6 celebs who were academic achievers before becoming actors

Aparshakti Khurana

Aparshakti Khurana captained his school’s under-19 cricket team for Haryana. He has an LLB degree and worked at Delhi High Court. He then became a radio jockey

John Abraham

John Abraham completed his graduation from Jai Hind in Bachelor of Arts and did his MBA from Mumbai Educational Trust. He worked as a media planner initially

Kriti Sanon

Kriti Sanon holds a degree in engineering from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology. She even sat for placements and received two job offers

Parineeti Chopra

Parineeti aspired to be an investment banker. She completed triple honours degree in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School

Vicky Kaushal

Vicky Kaushal`s academic qualifications boast of an engineering degree from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, after which he started his acting career

Kartik Aaryan

Kartik hails from a family of doctors. He was also passionate about Science and pursued an engineering degree in biotechnology from Navi Mumbai