10 Bollywood Actors and their Successful Side Business

#9. ARJUN RAMPAL

Arjun Rampal was a top model before he forayed into films with not so successful film ‘Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat’ in 2001. He then went on to do a number of romantic films like ‘Deewaanapan’ (2001), ‘Dil Hai Tumhaara’ (2002), ‘Aankhen’ (2002), ‘Dil Ka Rishta’ (2003) and ‘Vaada’ (2005), but none of them could do much for his career. His breakthrough performance came in 2006 when he did ‘Don’ with Shah Rukh Khan. His next movie ‘The last Lear’ (2007) was not a box office success, but it did bring him a lot of accolades from film reviewers. The very same year release ‘Om Shanti Om’ (2007) where he played a negative character. The audience and critics appreciated his performance in the movie alike. Since then he has appeared in a number of films like Rock On!! (2008), ‘Housefull’ (2010) ‘Inkaar’ (2013) and ‘Roy’ (2015), ‘D-Day’ (2013) and ‘Chakravyuh’ (2012).

The model-turned-actor has always garnered female attention but his films always failed to garner critics’ attention. He has done a number of films in his career, some of them turned out to be blockbusters also, but they were all multi-starrer. You must we wondering how the actor earns his bread and butter if he films flop left, right and center at the box office. Well, let us tell you. Like most of successful and unsuccessful actors in Bollywood, Arjun Rampal, too, makes handsome amount of money through his side business. LAP is his very own lounge-bar-restaurant in Delhi. Spread over 17,000 sq. ft., the sprawling lounge-bar-restaurant boasts of creamy crowd. LAP is designed with furniture planned by none other than Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan, designers Tarun Tahiliani and Rohit Bal. He also runs an event management firm called Chasing Ganesha. So, next time you wonder how the actor maintains his hi-fi lifestyle, you don’t have to rack your mind.

...[ Continue to next page ] By: Staff writer  /  Source: criticsunion