Shah
Rukh
Khan:
Shah
Rukh
Khan
never
wanted
to
become
an
actor,
he
in
fact
wanted
to
become
a
sportsman.
His
love
for
theatre
got
him
to
television
and
finally
he
became
the
'Badshah
Of
Bollywood!'
Parineeti
Chopra:
Parineeti
Chopra
aspired
for
investment
banking
but
her
dreams
crashed
with
the
2009
economic
slowdown.
Later,
she
joined
Yash
Raj
Films
as
public
relation
consultant
and
ended
up
signing
the
three-film
deal
with
Yash
Raj
Films.
Aamir
Khan:
He
wanted
was
to
direct
a
movie
and
din't
plan
on
becoming
an
actor.
However,
destiny
had
different
plans
for
Aamir,
who
became
an
overnight
star
with
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
Kareena
Kapoor:
Kareena
Kapoor
wanted
to
be
a
lawyer
but
being
a
Kapoor
she
couldn't
resist
her
acting
talent.
And
when
she
did
enter
Bollywood,
she
became
a
star
over
night.
Saif
Ali
Khan:
Saif
wanted
to
play
cricket
like
his
late
father
Mansoor
Ali
Khan
Pataudi.
However,
destiny
had
its
own
plans
as
Saif
entered
Bollywood.
Bipasha
Basu:
Bipasha
Basu
quoted,
"I
never
wanted
to
become
an
actress.
I
was
happily
doing
my
modelling
but
then
I
got
bored
of
it.
Acting
came
to
me
just
by
chance.
But
yes,
I'm
thoroughly
enjoying
it
now
and
don't
think
I
will
get
bored
of
it,
but
still
if
I
do,
I'll
find
something
else
to
do."
Farhan
Akhtar:
Farhan
Akhtar
was
very
comfortable
working
behind
the
camera
till
he
was
bit
by
the
acting
bug.
Sonam
Kapoor:
Sonam
Kapoor
worked
as
an
assistant
director
with
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
had
no
plans
of
getting
into
acting.
It
was
only
on
Sanjay's
insistence
that
she
acted
in
a
movie
and
became
star
over
night.
Akshay
Kumar:
Akshay
Kumar
was
a
black
belt
in
Taekwondo
and
studied
martial
arts
and
Muay
Thai
in
Bangkok,
where
he
worked
as
chef
and
waiter
before
returning
to
Mumbai.
Apparently,
one
of
his
students
recommended
Akshay
into
modelling
which
ultimately
led
to
acting.
Zarine
Khan:
It
was
Salman
Khan
who
made
Zarine
a
star
over
night,
else
she
had
no
plans
of
getting
into
Bollywood.
Rajinikanth:
Rajnikanth
worked
as
a
coolie
before
joining
the
Bangalore
Transport
Service
as
a
bus
conductor
till
one
fine
day
his
talent
was
spotted
by
filmmaker
K
Balachander.
Nargis
Fakhri:
Nargis
Fakhri
quoted,
"I
wasn't
supposed
to
be
an
actress,
but
when
I
heard
the
story
of
Rockstar,
I
was
like
'Oh
my
god!
I
so
wanted
to
do
this'.
Acting
happened
by
accident."
Johnny
Walker:
Johnny
Walker
was
a
bus
conductor
before
joining
the
Hindi
cinema.
Rekha:
Rekhain
spite
of
doing
films
like
Umrao
Jaan,
Silsila
and
Khoon
Bhari
Maang
has
time
and
again
acknowledged
that
she
never
thought
acting
was
for
her.
Boman
Irani:
Boman
Irani
first
worked
as
the
room
service
staff
at
Taj
hotel
in
Mumbai
then
he
joined
his
ancestral
bakery
shop,
after
which
he
turned
to
photography
until
acting
happened.
Shazahn
Padamsee:
Shazahn
Padamsee's
may
not
be
a
big
star
but
she
definitely
got
noticed,
thanks
to
her
films
like
Rocket
Singh
and
Housefull
2.
The
pretty
lass
had
no
plans
of
acting
and
had
set
her
heart
on
even
management.