Actors That Failed In Acting But Achieved Success As Directors

Blog By fatema | 04-12-18

Though They Failed To Perform In Front Of Cameras, They Surely Impressed Audience With Their Performance Behind The Cameras

Arbaaz Khan

Salman Khan's brother Arbaaz Khan could not make his mark in movies and so he tried to pursue his career in direction and he gave two blockbuster films such as Dabangg and Dabangg 2.

Pooja Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt is the daughter of a very popular director, Mahesh Bhatt and she created many headlines with her father and she also tried acting but she could not achieve a great success in acting an so she gave a try in direction and gave films like Jism, Jism 2 and others.

Rakesh Roshan

Hrithik Roshan's father Rakesh Roshan who was once an actor before giving super hit films but he failed and then he tried his hands in direction and gave blockbusters like “Kaho Na Pyaar Hai”, “Karan Arjun”, “Krissh”, “Koi Mil Gaya” and many others.

Ashutosh Gowarikar

Very few know this that Ashutosh Gowarikar actually tried his career as an actor but failed and then he switched into direction and he gave films like “Jodha Akbar”, “Swades”, “Lagaan”.

Abhishek Kapoor

Abhishek Kapoor started his career with acting, he was seen in “Uff! Yeh Mohabbat” and but he could not achieve success as an actor so he tried his career in direction and he gave films like “Fitoor” and “Rock on”.