Our Bollywood celebrities don’t just harbour one talent, but many. Dancing just so happens to be one of these talents.
Check out these 10 Bollywood celebs who started off their amazing careers as background dancers.
1. Sushant Singh Rajput
Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput was a pupil at Shamak Davar’s Dance Academy and was one of the background dancers in the title track of ‘Dhoom 2’.
2. Deepika Padukone
B-Town favourite DP started her journey in the industry as a model and has also been a part of a few video albums. However, she had even appeared as a background dancer in a few movies.
3. Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh’s journey to stardom was a hard one but the phenomenal actor’s hard work paid off. He was first seen dancing in ‘It’s Magic’ song from Koi Mil Gaya and ‘Bole Chudiyan’ from ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam’.
4. Shahid Kapoor
Shahid started out as a regular struggling artist in Bollywood despite being Pankaj Kapoor’s son. At the beginning of his career, he was seen in numerous advertisements, music videos and even in movies as a background dancer. He was seen in movies such as ‘Taal’ and ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’
5. Daisy Shah
Salman Khan’s extremely popular film ‘Tere Naam’ featured Daisy Shah in the song ‘Lagan Lagi’ where she was dancing right beside Khan. She was a well-known background dancer before she made her acting debut opposite Salman Khan himself in the 2014 film ‘Jai Ho’.
6. Remo D’Souza
One of Bollywood’s most popular choreographer and director, Remo D’Souza had a struggling start to his career but eventually it took off, making him a well respected choreographer. He once used to be a background dancer and his passion for dance began there.
7. Farah Khan
Famous choreographer turned director, Farah Khan, was a backdrop dancer in the film Sadaa Suhagan back in 1986. The song was Govinda’s Hum Hain Naujawan.
8. Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza – Former Miss Asia Pacific turned Bollywood actress, Dia Mirza started her career dancing the backdrop in south Indian films. She was seen in the song, En Swasa Kaatre.
9. Kajal Aggarwal
Before her debut in Singham, Kajal Aggarwal danced beside Aishwarya Rai in the movie Kyon Ho Gaya in a song called Uljhane.
10. Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi worked as a choreographer in the industry initially. However, he also performed as a background dancer a few times, like in the song titled Help Me from ‘Aag Se Khelenge’.