Making it big in any professional field is not a cakewalk. You have to grind every day, you have to hustle every day, you have to keep reminding yourself your goal. But once in a while, you will come across a phase where you want to thrash all the success you made and go back to the bottom. And not just with you, this has happened with a number of Bollywood celebs. After receiving a lot of backlashes or because of their inner calling many Bollywood actors once decided to quit acting. Today here we bring you a list of top 8 Bollywood celebrities who once decided to quit acting:
1. Katrina Kaif: In the early phase of her career, the audience questioned her skill and criticized her for making Salman Khan making her godfather with made her take the decision of leaving her career. Once on the show Karan Johar, she revealed that she started believing what people said about her and she decided to quit and look for an alternate career. But then she did a movie which not just stopped her also made her a successful actress.
2. Aamir Khan: During the period of Covid-19, Aamir Khan decided to quit the industry before the release of Laal Singh Chadha but he stopped as he thought the audience will call it a marketing strategy. But he revealed it was his ex-wife Kiran Rao who actually convinced him that this is a stupid decision.
3. Abhishek Bachchan: In the initial days of his career, he delivered flops one after another which made him doubt his self-worth and decision of entering the industry. And soon he made up his mind to quit acting. But as soon he told his father about his decision he scolded him motivated him to make a comeback and the rest is history.
4. Hrithik Roshan: Nor inner calling nor self-doubt but it was his serious injury on the set of Jodha Akbar, that made him think about quitting acting. The actor had told PTI, Before beginning shooting for Kites, I was trying to get my knee treated and doctors said it will not be able to function. I was heartbroken and was even contemplating an alternative career.
5. Sanjay Mishra: In an interview, Sanjay once revealed that he was not able to make his place in the industry and during his struggle his father expired. The news of his demise made him leave the industry and work at Dhabba at pay wage of 150 rs. It was only after Rohit Shetty called him up and offered a role in a film that he decided to come back to Bollywood.
6. Raj Arjun: In one of the interviews, Thalaivii star Raj Arjun had spoken up on how he was fed up with people considering him as two scene actor. He mentioned that he was leagues ahead of his peers yet he did not get roles best suited to him. I lost everything while asking for work. I don’t like asking for any favour in life from anyone.
7. Dino Morea: The model-turned-actor, Dino Morea ventured into Bollywood and gave his debut in 1999, with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. He featured in a few movies and decided to quit the industry. After that he opened a café named Crepe Station cafe in Mumbai. But he recently made his comeback with Hotstar’s The Empire.
8. Shilpa Shetty: Shilpa Shetty was a well-known model before she came to Bollywood and after giving several hits at the box office with movies like Baazigar, Dhadkan, Maine Khiladi Tu Anari etc. she also achieved international fame and landed in British reality TV show, Big Brother 5. Eventually, she wasn't seen on the silver screen and started working as a judge on reality shows and she also co-owns an IPL Team.
