7 Bollywood celebrities who were engineers before the acting bug bit them

Kriti Sanon

Kriti Sanon, the leggy beauty who has made a niche for herself in Bollywood, has a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the reputed Jaypee Institute of Information Technology in the city of Noida.

Kartik Aaryan

Kartik Aaryan, the handsome hunk of 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' fame is from Gwalior. He moved to Navi Mumbai to pursue an Engineering degree in Biotechnology. Later, he enrolled for an acting course without telling his parents about it.

Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee Pannu, who is garnering praises for her role in 'Manmarziyaan', is a Computer Science engineer from New Delhi's Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology. She has even worked as a software engineer.

Vicky Kaushal

Vicky Kaushal, who is winning accolades for his performance in 'Sanju' and 'Manmarziyaan', did his engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications in the year 2009 from Mumbai's Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology.

Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput actually bagged the 7th position in AIEEE, which is an entrancce exam for aspiring engineers. He studies Mechanical Engineering at the Delhi College Of Engineering. However, he left college after 3 years to pursue a career in showbiz.

R. Madhavan

R Madhavan, the 'RHTDM' actor, is also an engineer. He has done graduation in electronics engineering from the Rajaram College in Kolhapur.

Sonu Sood

Actor Sonu Sood holds an engineering degree in Electronics from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering in Nagpur.