Gangster Turned Bollywood Director Success Story: The Bollywood star worked in more than 200 films including ‘Roti Prado Aur Makan’, ‘Kranti’, ‘Mr Natwarlal’, ‘Prem Rog’, but before working in films he was a gangster. Who ran away from home and reached Mumbai at the age of 13. He was often involved in gang wars. He was spotted by a senior Bollywood action director during a street fight. He was so impressed with her fight that he gave her work in films. Today, the son of this famous action choreographer and director is a Bollywood superstar, who has revealed a lot about his father’s struggle-filled life in ‘Koffee With Karan’.
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New Delhi: There was one star of Hindi cinema, who gained more fame through his acting than acting and made his son a big star in Bollywood, but he made it to Bollywood after a tough struggle. He left home at the age of 13 and became a gangster after reaching Mumbai. We are talking about Bollywood’s famous action choreographer, director and actor Veeru Devgan, whose son Ajay Devgan revealed many secrets related to his father’s life in the latest episode of ‘Koffee With Karan’. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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Ajay Devgn told Karan Johar’s chat show, ‘When he was just 13 years old, he ran away from his home in Punjab. He traveled without a ticket and reached Mumbai, where he was arrested. He had neither work nor food. Someone helped them and said that if they washed their cab they could sleep inside it. He started from there. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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Ajay continued about father Veeru Devgan, ‘He was a carpenter turned gangster of Sion Koliwada. He had a gang then and was also involved in gang wars. One day senior action director Ravi Khanna was passing by and saw a street fight. He stopped the car and called Papa to him. He said- what are you doing? Papa said- I am a carpenter. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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Ravi Khanna said something amazing to Ajay Devgn’s father. He said, ‘You fight well, come to see me tomorrow. He made Veeru Devgan a fighter in films. Later he directed action scenes in several films. He also played a small role in the 1981 film ‘Kranti’. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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On the discussion of nepotism on social media, Ajay Devgan says, ‘You read a lot about nepotism on social media, but people don’t realize that many generations have worked hard to get here. This is no ordinary story. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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Veeru Devgan was rarely seen in public. He was last seen in 2019 at the screening of Ajay Devgan’s film ‘Total Dhamaal’. He choreographed fight and action sequences for more than 80 Hindi films. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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Veeru Devgan made his directorial debut with the 1999 film Hindustan Ki Kasam, starring Ajay Devgan, Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen. Ajay Devgn’s father breathed his last in 2019 at the age of 84. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram @ajaydevgn)
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