Ayushmann is a new age Bollywood actor that has completely flipped what it means to be a star. His unique, often eccentric choice of film concepts has made him a household name, and he's considered a millennial star. Let's take a look at this multi-talented and faceted superstar that has entertained us all for more than two decades.
Ayushmann Khurrana being an outsider has had a difficult road getting into the industry filled with star kids. In the initial days, he found his footing through hosting/auditioning for reality shows like Roadies and India's Got Talent. One experience that might shock you is that he was rejected from Cinestars Ki Khoj Season 1.
They thought his looks were not good enough and didn't find him impressive enough. In Season 3, however, he was invited to mentor the contestant, and Ayushmann himself was quite in disbelief of it. Bollywood is filled with these kinds of stories, and reality can often be stranger than fiction.
In this movie, he played the role of a sperm donor, and it was the big breakthrough movie that made him a star. However, did you know that Ayushmann Khurrana had to become a real-life one due to a Roadies task? When the movie's screenplay was first narrated to him, he mentioned this anecdote to the director Shoojit Sircar.
When he first heard about it, he couldn't control his laughter and was in complete amazement over it. In many ways, one can say he was always the Aryaputra destined to donate his seed.
This movie became highly influential over time and started a craze of people donating their sperm. While many did it for the cha-ching factor, ultimately, it has helped many couples bring happiness to their lives.
The man has made his living and won the hearts of everyone by his extremely light-hearted roles. He has dabbled into the intense roles back in the theatre days doing method acting and doing a variety of plays. He also did a lot of plays around social discrimination.
Khurrana has made his impact known by founding two theatre groups, Aaghaaz and Manchtantra, in Chandigarh. To many, Article 15 was a shocking departure, but it culminated in his acting journey.
For millions of people, the dream of being part of the Indian cricket team is their ultimate goal. Khurrana Brothers had been huge cricket fans their whole lives and wanted to make India proud.
Aparshakti showed incredible tenacity as a cricketer. He was the head captain of the school's cricket team and was an all-rounder player. Aparshakti's cricket skills managed to get him selected as the captain of the Haryana U-19 Cricket Team.
However, at the time, Khurrana wasn't serious about it and got the acting bug. Emotions flew high between the brothers over it, but they ultimately resolved their conflicts. Today Aparshakti and Ayushmann Khurrana are making everyone proud by doing great work in Bollywood.
The issue of nepotism is something that Ayushmann has been familiar with and actively faced during the struggling year. He wrote a book aptly titled 'Cracking the Code: My Journey in Bollywood'. One of the anecdotes that went viral during the Sushant controversy was when Johar offered Ayushmann his number.
This was a huge deal for him, and it seemed like his life was set, but when he called them. He was told that they only work with star kids and not with people like you. Today most producers like Johar are after Ayushmann to sign him for their movies.
For an outsider, SRK is the prime example that an outsider can make it into the industry. You don't have to have film family connections to rule the industry. There is no secret that Ayushmann Khurrana is deeply in love with Shah Rukh Khan. Khurrana has expressed his love by mimicking him and has made whole Parody movies about him, titled Cheque De India.
Beyond his love for Shah Rukh, he also made a movie parodying Jodha Akbar titled Jadoo Ek Baar.
Ayushmann Khurrana is an artist at heart who's become the ROI king with his small budget movies bringing big returns. He's a deeply intellectual person who uses his platform to raise awareness and a fun Punjabi at heart. The man is changing the definition of what it means to be a star.
