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These 7 Bollywood Stars Started Their Career With TV Ads, We Bet You Never Knew!

MMDesk by MMDesk
July 8, 2017
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Being in Bollywood is a tough business. Thousands of people dream of being a superstar whereas only few are able to get through.

The now superstars of Bollywood were not similar once. They too had to struggle and go through a lot before coming into limelight. Nowadays things are easy when you look at a cute girl or boy on a ad and it becomes viral on social media. But that wasn’t the case long back when Shahid was a little Complan Boy or Preity Zinta a young Liril Girl!

You won’t believe that this stars were once a part of successful ad campaigns. Have a look!

1. Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia

If you can recall you will surely witness baby faces of Shahid and Ayesha! It was a Complan commercial which was telecasted on Doordarshan long back. The school kids claiming to be Complan Boy and Girl were actually Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia!

Watch again!

2. Aishwarya Rai Bacchan

After winning Miss Universe in 1994 she automatically became the likes of brands to get featured for their campaigns. She started her screen appearance with Camlin Pencil but a Pepsi commercial with Aamir Khan and Mahima Chowdhury gave her the limelight! The hot Sanjana grabbed all eyeballs!

3. Anushka Sharma

You can’t believe? She first started being the face of a South Indian skin care brand, Sebolin. And now she is a face 0f so many brands in India and a prominent star of the B-Town!

4. Varun Dhawan

Wait! Don’t drop your phones! The now Bollywood hot and handsome actor was once a cute kid who featured in one of Bournvita’s Ad. We are sure you never noticed this! That small kid up for elocution is Varun! Now all you ladies can go awwww!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhyppfQbTBM

5. Preity Zinta

Yes, the Dimple Girl! She was the face of Perk! She first came up on screen with Cadbury India’s Perk then she also featured in Liril and Pepsi ads. After that she became the prominent face of Bollywood. The bubbly nature of her as a yoga student grabbed all attention!

6. Vidya Balan

The most versatile actress of Bollywood presently. Before coming into movies she was seen in a lot of ads and also music video for euphoria. She started her journey from a TV serial but before that she first came up with Surf Ad portraying the role of a mother!

Can’t recognise her, right?

7. Deepika Padukone

The diva for the last! She is now not only enjoys a fan following in India but also internationally. She has emerged to be one of the prettiest face and successful actress of Bollywood. But she too started her career with Colgate ad!

Her Colgate Smile will surely make you faint-hearted!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHreQX3ECA

We are sure you enjoyed it! Do you know any other Bollywood celebrity who has done this? Let us know!

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