We Indians love Bollywood movies and the actors. We love them for their performance in the movies and follow them as their fans. But many of us have no idea about their other side businesses. Some of the biggest names of B-Town have ventured into different businesses and have been successful in them too.

Here is a list of 10 Bollywood celebrities who have successful side businesses.

1. Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is one of the biggest actor in the industry. He has starred in several movies portraying some memorable roles. He has also been the host of the famous TV show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Besides his acting and hosting career, he has a successful side business too. He has his own production house named Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL). Movies like “Paa”, “Tere Mere Sapne”, “Saat Rang Ke Sapne”, “Mrityudaata” were produced under his production company.

2. Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Da is a successful veteran Bollywood actor who has many hits under his name. He has also appeared in TV shows like Dance India Dance. Besides being an actor he is also a real estate businessman. His company Monarch Group focuses on the educational and hospitality sector. Like many Bollywood celebs, he too owns a production house named Paparatzy Productions.

3. Twinkle Khanna

Daughter of India’s first superstar Rajesh Khanna and wife of Akshay Kumar, Twinkle had starred in a few movies too. Although her acting career was not very successful, she has shown her expertise in various other fields. She is an author with a few books under her name. Her book “Mrs. Funnybones” was a best-seller and this book made her India’s best selling female author of 2015. She is also an interior designer and a noted newspaper columnist. Her columns appear in reputed newspapers like DNA and Times of India.

4. Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe title in 1994 and then started working in Bollywood movies. Even though her film career was not as successful as her modeling career, she is well known Bollywood diva. She is now a successful businesswoman. The Bengali beauty has her own production house named Tantra Productions and a retail jewelry store in Dubai. She is also planning to open a chain of hotels and spas under her company Sensazione.

5. Karisma Kapoor

Karisma Kapoor has had a successful career as an actress. She was one of the highest-paid actresses of the 90s. She decided to quit acting after her marriage in 2003, breaking the hearts of millions of fans. Karisma now runs an e-commerce portal named babyoye.com which sells baby care and mother care products.

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6. Shilpa Shetty Kundra

Shilpa has not been quite successful in movies. She tried making fitness and yoga DVDs which too didn’t do very well. She has been a part of various dance reality shows too as a judge. But she has been quite impressive in the field of business. She owns a chain of spas in Mumbai called Iosis and perfume brand named S2. Shilpa is also the co-owner of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals. She is now trying to make a spot in the property business.

7. Arjun Rampal

The handsome actor was a top model before joining the industry. He has some blockbuster movies but all of them were multi starers. His solo movies somehow don’t get too much attention and don’t do well in the box office. But the actor has a successful business under his name. He owns a lounge bar restaurant in Delhi named LAP. The interior designing of LAP was done by none other than Gauri Khan. He also runs an event management firm called Chasing Ganesha.

8. Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan is a successful actor in Bollywood. He has given a considerable number of hits for almost three decades now. Besides being a well-known actor, he is a very smart investor. He has invested in various ventures including Charanaka solar project in Gujarat and the 25 MW plant. The production house under his name is Ajay Devgan films. He also owns a VFX studio.

9. Suniel Shetty

Suniel Shetty is a well-known name in the industry. He has had his share of box office hits during his acting career. But his business ventures have been more successful than his acting career. He has ventured into a wide number of business fields. He started with the fitness sector by opening gyms in various places across India. After gaining success in this field he then moved on to the catering sector. He owns Mischief, a series of boutiques and a franchisee of restaurants specializing in Udupi cuisine across Mumbai. The list doesn’t end just here. He has also ventured into interior designing and luxury real estate sector through his company S2 Reality. Besides he has a production house too named Popcorn Entertainment.

10. Shah Rukh Khan

At last but not the least, the final actor in our list is non-other than the King, Shah Rukh Khan. He is one of the most loved and successful Bollywood actors of all time with several blockbusters. SRK is one of the highest-paid actors in the world and has his name in the list of world’s richest actors. His brand value is worth billions! He owns the production house Red Chillies Entertainment and its subsidiaries. He is also a co-owner of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. Besides these, he also earns a lot of money from the various brand endorsements.