Meet Bollywood's army brats

Gone are the days when only star kids were the ones who got that dream launch. The recent trend shows that quite a lot of them hail from the army background. Let’s see who all have fit the ‘drill’

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6. Rajeev Khandelwal

The last time someone who made it big in Bollywood from TV was Shah Rukh Khan. And then Rajeev Khandelwal (or popularly known as Sujal from TV) followed. Though he hasn’t been able to achieve the dizzying heights that Shahrukh did, he has managed to make a name for himself with films like Aamir, Shaitaan etc. His father is from the army - Col. C.L. Khandelwal (retired). Even Rajeev tried to join the army but got rejected
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6. Rajeev Khandelwal

The last time someone who made it big in Bollywood from TV was Shah Rukh Khan. And then Rajeev Khandelwal (or popularly known as Sujal from TV) followed. Though he hasn’t been able to achieve the dizzying heights that Shahrukh did, he has managed to make a name for himself with films like Aamir, Shaitaan etc. His father is from the army - Col. C.L. Khandelwal (retired). Even Rajeev tried to join the army but got rejected because of his form. This is when he realised that maybe he should try his hand at acting, his childhood dream. His army background probably taught him to struggle hard and never give up and that’s what he did and managed to carve a niche for himself among the sea of struggling actors.
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