The first-ever paycheque is always special even if the amount was less and they couldn’t do anything with it. This fact is true even for the celebs who are known for their bomb paycheques.
Let’s have a look at the first salary of some of our fav B-Town celebs and how they spent it.
Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood Badshah, also known as King Khan, whose estimated net worth is over $600 million at present, had made his first salary worth ₹50. Yes, you heard it right!
The ‘Chennai Express’ actor worked as an usher for a Pankaj Udhas concert and made this little amount of ₹50, which he later utilized in visiting ‘Taj Mahal’.
Ali Fazal
The ‘Mirzapur’ actor Ali Fazal is on cloud nine after the success of the much-awaited sequel of the Amazon web series. On Twitter, a few days back, the actor revealed that his first salary was Rs. 8,000 when he used to work for a call center.
He further added that he was just 19 at the time when he had earned his first salary to pay his college fees.
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, who made her Bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’, is a true fashionista. However, many people don’t know that before entering into movies, the actress was an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali while he was directing ‘Black’. The actress earned only Rs 3000 which she spent on traveling.
Kalki Koechlin
With critically acclaimed films like ‘Margarita with a Straw’, ‘Shaitan’, ‘A Death in the Gunj’, actress Kalki Koechlin created a niche for herself in Bollywood. Did you know that Kalki used to live in London when she took up her first job as a waitress in an Italian restaurant?
The French-born actress was a student at that time and earned around 40 Pounds (Rs 3500), which she used to pay her rent.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Our desi girl Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a quintessential success story, which inspires every young girl out there to achieve big dreams and prove to the world that they are no less than anyone else.
But readers, did you know that Priyanka, who is now earning in millions, started with 5k INR? Yes, that’s true. After becoming Miss World in 2000, Priyanka got her first modeling project and earned her first salary, which she gave to her mother.