Career Advice: Career Inspiration from Bollywood

We tend to look forward to inspiration in life to keep ourselves motivated, isn't it? Believing in the same, we have identified certain movies that not just entertain us but inspire as well. These movies make us laugh, cry, giggle, and inspire about different aspects of life. Several Bollywood movies have even brought several career options in the limelight. Maybe you have thought about them many times, but somehow these got swept up, and you didn't think about actually making them your career choices. In case, it's true in your case, here is a Bollywood movies list that can give you an inspiration break.

Wedding planners: Band Baja Barat (2010)

Band Baja Barat inspired people to trust in the unconventional yet high-paying career like wedding planning. With your creativity, you can lit up the happiest day of people's life, and enjoy the fun and excitement of weddings as well. Since marriages have moved ahead of the hookup zone and are now a matter of pride in Indian society, Wedding industry beholds high potential for budding entrepreneurs. From handling designing and coordination of weddings to designing invitation cards and deciding venues, wedding planners have to work on everything.

Videographer cum Traveler: Yeh Jawani Hai Dewaani (2013)

Ranbir Kapoor, as Bunny or Kabir Thapar, has unveiled another career option that wasn't much of the limelight. In the movie, Ranbir not just works as photographer/videographer but even travels the world and live his dreams of visiting every city in the world. To work like Karan Thapar in Ye Jawani Hai Dewaani, you need to undergo the course in mass communication and journalism. After that, you may apply for Fashion Photographer, Film Director, Video Jockey, and Event Manager and explore the world.

Start Up: Guru (2007)

Abhishek Bachan inspired the youth of the nation with his entrepreneurial skills in the role of Gurukant Desai and came up with the startup business. His character encourages to follow our dream of becoming a serial entrepreneur. The startup is about being futuristic and opportunist. You have to plan ventures much ahead of time and observe the mechanics of market with a sharp eye. There are several successful examples of startup today like Zomato, Ola, and Housing.

Financial Broker: Zindagi Milegi Na Dubara (2011)

Hrithik Roshan, as Arjun Narula played a role of financial broker in the much-loved Bollywood movie-Zindagi Milegi Na Dubara. Career as the fiscal agent is promising who trust their sense and calculations. The stock market is not all about luck but also about smartness and mathematics. To be a stock broker, you do not need a specific academic qualification. If you have had done a course in finance- an MBA, a Chartered Accountant or a graduation in Bcom, then you can understand how stock market functions. The most important thing one needs to be a stock broker is good knowledge of stock market. The starting annual salary of an agent as assistant relationship managers (ARMs) and relationship managers (RMS) is around Rs. 3 lakhs to 4.5 lakhs. Since the stock market is directly connected with our economic growth, hence, higher GDP means higher salaries.

Military Services: Lakshya (2004)

As Karan Shergill, Hrithik Roshan not just inspired youth about finding the real self, but even encouraged them to join Military Services. Lakshya precisely depicts what soldiers go through behind the scenes, and not just at the battle. Having a career in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard is not about salary, family relationships, or acquiring job skills, but it is about commitment to your career for several years, a commitment to give your 100% (even risk your life) and save the nation.

Hockey: Chak De (2007)

Cricket overpowered every other sport, but Chak De made people interested in Hockey. The girls of Chak De and Shahrukh Khan as coach Kabir have done it together. They not just won the gold medal in the movie but even inspired people to think out of cricket. Hockey has gained much popularity after the film and youth are showing interest in the game as a career option.

Many other movies give us career advice, so next time when you go to a movie, do not forget to grab inspiration elements from it.