This man taught kids Quran in madarsa, fought family to enter Bollywood, has more hits than Shah Rukh, Salman, Aamir

Mohammed Umer Mukri went from being a cleric in a madarsa to the top comedian in Bollywood Over the years, religion and cinema have often been at loggerheads, largely because the latter is considered more frivolous by most. So, it is quite uncommon to see those devoutly religious and working as religious teachers to suddenly…

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Meet director, who studied at IIT Bombay, quit high-paying job to enter Bollywood, made India’s highest-grossing film

Filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari is an IIT Bombay graduate. He quit as the chief creative officer from the advertising company Leo Burnett to make films. He directed Aamir Khan-starrer India’s highest-grossing film Dangal. Tiwari’s next film is the much-awaited Ramayana starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash. India’s highest-grossing film is the 2016 biographical sports drama Dangal. Aamir…

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Meet actor, who quit CA exams to enter Bollywood, then made award-winning debut, but got ‘blacklisted’ because…

Siddhant Chaturvedi quit his CA final exams to enter Bollywood and then made award-winning film debut with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in Gully Boy. The actor recently revealed that he was ‘blacklisted’ in the casting circuit for rejecting Brahmastra. From Alia Bhatt and Aamir Khan to Deepika Padukone to Akshay Kumar, several actors have…

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Meet actor who left cricket to enter Bollywood, debut film was flop, worked with Amitabh, SRK, Salman, is married to..

Angad is best known for his performances in works such as ‘Ungli’, ‘PINK’, ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, and ‘Dear Zindagi’, among others. Angad Bedi has gained popularity and fame over the years but he could never establish himself as a lead actor. Many actors in the world of Bollywood and TV were earlier cricketers, but then…

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