A blog for actors or actresses who rose from poverty to make millions
King Khan aka Shahrukh Khan (SRK), though born in an affluent family lost everything after his father’s death and after her mother’s demise, he went into depression. However, to support his family, he started acting on Doordarshan and hosted a show for which he was paid Rs 50! Later he did TV serials like Circus, Dil Dariya, Fauji, etc. Eventually,…
Jackie Shroff lived in a single room in a chawl at Teen Batti, Walkeshwar in South Mumbai. His mother used to sell utensils and sarees to make a living. To support his mother, Jackie left education after class X and did many odd jobs like a salesman, a waiter at Taj Hotel and even a flight attended at Air India.…
Amitabh Bachchan, who won the coveted title of ‘Star of the Millennium’ and snatched the title of Superstar from actor Rajesh Khanna in the 70’s faced many rejections and humiliation before winning stardom. He was first rejected by AIR (All India Radio) when he tried to become an RJ. He was discarded and humiliated for his thin and tall appearance.…
In the ’60s a young man called Dharam Singh Deol aka Dharmendra got so crazy over Bollywood star Dilip Kumar that he ran away from his small village Nasrali, in Ludhiana district, Punjab to become a film star in Mumbai. Fortunately, he won the Filmfare talent haunt contest and was selected for a film but alas the film was never…
‘Nightingale’ of Indian cinema Lata Mangeshkar underwent a childhood that was packed with hardship, misery and struggle. At an age when children go to school, she had to work as ‘extra’ in Hindi and Marathi films after the demise of her father Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar. Lata Mangeshkar was the eldest in the family hence she took the responsibility of her…
Khudi ko kar buland itna, Ki har taqdeer se pehle, Khuda bande se khud, Poochey bata teri, Raza kya hai??? Eminent poet Allama Iqbal, who wrote the patriotic song Sare Jahan Se Accha…. has written the above inspirational verse that means – A man should raise himself to such dizzy heights that before writing his destiny God would ask you;…