This post pays tribute to Bollywood Actor Arshad Warsi, who was orphaned at very young age and struggled all his way to reach the top.
The writeup below has been taken from Hindu magazine:
THERE WAS a time when Arshad Warsi's financial standing was dangerously
hovering between imminent bankruptcy and absolute financial disaster. He
was selling lipstick and nail polish in buses between Borivelli and
Bandra, then.
An orphan at 14, Arshad Warsi is a self-made man. "I knew just one
dream, I had to become rich. How? No clue," the actor goes on a
flashback. "I was doing all sorts of odd jobs to keep myself alive on
the streets of Mumbai. At that time, to own a house, travel in cars and
eat more than mere salt-rice seemed a pipe dream," he says with a wry
smile. Observation taught Arshad (who was 21 then) dance, while sheer
grit and keenness won him the fourth-prize in World English Jazz Dancing
Competition in 1991, London. The prize put him on a waltz, from where
there was no looking back.
