
Bollywood’s Aamir Khan is famous for his perfect acting in films. But Mr Perfect was never a good student.
Aamir was so hooked onto acting, it was as if he was born to be an actor. He waved goodbye to formal education after class 12 at Mumbai’s Narsee Monjee College.
Mr Perfect chose film direction as his early profession and joined his uncle Nasir Hussain’s team.
Salman Khan, the Bollywood superstar adorably called ‘bad boy’, was no exception. He first went to the Scindia School in Gwalior, Maddha Pradesh, and then to St. Stanislaus High School. As the ‘bad boy’ failed to pass his honours’ entrance examination, he concluded his formal education with a college degree from the Bandra National College.
Ranbir Kapoor is the only member of the Kapoor clan who completed school education. Ranbir managed to pass class 10 with 56 per cent marks and never went on to college.
Arjun Kapoor, son of the film producers Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor, was an average student. He never passed college. Failing to pass class 12, Arjun skipped education and entered the glamour world.
For Akshay Kumar, formal education was not a priority. The superstar was a college dropout. Akshay did his schooling at Don Bosco High School in Mumbai. He then went on to Bangkok to learn martial arts.
Tiger Shroff, son of renowned Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, was a huge fan of Michel Jackson.
Education was never a priority to him either. He learned martial arts and dancing. Tiger Shroff studied at the American School of Mumbai and never went to college.
*This article, originally published in Prothom Alo print edition, has been rewritten in English by Toriqul Islam.