Aug 07, 2025

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kartik Aaryan: 19 celebs who hold surprising academic backgrounds

Kriti Sonali

Amitabh Bachchan

This OG Scholar of Bollywood holds a double MA and was offered an honorary Doctorate from several universities around the world.

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Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, which he received in 1988. He also briefly pursued a Master's degree in Mass Communication at Jamia Millia Islamia, but left to pursue acting.

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Kriti Sanon

This young actor is an electronics and communication engineer.

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Kartik Aaryan

This dapper actor studied biotechnology from D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

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Taapsee Pannu

Not to miss, Taapsee in this list, who is a computer engineer.

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R. Madhavan

This pan-Indian stars is an electronics engineer, he also taught communication and personality development.

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Sushant Singh Rajput

This late actor was a mechanical engineer who also secured a high rank in the AIEEE exam.

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Vicky Kaushal

This star holds an engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications.

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Sonu Sood

This actor graduated with a degree in electronics engineering.

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Riteish Deshmukh

Did you know that Ritesh holds a civil engineer degree?

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Parineeti Chopra

Parineeti has a triple honours degree in Business, Finance & Economics from Manchester Business School, UK.

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Sreeleela

She started her acting career in Kannada cinema. Inspired by her mother, Sreeleela pursued an MBBS degree and completed it in 2021. Even though she now focuses on acting.

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Sai Pallavi

This talented South Indian actor completed her medical studies in 2016 at Tbilisi State Medical University in Georgia. Although she hasn’t registered as a doctor in India, she still keeps in touch with the medical field. In 2020, she took the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination.

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John Abraham

He is an MBA from Mumbai Educational Trust. John is a business-savvy actor with a background in media planning.

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Randeep Hooda

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Management and Human Resource Management from Australia.

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Preity Zinta

Preity holds a Bachelor's degree in English with honors from St. Bede's College in Shimla, as well as a postgraduate degree in criminal psychology.

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Sara Ali Khan

Sara graduated from Columbia University in just 3 years with a degree in History and Political Science.

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Soha Ali Khan

Soha studied Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, and holds a Master’s in International Relations from LSE.

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Vidya Balan

Vidya has a degree in Sociology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and pursued a master's too before Bollywood.

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