Rohit
Shetty
assisted
on
various
film
and
even
worked
as
a
body
double
before
he
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Ajay
Devgn-starrer
Zameen
in
2003.
The
film
was
an
average
grosser
at
the
box
office.
But
it
was
the
'Golmaal'
and
'Singham'
franchise
which
catapulted
him
to
fame.
In
his
recent
interview
with
a
news
portal,
the
filmmaker
got
candid
about
his
struggles
in
his
journey
in
Bollywood.
Rohit
revealed
that
he
used
to
earn
Rs
35
at
the
beginning
of
his
career
and
there
were
instances
when
he
had
to
make
a
choice
between
food
and
travel.
The
director
told
CurlyTales,
"It
was
not
an
easy
journey
actually.
People
think
that
since
I'm
from
the
film
industry
it
must
have
been
easy
for
me.
When
I
started
working,
I
used
to
get
just
₹35.
Many
times
it
happened
that
I
had
to
choose
between
food
and
travel.
Sometimes
I
had
to
miss
food
and
sometimes
travel.
I
also
started
walking
on
the
set."
He
added,
"We
were
staying
in
Santa
Cruz
and
then
we
shifted
to
Dahisar,
to
my
grandmother's
house.
Financially
there
were
a
lot
of
crises
at
that
time
so
we
didn't
have
a
house
to
stay.
My
grandmother
used
to
stay
in
Dahisar,
it
was
very
far.
Then
I
started
walking.
I
used
to
walk
from
Malad
to
Andheri,
many
times.
It
used
to
take
me
one
and
a
half,
two
hours
in
the
sun.
I
know
the
lanes
so
now
when
I
tell
my
driver
'Take
this
route,
not
that',
he
looks
at
me
in
the
rearview
mirror
'How
does
he
know,
was
he
a
thief
before?'."
Cut
to
present,
Rohit
is
one
of
the
most
successful
filmmakers
in
Bollywood.
His
last
release
Sooryavanshi
which
is
the
first
Bollywood
big-ticket
release
post
pandemic
has
minted
Rs
178.60
crore
so
far
and
still
running
strong
at
the
box
office.
The
film
stars
Akshay
Kumar
and
Katrina
Kaif
in
leading
roles.