9 Famous Indians Who Found Success Despite Failures
#2.Amitabh Bachchan
India's legendary actor and iconic personality, Amitabh Bachchan rose to fame only after his miserable failures. Before Bollywood ever gave him a chance, he slept on a bench in Marine Drive. Rejected by All India Radio, he gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta to pursue a career in acting. He delivered 12 consecutive flops before his first hit, ‘Zanjeer.’
Amitabh Bachchan overcame two phases of life; the first part was when he struggled and gained his fame, fortune, and popularity and the second part was having everything, losing it all, surviving that struggle, and regaining all that as lost. By not being bothered about critics, he focused on the task at hand and was determined to make a name for himself. He returned as a superstar on "Kaun Banega Crorepati", which became the most watched television show in India.
"Nothing in this world is achieved without pain, hard work, sweat, blood, and tears. The sooner we reconcile to this fact the better; the sooner we start to act on it is even better," said Bachchan.
#3.Dhirubhai Ambani
Dhirubhai Ambani was the most enterprising Indian entrepreneur. His life journey is suggestive of the rags to riches story. Dhirubhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling "bhajias" to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends. After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, Ambani moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and set up a textile trading company. After that, it was a tale of expansions and successes. Ambani was credited for shaping India's equity culture, attracting millions of retail investors in the market till then dominated by financial institutions. Ambani revolutionized capital markets.
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