Assistants who've made it big

Here's a look at the celebs who choose to be assistants before their big break in silver screen; Before starting her career off as an actress, Sonam Kapoor worked as assistant director with ace director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. 

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Arjun Kapoor worked as assistant producer and assistant director before making is career as a full-fledged actor in Ishaqzaade in 2012. 

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After doing cameo in Aap Ke Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan Dada (1986) Hrithik Roshan went on to become assistant director and worked under his father Rakesh Roshan for films like Karan Arjun (1995) and Koyla (1997). 

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Ranveer Singh assisted Shaad Ali in films like Bunty Aur Babli as well as some ad films. Following this, he worked with ace filmmaker Aditya Chopra before getting his first big break ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ in 2010 opposite Anushka Sharma. 

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Ranbir Kapoor found himself on the other side of the camera during his earlier days; he worked as assistant director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Black. 

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Prior to his acting career, Varun Dhawan worked as an assistant director to Karan Johar on his directorial My Name Is Khan (2010). Two years later, he made his acting debut with Karan Johar's romantic comedy Student of the Year alongside Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. 

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Actor Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan assisted Anurag Kashyap on his film, Bombay Velvet and he will be debuting in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film, Mirza Sahibaan. 

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Model turned actor Siddharth Malhotra worked behind the camera as assistant director on My Name is Khan before taking up acting as his career. He made his debut in Dharma Productions' multi-starrer movie Student Of TheYear. He donned the mantle of a solo lead in Hasee Toh Phasee. 

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Even Shahid Kapoor worked as background dancer before wearing the cap of an actor in showbiz. 

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Aditya Pancholi's son, Sooraj Pancholi makes his debut in Hero opposite Athiya Shetty. He has earlier assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on his film, Guzaarish (2010). 

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