Bollywood has often explored a variety of unique and unusual professions through its characters. Here are some notable examples where actors played unconventional or rarely portrayed professions:
1. Ranbir Kapoor in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)
Profession: Salesman
Ranbir played a young graduate who becomes a salesman, showing the challenges and ethics in corporate sales.
2. Ayushmann Khurrana in Vicky Donor (2012)
Profession: Sperm donor
Ayushmann’s character becomes a sperm donor, a profession rarely depicted in Indian cinema.
3. Ranbir Kapoor in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (2023)
Profession: Breakup Expert
Ranbir’s character helping people break-up with their respective partners.
4. Salman Khan in Partner
Profession: Love Guru
Salman as Love Guru who solves the love issues of his clients.
5. Ayushmann Khurrana in Dream Girl (2019)
Profession: Call center worker pretending to be a woman
Ayushmann’s character works in a call center where he uses a female voice to impersonate women for lonely callers.
6. Rajkummar Rao in Made in China (2019)
Profession: Sex toy seller
Rao played a struggling businessman who finds success selling a sexual enhancement product in China.
7. Vidya Balan in Tumhari Sulu (2017)
Profession: Late-night radio jockey
Vidya portrayed a housewife who becomes an unlikely but successful late-night radio jockey.
8. Akshay Kumar in Pad Man (2018)
Profession: Menstrual hygiene innovator
The film is based on the real-life story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented low-cost sanitary napkins for rural women.
These films showcase Bollywood’s increasing willingness to break away from traditional character roles and explore a broader range of professions and societal issues.
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