September 15 is celebrated as Engineer’s Day which marks the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna recipient Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. He was one of India’s finest engineers and a reputed statesman. On this occasion, let’s take a look at the career graphs of the well-known Bollywood celebrities, who have a degree in Engineering, but ventured into the field of acting. Here are a few actors who come from an engineering background.
Taapsee Pannu
Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has won the hearts of the audience with her brilliant performances in films like Pink, Thappad, Haseen Dilruba and Badla, has a degree in Computer Science Engineering. She pursued it from Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi. The engineering graduate along with her two friends had developed an app called FontSwap during her college. The app lets iPhone users change fonts on their phones.
Kriti Sanon
Kriti Sanon stunned the audience with her exceptional performances in films like Mimi, Luka Chuppi and Bareilly Ki Barfi. But did you know that the winner of the National Film Award holds a B.Tech degree in a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida? After college, she briefly modelled and then decided to become an actress and marked her debut in Bollywood with Tiger Shroff in Heropanti.
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel marked her debut in the film industry with Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai in 2000 opposite Hrithik Roshan. She studied at Tufts University in Boston in the United States of America to study bio-genetic engineering. She studied for two years and then switched her major to Economics. She began her career as an economic analyst and even received a job offer from Morgan Stanley, but she turned it down. After her return to India, she decided to join a theatre group and thus, began her journey in the glamourous world.
Vicky Kaushal
After setting the screens on fire with his par-excellence acting in films like Uri: The Surgical Strike, Sam Bahadur and Raazi, Vicky Kaushal have cemented his place as one of the leading actors in the industry. He has an engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Mumbai’s Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology in 2009.
Kartik Aaryan
The Pyaar Ka Punchnama actor was born and brought up in Gwalior. Before venturing into films, he pursued his degree in Engineering in Biotechnology from D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai. His notable films include Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Freddy, Satyaprem Ki Katha and others.
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