The Entrepreneurial Side Of Bollywood Stars


BANGALORE: It is a recent trend that Bollywood stars are pushing in serious money into startups. Right From AR Rehaman to Bipasha Basu, everyone walks with the label of an entrepreneur with huge investment in budding ventures. While some have managed to stick to their domain, some others entered new arenas exploring the infinite possibility that the startup world offers.

Here is a list of startups funded by the top stars from Bollywood as reported by Abhash Kumar for Your Story website.

1. Ticketplease.com—Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt: Bollywood Superstar Ajay Devgan has invested in a venture named ‘ticketplease.com’ which as the name suggests is an online ticket booking websitePartnering another Bollywood top honcho Sanjay Dutt  as a fellow-investor in the project, the startup caters tickets mainly for movies.

CEO and founder, Jimmy Mistry expressed his happiness about the involvement of the stars from the Indian film industry at the launching of the venture in 2011. The launch had garnered huge publicity; thanks to the presence of the entire lead-cast of the movie—Jatt Yamala Pagla Deewana.

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