20 Actors Who Have Struggled With Substance Abuse

Bollywood is not an easy place to be in. People have to go through a lot to become successful. When they do become successful, they must go through a lot more to maintain that success. Some actors loose themselves in the process, while some loose themselves in the success itself. The following are 20 actors who have struggled with substance abuse.

1. Guru Dutt Born on 9th July 1925, Guru Dutt was an Indian act >> Read More...

The actor had been leading an immensely successful career before his death. His films were doing well and all of them are classics today. Only one of his films had failed, which also became a classic later. However, the actor was leading an immensely troubled personal life. His marriage with his wife Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt was a significant singer who mesmerized >> Read More... was failing and he was in love with Waheeda Rehman She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim fam >> Read More... , whom he had discovered and mentored. But this love was also failing and Guru Dutt had resorted to alcoholism. When that did not help, he drowned several sleeping pills with alcohol and bid adieu to the world.

2. Meena Kumari Meena Kumari is a popular TV and film actress. She >> Read More...

The actress was so beautiful that it was hard to believe she was real. She started to act at a very young age and got married when she was hardly an adult. She had married Kamal, who was a much older man. The marriage barely lasted a few years, especially since Kamal had children from his previous marriage, while Meena wanted to be a mother. Then she had several affairs while struggling with alcoholism. Ultimately, she died of Liver Cirrhosis in her husband’s arms.

3. Arjun Rampal Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and >> Read More...

The actor has been quite frank about his struggle with alcohol. He is the brand ambassador of Chivas and began drinking when he was 21 years old. He had originally planned on becoming an athlete, but when modeling came by, his dreams of becoming an athlete were put on hold. That is also the reason why he had not started to drink earlier.

4. Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala, is a Bollywood actress of Nepales >> Read More...

The actress has had to deal with both, an unsure career and a failing love life, all at the same time, while being in the public eye. The actress has received a lot of pity and is the cause of a lot of curiosity when it comes to the audience and the media. She was gone too deep into alcohol and nicotine when she realized she had cancer. After the actress defeated cancer, she chose to forgo from her former habits.

5. Mahesh Bhatt Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt created a niche for himself >> Read More...

It is no big secret that Mahesh Bhatt has battled with alcohol addiction. The actor was in pretty deep but decided to get his life together just in time. He also made a movie on his addiction and named it Daddy. A majority of his films are loosely based on incidents from his life, like Humari Adhoori Kahaani.

6. Rakhee Gulzar Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and pop >> Read More...

The actress was brilliant in her profession. Her acting skills were compared to those of the tragedy queen herself. However, Meena Kumari, the tragedy queen had a huge role to play in Rakhee’s addiction to alcohol. Rakhee’s marital life had been dwindling and her husband’s affair with Meena Kumari was no big secret. After she gave birth to ‘Gulzar’s daughter, the couple got a divorce.

7. Dharmendra  Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 19 >> Read More...

Dharmendra has never been shy of talking about his alcoholism and its effect on his life. He had almost ruined his own career with his drinking habit which had gone on for a total of 15 years. Then the actor took up writing, and made severe changes in his lifestyle, after which he managed to kick away his habit.

8. Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scr >> Read More...

Javed Akhtar is a well known lyricist and a revered poet. His son is also just as successful as him. However, Javed’s beautiful compositions are also attributed to his alcoholism, which lasted for more than a quarter of a decade. Then the actor decided to let go of the habit due to his failing health.

9. Sanjeev Kumar Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai >> Read More...

The actor’s life too was just as tragic as Meena Kumari’s. They were both successful in their careers but were drowning away their lives in reality. He fell deeply in love with Hema Malini Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the >> Read More... and proposed to her. She agreed at first, but later backed out of the marriage at the last moment and got married to Dharmendra. The actor then lived all his life as a bachelor.

10. Silk Smitha Silk Smitha is an unforgettable personality in the >> Read More...

Alcohol may be considered the cause of her death, but it was depression that forced her to increase her alcohol intake. Her career had taken a different path than she had expected and her popularity was continuously declining. People began to find her film monotonous and her venture as a producer failed. Her romantic life was also failing and her debts were continuously mounting. So the actress committed suicide.

11. Fardeen Khan Fardeen Khan is a former film actor, known for doi >> Read More...

Fardeen Khan had already been struggling with a dwindling career when in 2001, he was arrested for possessing cocaine. In 2001 itself, he had to go through detoxification. It was much later, in the year 2012, when he was granted bail in this case with immunity. The actor had also appeared in a film in the year 2010, “ Dulha Mil Gaya Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, which had been a flop like most other movies that he had been a part of.

12. Sanjay Dutt July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of >> Read More...

The actor has recently come out of jail after he was found guilty of possessing arms that linked him to the serial blasts in Mumbai. However, the actor was also arrested many years back in the year 1982, when he was at the peak of his career and was sentenced to jail for five months for illegal possession of drugs. The actor insists that he is not a terrorist and wants to put his past behind him.

13. Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was >> Read More...

The actor, who is the latest face of the Kapoor clan has been making headlines ever since his debut admitted that while he was still in acting school, he was guilty of smoking weed. He also smoked weed for his character in the film ‘ Rockstar Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

14. Vijay Raaz Vijay Raaz (Born: 5th June 1963) is an Indian film >> Read More...

He is one of the actors who may not be able to give commercial blockbusters but are highly acclaimed critically. In the year 2005, he was caught in the Dubai airport with illegal possession of drugs.

15. Honey Singh Honey Singh was born on 15th March 1983 in Hoshiar >> Read More...

This one is no big surprise. Drowning in success, the actor had lost himself to the drugs and alcohol that he sings about so frequently in his songs. For several months, he remained missing from the public eye as he was fighting his addiction in a rehabilitation center.

16. Geetanjali Nagpal Bio coming soon... >> Read More...

The model was once a big deal in the modeling world. She had walked the ramp with Sushmita Sen What is the essence of being a woman? her winning >> Read More... and had been honored at several award functions. But she lost all her fame and money to her drug addiction. Recently, she has been living her life on the parks, streets and temples in Delhi.

17. Gauri Khan Born on Ocotber 8 1970, Gauri Khan (originally kno >> Read More...

The Bollywood wives are not far behind when it comes to substance abuse. Gauri Khan, who has been known to frequent plastic surgeons and Botox clinics, was once detained at the airport in Berlin. This was because of the amount of marijuana that was found in her possession.

18. Sussanne Khan The Heather Graham of Bollywood, she’s associated >> Read More...

Sussanne may not be much of a celebrity, but she has fended off the fame of Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... pretty well. The actress herself belongs to a reputed family and has made her name among the best interior designers in the film industry. It is believed that she is addicted to drugs and this addiction has played a strong role in her divorce with Hrithik.

19. Rahul Mahajan Rahul Mahajan is an entertainer. He was also a for >> Read More...

Son of Pramod Mahajan, Rahul Mahajan is a celebrity simply because he makes sure to come on television once in a while, make a fool of himself and then disappear for a while. He hit the peak of his popularity with “ Bigg Boss Season 2 Bigg Boss Season 2 - The second season of the popu >> Read More... ” and then even hosted a swayamvar for himself. There have been times when he has needed emergency treatment for cocaine overdose. He has been married twice, and is currently single, all thanks to his abusive behavior towards his wives.

20. Mamta Kulkarni Controversies shrouded Mamta Kulkarni during her t >> Read More...

Mamta Kulkarni was once a significant name in Bollywood. But now she and her husband Vicky Goswami have been accused of being a huge part of a drug racket costing several crores. The Drug Enforcement Agency of the United States and the Mombasa Police carried out a joint operation, where the couple was arrested.