Film and television industry of India is the source of employment for nearly 2 lakh people. There are great opportunity for entry in Bollywood through job of junior artist. Artists who play a fairly insignificant and short role are called junior artists. Many of today’s famed artists have already worked as junior artists.
Here is list of those famous actors and actresses of Bollywood who started their carrier as junior artist –
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Urmila Matondkar
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Nana Patekar
- Jackie Shroff
- Anil Kapoor
- Akshay Kumar
- Shahid Kapoor
- Manoj Bajpai
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Anil Kapoor
- Johny Lever
- Shakti Kapoor
- Sanjay Mishra
- Sharat Saxena
- Dilip Joshi
- Rajpal Yadav
- Late Amrish Puri
- Late Mehmood
- Late Mac Mohan
The list is very long. So, if you have talent in acting then you can be a Bollywood after do a work of junior artist.
For become a junior artist, you should know about acting skill. The best way for be a junior artist, you can send your complete biodata and recent photo to casting agency. There are many contractor of junior artist supplier , there you can submit your resume and photo. There are big chance to do a supporting role or junior artist in film or television show through these contractors. There are many jobs for juniors artist for acting of role for police, army, dancer, nurse, guard, farmers, servant, etc. If you have good body like a fighter or body builder, then you can get job of junior artist very soon.
The salary of junior artist is based on daily basis.
I am Rinki from Ghaziabad, Age 17 Years. Height 5.6 feet. Color – Fair. I want become job of junior artist in Bollywood. How can I approach genuine casting director in Mumbai?
How many junior artist becomes a star in Bollywood?
Amitabh Bachchan was a junior actor in his first movie “Saat Hindustani”.