Making it big in Bollywood is a difficult task! While Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan enjoy tremendous fame and opulent lives, they have also encountered massive financial difficulties. While SRK struggled to make a living in Mumbai in his early days, Amitabh Bachchan lost everything owing to several failed projects. Here are a few instances when Bollywood actors publicly discussed their financial difficulties.
It is well known that SRK left Delhi to become a Bollywood star, which he achieved, but it was not an easy journey. The actor had come to the city of dreams with three companions, but they didn’t have enough money to rent a place. Reminiscing about his financial difficulties, Shah Rukh previously stated, “When he initially got in Mumbai from Delhi, he had tagged along with three other buddies.” We didn’t even have enough money to purchase meals. On the Queen’s Necklace, we used to sleep on the pavement outside the Oberoi Hotel (now Trident). We used to clean up in the hotel’s restrooms in the mornings and pretend to be hotel guests. When we ran out of money to return to Delhi, he went to the local market and sold my Pentax camera for 1500 rupees, allowing us to purchase our plane tickets.”
Akshay Kumar is a fitness fanatic and martial arts master. As a result, when he first arrived in Bollywood, the actor relied on his ability to stay afloat. “He had learned martial arts,” Akshay explained, “so that held me in good favour during my difficult period in Bangkok.” He learned Muay Thai boxing as a martial arts enthusiast and used to participate in street bouts for additional money. He was severely beaten on several occasions, but it was an honest and much-needed wage.”
While Amitabh Bachchan was popular on the big screen, his event management and production firm, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd (ABCL), bankrupted him. The actor said that he was facing 55 court proceedings, that he had to mortgage his property, and that he owed around Rs 90 crore. “When the entire world was celebrating the new century in the year 2000, he was enjoying my catastrophic fortune.” “There were no films, no money, no company, a million legal cases against me, and the tax authorities had served a notice of recovery on my house,” Big B said on his blog.