MUMBAI: Rajkummar Rao is one of the most popular and sought after actors in the Bollywood industry.

He made his debut with Ekta Kapoor’s film Love Sex Aur Dhokha in 2010.  

The actor has shared he dreamt of being an actor and have diligently worked towards it over the period of time. On his 37th birthday, the actor who graced EIC vs Bollywood episode on the digital platform has revealed that he was a goon in his childhood. But as soon as he reached grade 11, he aimed to be an actor and worked towards it.

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Remembering an incident from his 11th grade, he revealed been beaten up by 25 boys, when he kept pleading not to hit his face, as he wanted to be an actor. The actor revealed falling for a girl in his college, while he thought he was found his Anjali as she played basketball, she had already had her Aman.

Rajkummar said, “I moved to this new, really modern, fancy, Blue Bells school in Gurgaon and I was a big, I'm still a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan. So, I saw Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and I saw this one girl, playing basketball, same hair, and I was like 'Anjali'. I was like, 'I found her mother, I found her (imitating Shah Rukh).' And then somehow, we started dating but she had a boyfriend. It was a Jat boy and then, of course, they came to thrash me. Some 25 Jat boys from law college and by that time, I was a saint guy. I was like 'Now no more fighting, this is enough. I have to be an actor.'”

He added, “They were thrashing me, 25 boys were like, 'Take out the gun, take out the gun, shoot him, take out the gun.' I was sitting like (makes a gesture of being huddled up).” Meanwhile, his two friends pleaded the gang of boys not to hit him, read what Rajkummar Rao had to say, “My two Punjabi, cute friends were like 'Don't hit him, hit me if you want to'. The only thing I was screaming is, and trust me, it's a true story, 'Don't hit my face, I want to be an actor.”

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On the work front, Rajkummar has Hum Do Hamare Do, Badhaai Do and others in the pipeline.

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