8 Bollywood Celebrities Who Were Discovered By Chance

Getting into Bollywood and getting recognized is nothing like a cakewalk. This includes a lot of struggle. Every day, people in hundreds come to the City of Dreams, Mumbai- with just one hope to get into this industry, but not everyone gets successful, many have to return back with the shattered dreams. But, sometimes you just need to be lucky and get recognized by someone who can see your true talent.

Here are some of your favorite celebrities who got lucky and made Bollywood even grand!

1. Kangana Ranaut

Known as the “Queen of Bollywood”, Kangana Ranaut was spotted by director Anurag Basu at a coffee shop in Mumbai. He liked her instantly and offered her a role in the movie Gangster. The movie was a super hit and people loved her acting and this way we got our “Queen of Bollywood”. She was even awarded as Film fare Award for Best Female Debut for the same movie. Her intense expressions in this movie and others as well made her win National awards too.

2. Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal has a very sharp features and was well-built, he was spotted in a discotheque by one of the Bollywood ace designer, Rohit Bahl. Rohit suggested him to try modeling because of his sharp features and body and the rest is history. We all know how excel he is in his work and there was no looking back. When he entered into Bollywood industry, he worked in many movies and was awarded the National and Filmfare award for the best supporting actor for the movie Rock On.

3. Akshay Kumar

An actor with no haters- Akshay Kumar, he worked as a waiter and then as a cook as well in Bangkok. After returning back to India, he was teaching martial arts, and was also into photography. One of his photographer friends suggested him to try modeling but unfortunately, he missed a flight to Bangalore for a modeling assignment. He started approaching all the studios and the very same day he got a film and that was it. We got our one of the finest action heroes in Bollywood. He is known as the stunt actor and has done a number of movies based on stunts and even a television show Khatron K Khiladi.

4. Bipasha Basu

Bipasha was also suggested modeling the same as Arjun Rampal by a supermodel and Arjun Rampal’s wife Mehr Jessia in the year 1996. Mehr saw her in some hotel in Kolkata and suggested her to try her hands in modeling and we can see the result how far has she come. Bipasha even tried many movies and got the Filmfare for best debut for the movie Ajnabee.

5. Bhumi Pednekar

The very talented actress was working as an assistant to Shaano Sharma at Yash Raj Films for more than 6 years. Many times she gave auditioned, and one day, out of her luck the recording landed at Aditya Chopra’s desk and he signed her for Dum Laga k Haisha, and we all know what super hit movie that was. People went all gaga on her acting and she has won several awards for that movie and many more.

6. Parineeti Chopra

Working with Yash Raj Films, In Public Relations Department, Parineeti was caught in the eye of director Maneesh Sharma and he immediately signed her for Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. Her performance was good enough to make herself a known actress in Bollywood. She has done some award-winning movies and even got the best debut female for the movie Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl.

7. Jeetendra

Jeetendra’s family was into the business of imitation jewelry without any Bollywood background. One day he went to supply some pieces of jewelry to V Shantaram and he immediately liked him and casted him as actor Sandhya’s body double in the movie Navrang. From that day Jeetendra followed the same path and now he is known as the superstar.

8. Madhuri Dixit

Who does not remember Madhuri’s dance number on Ek, do, teen….? She has set the silver screen on fire with that one particular number and made the whole world her crazy fans. She was approached by a film producer at the age of fifteen after seeing her dance but her parents were completely against the idea of pursuing her career in acting. Later her sister’s friend saw her and she was offered by Barjatya’s and the industry got one of the finest and talented actress we all adore and love.

Though it was their luck who got them into the industry their dedication and hard work proved that they were all worth what they are today. All the awards they won and fans they have now are the proof, hard work pays off and it is not at all a cakewalk. The struggle is everywhere.