10 celebrities who featured as junior artists earlier While all eyes were glued to Aishwarya Rai in her stage performance to the song ‘Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jaye’ from Taal, no eye would have focused on a boy dancing behind her in the troupe. He was Shahid Kapoor and Taal was his first film appearance, though uncredited, of course. Shahid has great dancing skills and was part of the troupe of Shaimak Davar. Since Shaimak was choreographing for Taal, Shahid got in the troupe behind Ash. Irrfan Khan made a name for himself with Haasil in 2003. Before that he was seen in several TV shows. But he starred almost a decade earlier in the Oscar nominated Hindi film Salaam Bombay where he had a small role of a man who writes letters to make some money. With films like Kahaani and Gangs of Wasseypur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an actor who gained maximum acclaim and prominence in 2012. But more than a decade back, Nawazuddin Siddiqui appeared as a smalltime criminal in Aamir Khan’s popular film Sarfarosh (1999). They had a very similar scene in Talaash. Much before Shreyas Talpade won accolades and awards for his role in Iqbal, he started off as in a ‘blink-it-and-miss’ appearance in the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Aankhen. He played the part of a chaiwallah on the railway station where a blind Paresh Rawal begs alms. Mithun started as ruffian who keeps passing rude remarks to Amitabh Bachchan in the film Do Anjaane. He just had two scenes in the film. No name, no role, no relevance. Also simultaneously he played one amongst the friend circle of Rishi Kapoor in Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan, though he had nothing much to do even there. Yesteryear actress Sadhana best known for the ‘Jhumka Gira Re’ song from Mera Saaya, faced the camera for the first time as a group dancer for a song in Raj Kapoor’s film Shri 420. She just played a chorus girl amidst the group in the song ‘Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh’ from this 1955 film. Farhan Akhtar’s sister and Javed Akhtar’s daughter Zoya Akhtar made her directorial debut with Luck By Chance in 2009. But more than a decade back, she starred in a one-bit role in Mira Nair’s Kamasutra where she appeared as a courtesan and a disciple to Rekha. Your first memories of Rajpal Yadav in a Hindi film might go back to Jungle. But even before that Ram Gopal Varma had given him a 10-second role in his production Shool. He played a porter who messes with Manoj Bajpai and asks for more money than usual. Perhaps this was Ramu’s way of screen-testing Rajpal. Ram Gopal Varma introduced Sushant Singh as the negative lead in Jungle (2000). But a couple of years earlier, Singh was seen in a one-bit role in Varma’s cult-classic flick Satya (1998). Faisal almost played a junior artist in two of Aamir Khan’s films. And this is even before they starred in principal roles in Mela. Faisal played an eve-teaser in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and a college bystander in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. Both films were directed by cousin Mansoor Khan. timesofindia.indiatimes/entertainment/top-lists/Top-10-celebrities-who-featured-as-junior-artists-earlier/videols/21067863.cms
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