The Bollywood film fraternity is currently ruling the global cinematic space, which gives it the power of attracting many fresh faces like a magnet. While the industry is flooded with fresh faces who travel from lands far away with wide-eyed dreams of making it big in Bollywood, some renowned faces left the industry due to various reasons. There is a saying that the graph of an actor is the only career graph that is non-linear and completely unpredictable, and some Bollywood actors proving it right, who quitted their acting career after earning the limelight with their blood and sweat. Here is a list of Top 8 such Bollywood actors who voluntarily left their Bollywood career:
1. Sahil Khan: Sahil Khan needs no introduction when it comes to the bodybuilding industry. Inspiration of millions of fitness freak made his Bollywood debut with Style in 2001. Soon after winning the limelight with his performance in Tarzan he made a premature exit from the movies and started his own chain of gyms and fitness training centers.
2. Twinkle Khanna: The heartbeat of millions of hearts in the 90s, left his career while it was on its peak to run her family and fulfill her responsibility as a housewife. Now popularly known as Mrs. Funnybones, she has a thriving career as an author, newspaper columnist, film producer, and interior designer.
3. Dino Morea: Dino came out as a charming and dashing guy with his very first movie. He entered Bollywood with his film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, which failed to create a buzz at the box office. However, his career later seemed to fizzle out and although he has made a couple of appearances in movies in the past few years, now he is successfully running the chain of restaurants and café in Mumbai.
4. Soha Ali Khan: The real-life princess of Bollywood doesn’t ever felt a need to entering Bollywood but she eventually did. The highly-educated actress made her foray into Bollywood in the 2004 film Dil Maange More and later went on to star in Rang De Basanti, Khoya Khoya Chand, and 99. She took the break from her career after she tied the knot with actor Kunal Khemmu.
5. Priety Zinta: This dimpled beauty made her acting debut with Dil Se and won over the hearts of the industry. Preity was later bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and she is now the co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab since 2008, and the owner of the South-African T20 Global League cricket team Stellenbosch Kings since 2017.
6. Mayoori Kango: The actress starred in popular movies including Papa Kehte Hain, Betaabi, Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet, Badal, and Papa the Great, but later decided to quit the world of glitz and glamour. She married NRI Aditya Dhillon in December 2001 and shifted to the US, pursuing an MBA in marketing and finance. Currently, she has joined Google India as its Industry Head.
7. Kim Sharma: The Mohabbatein actress had not succeeded in films even after a hit debut. She has last seen a film called Taj Mahal: The Eternal Love Story and then she got married and opened a bridal grooming studio called Liaison.
8. Mandakini: Best remembered for her role in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, she quit acting post-1996 and was last seen in a film called Zordaar. She took up the job of training Tibetan yoga in Mumbai.
