9 Bollywood Celebrities Who Ditched Government Jobs To Become Actors!

Government jobs are what every individual might aspire to given the security and comfort of government facilities. But what we think of when saying this are the white collar jobs that give can actually provide for the reassure we are looking for. None the less government jobs are golden!! Here are Bollywood celebrities who were once on the government payroll but risked a career in acting and made it big in the entertainment industry!

Shivaji Satam – ACP Pradyuman and his kuch toh gadbad hai avatar once sat in the Central Bank Of India’s Cashier desk.  Shivaji had a nag for theatre even while he worked there and it eventually led him the starry world of the entertainment industry!

Source: indiatimes.com

Amrish Puri – Mogambo might have made a mark of himself as a distinguished actor in the industry, but he too had failed screen tests in his struggle days! The actor was fortunate enough to land a job at the Employee’s State Insurance Corporation Of India, but we are glad he never gave up him dream to act!

Johnny Walker – On of the finest talents that Mr. Guru Dutt gifted the industry, Johnny Walker was earlier a bus conductor for BEST in Mumbai!

Dilip Kumar – One of the most celebrated talents the industry has seen, the tragedy king of Bollywood once ran a military canteen in Aundh Pune!

Balraj Sahni – The veteran actor made quite a career shift from being a professor to an actor! He taught at the Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Bengal. Even his wife taught at the same institution.

Amol Palekar – The Golmaal actor also made a head spinning twist to his career when he shifted base from a bank job at Bank Of India to Bollywood!

Source: chiloka.com

Raaj Kumar – Seeing his acting talent is would be pretty difficult to place him in the shoes of a sub-inspector in the Mumbai Police, but it’s indeed true! We couldn’t be happier that he ditched that to be the marvel we all loved!

Source: santabanta.com

Dev Anand - Shri Dharam Devdutt Pishorimal Anand or Dev Anand as we know and love him as, was once a Censor Board clerk in Mumbai. But when films called to him we are happy that he took up the opportunity!

Rajinikanth – Thalivaa might have collected tickets as a bus conductor for the Bangalore Transport Service but now people die for tickets to the first shows of his films. He is quite literally worshipped by his fans and has become a religion in films!

Interesting isn’t it? How films can change lives forever!!