The age-old practice of raising the bar and slowly venturing into Hollywood land is not foreign to Bollywood stars. From time immemorial, some of the A-listers from Tinsel town have risen to noteworthy fame as they became part of Hollywood projects alongside respected artists from the industry. As they pursued their dreams of parallel roles in the West - they brought great glory and pride back to India with their widespread presence in the world of performing arts.
The latest to join the bandwagon is none other than one of the youngest superstars of Bollywood - Alia Bhatt. This is a year of firsts for many reasons to her, but her big Hollywood debut alongside Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan in Heart Of Stone has raked up a much-heated discussion. Pondering on the same, here's a little throwback to all the Bollywood stars who ventured into Hollywood over the years and basked in the glory of the success achieved in the West.
Om Puri’s much-appreciated film Gandhi helmed by Richard Attenborough received the highly prestigious Academy Award. Other than this, his Hollywood filmography also includes Mike Nichol's Charlie Wilson's War, the British-comedy project East Is East by the renowned Damien O'Donnell, Roland Joffe's the City Of Joy, and The Hundred-Foot Journey by Lasse Hallstrom, and Code 46 by Michael Winterbottom. He has undoubtedly had the most number of Hollywood projects in his career graph.
One of the finest theatre actors to have graced the world of Bollywood- Naseeruddin Shah charmed his way into Hollywood as well. His filmography downtown West includes The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Great New Wonderful, and the reputed Mira Nair directorial Monsoon Weddings.
Starring with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence is no easy win, Anupam Kher proved his mettle as a powerful performer in the film's Silver Linings Playbook. He’s been acting in Hollywood films like Bend it like Beckham, Bride & Prejudice, Lust, Caution, The Other End Of The Line, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, Midnight's Children, The Big Sick, and many more.
Anil Kapoor who only ages backward have been a household name not only with his Bollywood representation but with his projects abroad as well. His journey from 24 to the Oscar-nominated Slumdog Millionaire by exceptional filmmaker Danny Boyle was revolutionary and put him on the global map.
