7 Bollywood actors who were dancers

Shantanu Maheshwari

Shantanu Maheshwari started out as a professional dancer and choreographer before making his breakthrough as a television actor.

Arshad Warsi

For the unversed, Arshad worked as a dancer & a choreographer, staging a song for `Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja`, before starting his acting career.

Sanya Malhotra

Sanya is a trained dancer & worked as a choreographer and BTS in dance before her acting debut. She even choreographed a song after her acting debut.

Daisy Shah

Daisy spent years working as a background dancer & assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya before her breakout acting role in `Jai Ho` (2014).

Ranveer Singh

Media reports & trivia state that he danced in the background for popular songs like "It`s Magic" from `Koi Mil Gaya` & "Bole Chudiyan" from K3G.

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid trained at Shiamak Davar`s dance academy. He appeared as a background dancer in `Dil To Pagal Hai` before making his lead acting debut in `Ishq Vishk`.

Late Sushant Singh Rajput

SSR began his journey as a dancer in Shiamak Davar`s troupe. He danced in the background of the song "Dhoom Again" before transitioning to TV & films.