Top 10 Bollywood Directors Turned Actors

1. Farhan Akhtar One of the most recognized young director of India >> Read More...

Farhan Akhtar directed many great movies like Dil Chahta Hai Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Lakshya Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and impressed the audiences with his acting skills with his debut film, ‘Rock On!!’. After Rock On, he continued doing many interesting movies, and he was appreciated the most in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Click to look into! >> Read More... .

2. Anurag Kashyap Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has es >> Read More...

Anurag Kashyap is known for making dark films like Black Friday, ‘ Gulaal ‘Zindagi Ka Har Rang...Gulaal’ has been known to t >> Read More... ’, Gangs of Wasseypur; but audiences got glimpses of his acting skills in movies in which he did special appearances. It was in ‘ Shagird Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ that he played a significant character of a gangster and showed his talent as an actor. And in his last release ‘ Akira Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, we saw him playing a corrupt police officer.

3. Tigmanshu Dhulia Tigmanshu Dhulia is a super talented and multi-fac >> Read More...

Tigmanshu Dhulia has directed many memorable films like ‘ Haasil Haasil is an Indian-Hindi language serial which is >> Read More... ’, ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster’, Paan Singh Tomar Click to look into! >> Read More... ; but he charmed the audiences by playing the character of Ramadhir Singh in ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’. We have also seen him in movies like ‘ Shahid Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Manjhi: The Mountain Man’, ‘ Hero Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (2015 film), in which he played influential roles.

4. Nishikant Kamat Nishikant Kamat is a famous director of Indian fil >> Read More...

Nishikant Kamat is a very talented director who has made films like Mumbai Meri Jaan Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Force Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Drishyam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’; but he is also a very brilliant actor. We have seen him in the psychological thriller, ‘ 404 Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, in which he performed the role of a professor, and he didn't only direct ‘ Rocky Handsome Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ but also played the negative character in the film.

5. Prakash Jha Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenw >> Read More...

Prakash Jha has directed many socio-political films like ‘ Gangaajal Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Raajneeti Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Satyagraha Click to look into! >> Read More... ’; but in his last directorial movie, he also made a debut as an actor. He played a corrupt officer and received many praises for his performance.

6. Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Manjrekar is a renowned actor, director and >> Read More...

Mahesh Manjrekar has been known to direct many critically acclaimed movies like ‘Vaastav’, ‘ Kurukshetra Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Viruddh’; but he is famous as an actor as well. He has acted in films like Slumdog Millionaire Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Wanted Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘OMG! Oh My God’, and he does justice to every role that he plays on screen.

7. Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor was born in Hyderabad to Kusuma Su >> Read More...

Nagesh Kukunoor is famous for directing movies like ‘Iqbal’, ‘ Dor Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Dhanak Click to look into! >> Read More... ’; but he did his debut as an actor and director at the same time with, ‘Hyderabad Blues’; it was a romantic comedy and was screened in many international film festivals. In fact, he acted in many of his directorial films like ‘Rockford’, Hyderabad Blues 2, Dor.

8. Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra is a Bollywood director and screenwr >> Read More...

Sudhir Mishra is a brilliant director who has made critically acclaimed films like ‘ Chameli Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Yeh Saali Zindagi Click to look into! >> Read More... . But it was in Traffic Signal Click to look into! >> Read More... , that he showed his talent as an actor. In the film, he played a negative role, linked with corrupted politician and mafia.

9. Karan Johar Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities i >> Read More...

Karan Johar became famous with his directorial debut in ‘ Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and he went on to direct many commercial hits like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, My Name Is Khan, Student Of The Year. He even did special appearances in many films. But it was in Bombay Velvet Click to look into! >> Read More... , that he played a significant, negative character.

10. Farah Khan Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, di >> Read More...

Farah Khan is a well-known choreographer and film director and has directed many commercial hits like Main Hoon Na Click to look into! >> Read More... , Om Shanti Om Click to look into! >> Read More... and Happy New Year Click to look into! >> Read More... . She has done cameos in many films as well. But she made her film debut as an actor with Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi which was a romantic comedy.