Ten Engineers turned successful Bollywood Actors

Patel studied biogenetic engineering for two years at Tufts University in Massachusetts, U.S., but later graduated with a gold medal in economics from the same university in 1997.

Famous for his acts in 'Kota Factory', 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' and the recent 'Panchayat, Jitendra completed his civil engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

Famous for his portrayal of Chitvan Sharma in the superhit web series TVF Tripling, Amol studied mechanical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

The good boy of Indian cinema has an engineering degree in Electronics from Rajaram College, Kolhapur.

Hindi cinema's bad boy turned real-life hero has done his graduation from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering in Nagpur

The monologue champion has an engineering degree in biotechnology from Navi Mumbais D Y Patil College of Engineering

Bollywood's new-age, chocolate lover boy pursued an engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications from Mumbais Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology.

The gutsy and graceful Taapsee has sought her graduation in Computer Science Engineering from Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi.

Pretty Kriti has a bachelors degree holder in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.

A National Olympiad winner in Physics, Sushant cleared as many as 11 engineering entrance exams before enrolling for mechanical engineering in Delhi College of Engineering. He completed only three years of the four-year course before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

When one thinks of Bollywood, it's easy to assume that actors seldom require sound education to their benefit. But when you see these talented actors excel in cinema and then learn that they are also gifted thinkers, you are bound to respect them so much more. Presenting ten actors who truly define beauty with brains.