7 Radio Jockeys Turned Bollywood Actors!

We see Bollywood brimming with talent with actors who hail from all sorts of backdrops. So many of them have struggled their way to fame while others simply made themselves famous in another field before taking the silver screen by storm. Take for example these actors who have an impressive voice and were popular radio jockeys much before they took up a career in Bollywood!

Ayushmann Khurrana – The Vicky Donar actor started his career at the young age of 17 and became successful pretty quickly after he became a Radio Jockey with BIG FM in New Delhi. He hosted Big Chai – Maan Na Maan and then Main Tera Ayushmann on the channel before he became a VJ on MTV!

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Aparshakti Khurana – Like his big brother, Aparshakti, who made his Bollywood debut in Aamir Khan starrer Dangal in 2016, was also a radio jockey with BIG FM in Delhi. He isa man of many talents and has also played cricket for the under 19 Haryana Team and was also active in theatre.

Manish Paul – The ace TV host and also a Bollywood actor now, Manish started off as a small time TV host while he was also a RJ with Radio City Mumbai where he used to host the morning show Kasakai Mumbai.

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Mantra – He has spent over a decade as an RJ in various FM channels. He started off in 2000 with Radio Mirchi and got his acting break in Bollywood with the 2009 film Tum Mile. He is also a popular TV presenter and has done comedy shows as well.

Neil Bhoopalam – The actor who starred opposite Anushka Sharma in NH 10 and has also done other films like No One Killed Jessica, Shaitan, and  David, was a radio jockey at the onset of his career, while he was still graduating. He eventually took up theater and then got into the movie business.

Source: indiatoday

Sunil Dutt  - Before he rode the highs of Bollywood success, Sunil Dutt was a radio presenter from Radio Ceylon. He even got the opportunity to interview Dilip Kumar and Shammi Kapoor as an RJ.

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Saeed Jaffery – The veteran Bollywood actor was hired as a All India Radio announcer because of his fluency in multiple languages. He worked for the External Service of A.I.R for a slalary of Rs. 250 per month!

Amitabh Bachchan wanted to be a radio presenter but was rejected because of his heavy voice! Well Bollywood truely gained a lot from radio!!