Since childhood, Everyone in India is fed up with hearing study hard and get any government job because of the security and comfort of the government job. But getting any government job is not that easy nowadays. but there are some people who turn them down to pursue their passion. Yes, today we’re talking about seven celebs who gave up their government payroll but risked a career in acting and made it big in the entertainment industry!
Check out 7 Bollywood celebs who gave up their government jobs to become actors
1) Shivaji Satam
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Can you just imagine this man sitting on the counter of the Central Bank Of India’s Cashier desk? since childhood, Shivaji had a talent for acting and he joined theatre despite being a government employee and soon made the switch to being a full-time actor.
2) Amrish Puri
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Amrish Puri was fortunate enough to land a job at the Employee’s State Insurance Corporation Of India, but we are glad he never gave up his dream to act and we got such a talented actor.
3) Dilip Kumar
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One of Bollywood’s most celebrated talents, Dilip Kumar once ran a military canteen in Aundh Pune and then decided he wanted to be an actor. Then his life changed.
4) Raaj Kumar
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The supremely talented and dashing Raaj Kumar was a sub-inspector in the Mumbai Police before making his way into the film industry.
5) Dev Anand
Before starting his immensely successful film career, Dev Anand was once a Censor Board clerk in Mumbai. But when films called to him we are happy that he took up the opportunity!
6) Rajinikanth
South India’s very own god of acting Rajinikanth was once collecting tickets as a bus conductor for the Bangalore Transport Service, but life had other plans for him. He made the switch to becoming an actor and the rest, as they say, is history.
7) Amol Palekar
He was famous from Golmaal and then done many Bollywood movies. He shifted from a bank job at Bank Of India back then.