Vijay Raaz has been a part of the Bollywood industry for over two decades. The actor, who made his cinematic debut through the 1999 Mahesh Mathai film Bhopal Express, gained recognition through a small but notable role in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Jungle’. Over the years, he became a household name through movies such as Monsoon Wedding, Delhi Belly, Gangubai Kathiawadi, etc.
Although he passed acting exams with flying colours, when it came to his academics, it was a very different story.
In an interview with SCREEN, the ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ actor revealed how he was once training to be a chartered accountant, studying BCom at Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Delhi University. However, he was bitten by the acting bug, and nothing was ever the same again.
“I never wanted to come into this profession. Life was going on; I was doing a job as an accountant and was studying at an evening college. Suddenly, I met with a few people who did theatre, and I heard the term for the first time. I was 19 back then, and from there it all started…” he recalled.
The ‘Bhool Bhulaiyya 3’ actor said that initially, his parents were fine with him pursuing acting as a hobby. But when they came to know he intended to take it up as a profession, they were furious.
“My father was a government servant. That time, government jobs were only seen as respectable; even if you were appointed a peon, the government took care of you till you died. It was a fixed thought in that generation, so my father also expected me to do that,” he said.
The actor also revealed he received training in accounting and worked at several places, including a saree shop at Karol Bagh. “I started earning when I was 18. I was working with a chartered accountant; my father had put me there, and I learned accounting from them. It became my profession…”
Things took a turn for the worse when he failed his final year graduation exam. He revealed that after he discovered theatre during his second year, he steadily lost interest in studies. In his final year, when he sat down for his economics exam, he struggled to write a word.
“I sat there, told the teacher to take the paper bback, andthey asked me to wait for 30 minutes at least, and I just wrote my name on that paper. I failed. I had failed in the first two years, also, so I was writing those exams simultaneously..”
On the work front, Raaz was last seen in the movie in the crime thriller ‘Udaipur Files’.
Although he passed acting exams with flying colours, when it came to his academics, it was a very different story.
In an interview with SCREEN, the ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ actor revealed how he was once training to be a chartered accountant, studying BCom at Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Delhi University. However, he was bitten by the acting bug, and nothing was ever the same again.
“I never wanted to come into this profession. Life was going on; I was doing a job as an accountant and was studying at an evening college. Suddenly, I met with a few people who did theatre, and I heard the term for the first time. I was 19 back then, and from there it all started…” he recalled.
The ‘Bhool Bhulaiyya 3’ actor said that initially, his parents were fine with him pursuing acting as a hobby. But when they came to know he intended to take it up as a profession, they were furious.
“My father was a government servant. That time, government jobs were only seen as respectable; even if you were appointed a peon, the government took care of you till you died. It was a fixed thought in that generation, so my father also expected me to do that,” he said.
The actor also revealed he received training in accounting and worked at several places, including a saree shop at Karol Bagh. “I started earning when I was 18. I was working with a chartered accountant; my father had put me there, and I learned accounting from them. It became my profession…”
Things took a turn for the worse when he failed his final year graduation exam. He revealed that after he discovered theatre during his second year, he steadily lost interest in studies. In his final year, when he sat down for his economics exam, he struggled to write a word.
“I sat there, told the teacher to take the paper bback, andthey asked me to wait for 30 minutes at least, and I just wrote my name on that paper. I failed. I had failed in the first two years, also, so I was writing those exams simultaneously..”
On the work front, Raaz was last seen in the movie in the crime thriller ‘Udaipur Files’.
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