There are many such actors in Indian cinema, who, after getting higher education in engineering, medical or marketing, made their move in the film world and made a high place. Here is a list of such actors and actresses or other artists who came to the film world even after getting high degree in engineering / medical / marketing.
- Mr. Viineet Kumar Singh - MD (Doctor of Medicine)
- Mr. Jitendra Kumar - Civil engineering from IIT Kharagpur
- Mr. Kartik Aaryan - Engineering degree in biotechnology from Navi Mumbai's D Y Patil College of Engineering.
- Ms. Kriti Sanon - B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
- Mr. Amol Parashar - B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi as a Mechanical engineer.
- Mr. Prabhas - B.Tech. degree from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad
- Mr. Sonu Sood - B. E. From Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur
- Mr. J. D. Chakravarthy - B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.
- Mr. Ram Gopal Verma (Film Director) - BE in Civil engineering from V.R. Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada.
- Mr. Pankaj Kapoor - Engineering Degree.
- Mr. Akkineni Nagarjuna - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
- Mr. Mani Ratnam (Film Director) - MBA in finance from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay.