From Shivangi Joshi to Ayesha Singh: TV celebs who faced rejection for a long time before bagging their first big role

Popular TV celebs enjoy great success and fame. However, they go through major ups and downs, rejections to bag their first big show. Pranali Rathod, Aishwarya Sharma, Shivangi Joshi and several other TV celebs opened up about their struggles and rejections that they faced before getting successful. Here’s a list..

Aishwarya Sharma, who is in the news for quitting popular TV show Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin for stunt based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 13, didn’t have it easy. The actress has been pretty open about facing rejections for a long time before bagging Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin. In an exclusive interview with ETimes TV, the actress had revealed that for many years she did character roles and wouldn’t get any lead role because she was ‘chubby.’ The actress bagged Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin after many years of facing rejection.

Shivangi Joshi, who rose to major fame as Naira in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, has had a roller coaster journey in the industry. The actress revealed that she faced many rejections for almost a year before bagging her first show. In a exclusive interview with ETimes TV, she even talked about getting mocked by her seniors for her acting in her first show. “Pata nahi Kahan se le aate hain, Sirf shakal dekh ke le aate hain, acting toh aati nahi, Humara time waste ho raha hai,” she had said.

Pranali is another popular celebrity who faced rejections for a long time before making it big. The actress started her journey with small character roles and gave several auditions before bagging the lead role of Akshara in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. In an exclusive chat with ETimes TV, she had confirmed that for one long year she just gave interviews but nothing worked out for her. The actress is loved for her role of Akshara in Yeh Rishta.

Mohit Parmar plays the role of Krish Pandya in the show Pandya Store. The actor faced many challenges and struggles in his initial acting days. One of the reasons why the actor faced rejection for a long time was because he couldn’t speak Hindi well. He shared, "In the beginning, I faced a lot of problems speaking Hindi. I was not able to deliver the dialogues properly, and my tone was very heavy while delivering the dialogues. Because the place where I belong is in the northern mountains of India, where I used to speak the Kangri language, I thought wherever I will go I will speak this language only because wherever you go in India they always speak in their local languages."

Not many know that the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi fame Ronit Roy faced financial issues and struggles in the initial days of his acting. The actor gave an exclusive interview to ETimes TV and revealed how he struggled to manage his finances and had no work. He even opened up about his will of becoming an actor since a young age and facing rejection. However, all the wait and downhills were worthwhile for the actor as he gained major popularity in the industry.

Ayesha Singh, popularly known as Sai Joshi in Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, has seen many ups and downs in the industry as well. In the Telly Blazer segment with ETimes TV, Ayesha Singh revealed that initially she got lucky with a few commercials. However, she had to wait a lot to bag her first big role. Moreover, she was about to give up and take up a bank job in Agra as she wasn’t getting any roles. “I felt nothing was happening with my acting career and I should go back. I actually moved back to Agra. I had auditioned for Ghum before leaving and the day I reached Agra I got a call that I was doing Ghum and I returned. ”