan (The Mistress of Spices): Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made her Hollywood debut with The Mistress of Spices, which was released in the year 2005. Aishwarya has also starred in the 2007 movie The Last Legion and The Pink Panther 2, which was released in 2009.
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