Actors Who Gave Up Their Lucrative Jobs To Try Their Luck In Film Industry!

2. Vicky Kaushal

The young and talented actor Vicky Kaushal graduated as an electronics and telecommunications engineer in 2009. He had job offers during the campus interview and was selected in reputed firm but as he aspired to become an actor, he refused the job offer and got involved with theatre. He joined an acting workshop under Kishore Namit Kapoor. He went on to do roles in films like Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Bombay Velvet. In 2010, he assisted Anurag Kashyap on the two-part film Gangs of Wasseypur. Neeraj Ghaywan was also one of the assistant directors in the film. When Neeraj began to work on his film Masaan, Kaushal too was called for an audition and bagged a role in Masaan which won many accolades by everyone.