Now-a-days, a new trend is seen where Bollywood celebrities appear on small screen. Many of them do as a guest appearance in daily soaps; mainly for promoting their upcoming movies. Some other stars like Anil Kapoor star in a TV serial itself. But do you know that there are many Bollywood celebrities who started their career on small screen? Here is a list of some of famous Bollywood celebrities that you didn’t know that appeared first on TV.
1. Shahrukh Khan: There’s no surprise that SRK’s name came first in the Bollywood celebrities who started on TV first. Many of you must be knowing that he started his career with serials like Fauji and Circus before he became the Badshah of Bollywood.
2. Irfan Khan: Surprised? Many people don’t even remember in which all TV serials we saw this brilliant star acting. Irfan Khan started off by doing roles in serials like Chanakya, Chandrakanta, Bharata Ek Khoj, Banegi Apni Baat, Sara Jahan Hamara and Sparsh.
3. Vidya Balan: You saw this coming, right? Vidya Balan started quite late in Bollywood as compared to the actresses of her genre. She acted in one of the famous sitcom n Zee, ‘Hum Paanch’ before she became of the names in Bollywood celebrities. She played the character of Radhika in the serial. After that she was seen in music videos like that of Euphoria and some commercial ads.
4. Prachi Desai: Prachi Desai was the finding of TV honcho Ekta Kapoor. She started her career with Balaji Telefilm’s popular daily soap, ‘Kasam Se’ where she played the role of Bani. Well, it was certainly a heavy role of the eldest of the 5 sisters for this delicate girl, but she played it very well. Very soon, Prachi got a Bollywood break and appeared in movies like Once Upon A Time In Mumbai and Rock-On.
5. Aditya Roy Kapoor: One of the cutest Bollywood celebrities is Aditya Roy Kapoor, who acted in many movies like London Dreams, Action Replayy and Guzarish before he became a household name after Ashiqui 2. He started as a VJ on Channel V.
6. Pankaj Kapoor: People often think that Pankaj Kapoor always being a Bollywood celebrity. However, this superbly talented actor actually started his acting career with famous TV series such as B.A.L.L.B, Karamchand, Wah Bhai Wah, Panchvan Savaar, Sahabji Biwiji Ghulamji, Albert’s Bridge and Kanak Di Balli. He started his Bollywood career with the movie Arohan.
7. R. Madhavan: Not many people remember Madhavan’s role in serials like Banegi Apni Baat, Sea Hawks and Ghar Jamai.
Apart from these Bollywood celebrities, there are many other actors and actresses who started their careers on TV. These include, Sushant Singh Rajput, Yami Gautam, Ayushman Khurrana, Manish Paul, Gracy Singh, Rajeev Khandelwal, Mandira Bedi, Pulkit Samrat and Shahid Kapoor.
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