Birthday boy Randeep Hooda worked as a waiter and driver before entering into Bollywood?

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has turned a year older today. He was born in Rohtak, Haryana. He is one of the finest actors in Bollywood and is highly appreciated for his works. But many of you might not know that before entering into the Bollywood industry, he had to struggle a lot.

Before putting his steps into acting, Randeep went to Australia to do an MBA. For pocket money, he worked in a Chinese restaurant as a waiter. He also did car-washing, dish-washing and became a taxi driver for survival.

Randeep returned to India in 2000 and started working in an airline company in the marketing department. He also started modeling and acted in plays. During a rehearsal of a play, Mira Nair saw him and asked him to give an audition for her ‘Monsoon Wedding’. Hooda made his debut with the movie in 2001. The movie was a success. Then, he appeared in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘D’ in 2005.

2010 was the turning point of his career when he appeared in ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai’. Then he starred in ‘Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster’, ‘Jannat 2’ and ‘Jism 2’. In 2014, he gave a stellar performance in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Highway’. In 2016, he acted in ‘Sarbjit’ for which he got rave reviews from the critics and audiences alike. ‘Kick’, ‘Rang Rasiya’, ‘Ungli’, ‘Laal Rang, ‘Sultan’ and ‘Baaghi 2’ are some other films where he gave powerful performances.

In 2014, he got the Stardust Awards for Best Actor for ‘Highway’.

We wish the actor a very happy birthday.

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