What it was for these people to face rejections and failures, before they became India’s popular celebrities

Counted among the country’s top celebrities, artists, musicians and authors, they were once “ordinary people” struggling to make a mark or get a breakthrough. But with determination, they turned their passion into paychecks, even though the journey may have been an arduous one!

Hear from some of these well-known names themselves about their transformative journeys. You are sure to learn some life lessons from them.

Catch the complete story here

Catch the complete story here

Catch the complete story here

If you are someone is who is looking at pursuing your passion, or have already have already taken a step in that direction, you will agree that even a little bit of inspiration could make a lot of positive difference.

With this in mind, Signature Startup organised the first Signature Startup Masterclass series across 10 cities in India. As part of this program, audiences got to engage with influencers who had turned their passion into paychecks.

The sessions were hosted by VJ-turned-actor Cyrus Sahukar. The one-to-one sessions saw 11 celebrities – Palash Sen, Anurag Kashyap, Amish Tripathy, Riyaaz Amlani, Raghu Dixit, Ankur Tewari, Arunabh Kumar, Atul Khatri, Varun Sheth, Kunal Kapoor, and Vir Das – narrate an honest account of their journeys and talk about following their passion

Plans are already on for the second season of the Signature StartUp Masterclass. For those who missed being part of the series, but would still like to know more about the inspiring stories, the series is being hosted on SignatureStartUp.in.

Click on the images to watch the celebrities talk about how they dealt with struggles and finally tasted success. Watch the interesting webisodes now!