MUMBAI: Our life may get a little monotonous and boring with our daily routine and jobs but an actor’s life is full of challenges.

He is creative and gets a chance to expose different shades of himself while playing different characters. The graph of an actor's versatility is measured by the different kind of experiments and roles played by him or her.

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Somewhere, not all the actors started off with acting as their dream job and passion like we see it in some movies. They were a part of different professions. Today, we introduce you to what these popular A-lister actors did before they ventured into the glamourous world of acting.  

Harshad Arora was a Public Relations Executive before he got into acting.

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Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya is renowned as Ishita Bhalla from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. Well, she was is a gold medalist in rifle shooting!

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We all know and love the tall and strong Nitin Dheer aka Thangabali from Chennai Express. He owned a fast food restaurant!

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Naitik from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Karan Mehra was a fashion designer before he stepped into acting.

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Popularly known as ACP Pradyuman from CID, Shivaji Satam Ji is a former bank official!

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