21 Bollywood Celebs Who Are School/College Drop-Outs!
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- Authors: Zinia Bandyopadhyay (Editorial Team)
Education is an important part of one's life. Schools and colleges are deemed as very important parts of our lives. But equally important is one's career which gives practical exposure and real problems to deal with!
Whether education is more important than career is a debatable question. But the real dilemma comes up when one has to choose between education and career.
We have a number of Bollywood celebs who have more often that not face this dilemma. Here are the names of 21 celebs who chose their career over their education and dropped out of school/college:
- 1/21
Sushant Singh Rajput
No one thought that a 7th rank holder in AIEEE would suddenly leave his dream engineering degree to pursue acting! Added to that, he was a National Olympiad winner in Physics and wwas studying at the Delhi College Of Engineering! Yes, Sushant left what many students dream of, to pursue acting! He was later given an honorary degree!
Source : ibtimes - 2/21
Katrina Kaif
Katrina had to move from one country to another very frequently, since her mother had dedicated her life to social causes. As a result, she could never continue in a school. She left everything and started modelling at the age of 14!
Source : indiatv - 3/21
Arjun Kapoor
Remember AIB Roast? Yes, Arjun had dropped out of school because he was poor in studies! He lost weight so that he could join the industry!
Source : indiatv - 4/21
Kajol
She got an opportunity to star in films at the age of 16! Though she wanted to return to school after the wrap up, offers came pouring in and she could never return back to school! But she is an avid reader!
Source : indiatv - 5/21
Karishma Kapoor
She dropped out of school when she was in the 6th grade to focus on acting!
Source : indiatv - 6/21
Kareena Kapoor Khan
She was first studying commerce from Mithibai College! Then she joined Government Law College to study law! She dropped out a year later to pursue acting!
Source : idiva - 7/21
Akshay Kumar
The Khiladi left his college studies and learnt martial arts instead! He later also became a martial art teacher!
Source : idiva - 8/21
Alia Bhatt
After her +2, Alia decided to focus on acting. So she rather visited sets to learn acting and film-making techniques than enroll herself in a college.
Source : idiva - 9/21
Deepika Padukone
She enrolled in Mount Carmel Bangalore but had to discontinue college to focus on her modelling career. Later she had enrolled herself in IGNOU, but could not continue that either, thanks to her busy schedule.
Source : idiva - 10/21
Pulkit Samrat
Within five months of his advertising course at Apeejay Institute of Design, Pulkit received a modelling assignment. He left his course and shifted base to Mumbai!
- 11/21
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha was studying psychology at Boston University when she was offerred a role in Teen Patti! She left studies to act in the film!
- 12/21
Tiger Shroff
Shraddha's classmate from school, Tiger left studies after 12th standard to focus on acting!
- 13/21
Aamir Khan
The actor struggled with studies in his school days. At the age of 16, he acted in a silent film Paranoia, and that gave him hopes and happiness. He continued with films thereafter.
Source : idiva - 14/21
Salman Khan
Bhaijaan never even thought of attending college after school and directly tried his luck in Bollywood!
- 15/21
Kangana Ranaut
She lost interest in studies when she failed in Chemistry in 12th standard. She gave up her preparation for All India Pre Medical Exams and ran to Mumbai to become an actress!
Source : indiatv - 16/21
Prateik Babbar
He left studies at the age of 16 to assist advertisement guru Prahlad Kakkar in an assignment!
- 17/21
Sonam Kapoor
She left her undergraduate degree in literature to join Bollywood! She still regrets her decision!
- 18/21
Priyanka Chopra
The actress joined Jai Hind College but left in a year to be a successful model!
Source : idiva - 19/21
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Even Aish left her graduation at Jai Hind College to compete in modelling competitions!
Source : idiva - 20/21
Yami Gautam
She joined the Law College at Punjab University and was also preparing for civil service examination when she suddenly left everything to pursue a career in acting!
- 21/21
Bipasha Basu
The Bong beauty enrolled herself in Bhawanipur Education Society, but could not finish college due to her modelling asssignments!
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