Top Bollywood Actors Who Give Younger Stars A Run For Their Money With Their Successful Side Business

Laavanya Hien |Jul 16, 2019

ere, we have come up with remarkable Bollywood actors who are not only successful in the film industry but also their business aspects.

While the film career is the dream of many people, it seems not to be always long, except they’re very lucky and talented. Hence, many celebrities make up their mind to develop their own business side in order to expand their income and earn big profits.

Especially, a lot of Bollywood actors invest in a number of other businesses by the money they made from movies. Here, we have come up with remarkable B-Town stars who are not only successful in the film industry but also their business aspects.

Bollywood actors

Shah Rukh Khan

Most of us know that Shah Rukh Khan has a good reputation for both being the world’s biggest superstar and a successful entrepreneur. When it comes to his on-screen appearance, the 53-year-old actor first became a television star during the late 80s, then made his Bollywood debut with the 1992 movie Deewana.

Thanks to his hard work and exceptional performance, coupled with numerous hit films at the ticket run, he made himself one of the Bollywood’s highest-paid stars. Without a doubt, he quickly stormed into the list of the world’s richest entertainer and ranked the second position.

But, he even surprises his fans when he does exceedingly well in the field of business with a huge profit of millions annually.

Shah Rukh Khan
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Rukh Khan is famous for being the talented co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment as well as its subsidiaries that pay concentration on producing films and offering animation, VFX services to some other filmmakers and production houses.

Moreover, he also established his fame to be the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

Shilpa Shetty

Despite not appearing in movies anymore, Shilpa Shetty is still among India’s most renowned public figures. The actress first featured in the Abbas Phong Mustan directorial Baazigar where she co-starred with superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Since then, she continued to build her career with several successful movies such as Apne in 2007, Garv in 2004, Dhadkan in 2000, and Main Khiladi Tu Anari in 1994.

However, it was not until the year of 2007 that Shilpa Shetty forayed into the global scene by winning the famous reality show titled Celebrity Big Brother 5 and this had helped her come into the limelight and attract a lot of attention from media.

Shilpa Shetty
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Besides acting career, Shilpa Shetty is much known on the business side; therefore, she’s also one of the richest Bollywood actors. Perhaps, the actress penetrated into the business field when she tied the knot with Raj Kundra, a brilliant businessman.

She had her own movie production company which took charge of producing a film named Dishkiyaoon; however, it did not do well at its box office. Then, Shilpa became the co-owner of a chain of salon and spas Iosis in India. In 2015, she released a DVD about fitness Yoga and received an enormous response.

Suniel Shetty

Action star Suniel Shetty participated in a number of actions films such as Border (1997), Mohra (1994), and Dilwale (1994). Impressive performance in this action genre had made the 57-year-old actor one of India’s most-sought-after actors during 90s.

Suniel Shetty
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Apart from his great victory in films, he was also a successful entrepreneur and film producer. To be more particular, as one fitness freak, he decided to open plenty of gyms throughout India with a view to providing the youth major fitness goals.

In addition, the Dilwale actor owns a movie production house called Popcorn Entertainment that has generated a series of films such as Loot (2001), EMI (2008), Mission Istanbul (2008), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Rakht (2004), and Khel (2003).

He kept on developing a firm business venture when owning a string of boutiques named Mischief and some Udupi-cuisine restaurants.

Twinkle Khanna

Twinkle Khanna is actor Akshay Kumar’s wife. Though she might have played a successful and long inning in movies like her hubby, she’s still one of the most famous Bollywood actors. She has one candle business together with her mom Dimple Kapadia and produces huge profits.

Since Twinkle walked down the aisle with Akshay Kumar in 2001, she didn’t focus much on her movie career. Instead, she began one candle company and a designing firm known as The White Window located in Mumbai.

Twinkle Khanna
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Twinkle Khanna carried on to consolidate her fame as she became a newspaper columnist and appeared in several reputed newspapers such as The Times of India or DNA.

Also, she’s a noted author with the launch of a novel named Mrs. Funnybones which helped her to be the highest-selling female author of India in 2015 with over one Lacs copies.

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