Being an actor in Bollywood is not easy as it brings more challenges and opportunities in the career span and over the passing years, several movie stars have faced hurdles in their life. A few have good experience about their professional life and some have a bad experience. So to turn their lives experience into a paper form, several film celebrities become authors. So with this, let's have a look at top Bollywood celebrities who have turned authors.
Sonali Bendre is also an author who writes her first book 'The Modern Gurukul: My Experiments with Parenting'. In her book, she wrote about finding a balance between tradition and modernity and tips on raising a child in the digital age. The book is based on her personal experiences.
The veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is also a critically acclaimed writer who wrote a book 'A Memoir: And then One Day' released in 2014 in which he honestly shares his life journey. Although, the actor hasn't penned the sequel of his successful film and accepted that he rather wants to write something else.
One of the successful actresses of the 90s Anu Aggarwal who roses to fame with Aashiqui shared the story of near-death-discovery, its experience and recovery' in her autobiography 'Anusual: Memoir of a Girl Who Came Back from the Dead' which was released in August 2015. In the book she mentioned each aspect of her life, whether it about her career, the accident she met with, or the men who came into her life.
Initially known for performing bold scenes in the films, Hashmi has since portrayed strong roles in films. Films like Shanghai, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, and others earned him more respect in Bollywood. Well, in addition to acting in films, Hashmi launched an autobiographical book 'The Kiss Of Life - How A Superhero & My Son Defeated Cancer,' (2016) co-authored with Bilal Siddiqi, which traced the physical pain of his three years and ten months old child.
Apart from being a brilliant actor, Anupam Kher is also known for writing inspirational books. His previous two books 'Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly' and 'The Best Thing About You is You', made his distinctive reputation among his fans. His fans adore him for writing motivational books. Well, a few months ago, the writer-actor unveiled his new book 'Your Best Day Is Today!' and the book is about his experiences during the lockdown, the ups and downs he recounted in the pandemic.
Bollywood actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra turned an author in 2014 with her debut book The Great Indian Diet, a health and fitness book, as the name suggests. After the success of her first book, later she launched her second book The Diary of a Domestic Diva. Well, now apart from being a socialist, actress, she is known as a top-notch author who writes about fitness and healthy diet food.
Starting her career with acting, Twinkle Khanna quit her unsuccessful career and became an acclaimed author and columnist. Twinkle Khanna's books, Pyjamas Are Forgiving, Mrs. Funnybones, and The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad were all bestsellers in India. She still usually writes columns for the newspaper and is a renowned writer.
The actor-director-producer Karan Johar has penned his first children's book titled The Big Thoughts of Little Luv. The book is inspired by his twins and his experiences of parenting. It is an illustration book for children and tells the story of twins, Luv and Kusha.
Ayushmann Khurrana is a renowned poet, author, actor and singer. He is a multi-talented guy who wrote the book 'Cracking the Code: My Journey in Bollywood' with the help of his wife Tahira Kashyap. Ayushmann Khurrana actor, singer and television personality tries to answer these questions and outlines a step-by-step guide to making it big in tinsel town, drawing on his personal experiences as a rising star in Bollywood.
In the COVID-19 lockdown, the actress utilized her time while writing her first memoir Unfinished in which the actress has tried to cover most of her life's incidents in the book. The Unfinished chapters also include several unseen pictures of Priyanka with Nick Jonas. Well, the actress has also revealed some dark secrets of Bollywood and shared an incident when she was disgusted by a director's unprofessional behavior. The book has become the number one selling book in the United States and other countries.