Bollywood Celebrities And Their Shocking First Salaries

For those who have started their professional career would know how it feels when you receive your first paycheck. It is the best feeling ever. No matter how small or big your salary amount is, it represents that your years long hard work has finally started paying off. You have started your journey for monetary growth in your life. That is the moment to rejoice and feel happy about.

Quite similar is the story of our Bollywood superstars. They would have had the same feeling of joy after receiving their first salary. However, it can be extremely shocking for you to know that they also earned very less salary when they kicked off their careers.

Let’s take a look at some of our favorite Bollywood celebrities and their first paychecks. The list is in increasing the order of salaries.

Amitabh Bachchan

A living legend who now earns in crores once earned Rs 500 working in a shipping firm. After necessary deduction, he would get Rs 460 as in hand salary.

                                                                    

                                                                                  Naseeruddin Shah

                                 At the age of 16, Naseer Shah worked in Mohan Kumar’s Aman    

                                          movie in 1967. He stood behind actor Rajendra Kumar 

                                                 for his funeral scene that got him Rs 7.50 

                                                         which lasted for about 2 weeks.

                                                                                                                  Rohit Shetty

Shetty worked for Sandeep Kohli’s Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 as an assistant director. He earned Rs 35 for assisting Kohli.

Shahrukh Khan

You won’t believe that King Khan once worked  as an usher for a Pankaj Udhas show in Delhi. The actor who is now one of the richest actors in the world earned Rs 50 for that show.

                     Hrithik Roshan

                                Hrithik also worked as a child actor in 1980 movie Aasha for which 

                                     he was given a 100 rupee note. The movie starred Jeetendra, 

                                                Reena Roy and Shakti Kapoor in the lead roles.

                           

                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                          Akshay Kumar

Everyone knows that Akshay Kumar was a chef and a waiter in Bangkok. The actor who is now worth million dollars worked at a meagre salary of Rs 1500.

Emraan Hashmi

Did you know that Emraan worked as a child artist for a good night commercial when he was just 7-year-old. He was paid Rs 2500 for that assignment.

                                                                                     Priyanka Chopra

                                   The dusky beauty of the B-town once worked at a salary of Rs 5000 

                                                                   for a fashion assignment.

                                                                                                                                  Sonam Kapoor

On her father’s recommendation, she was given a chance to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his movie Black. She worked as an assistant director in the movie for Rs 3000.