Anyone who aspires to bean actor has a particular place in their heart for Bollywood. And you want tomake it big in the bigger arena, no matter how popular you are on the tinyscreen.

Starting your career from a small screen is the first step but reaching the heights need guts and talent. Here is the list of such talented actors who made their debut in Bollywood from small screen.

Aditya Roy Kapoor

He has been known for his hit movie Ashiqui 2 but before that he used to be a Vj on channel v. he was also seen on many other movies.

Sameer Kochhar

Sameer Kocchar began his career hosting Doordarshan's AIDS awareness and tourism show Haath Se Haath Mila alongside Sugandha Garg. In 2003, he made his Bollywood debut in the multilingual film Valentine Days, directed by Sumeer Sabharwal. He rose to prominence on Indian television after starring in the hit show Bade Ache Lagte Hain. He's done a lot of movies. He is currently an IPL anchor.

Karan Singh Grover

Dill Mill Gayye and Qubool Hai were successful shows for the television actor and model. He has acted in movies such as Alone and Hate Story 3.

Yami Gautam

Gautam has appeared in series such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo, Raaj kumar Aaryyan, and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam on television. She has appeared in Bollywood films such as Vicky Donor (2012), Badlapur (2015), and Kaabil, in addition to regional productions (2017).

 Sushant Singh Rajput

Rajput began his acting career on Zee TV in Ekta Kapoor's iconic serial opera PavitraRishta. After that, he made his cinematic debut in Abhishek Kapoor's Kai Poe Che! (2013), which is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel The Three Mistakes of My Life.

Irrfan Khan

Late Irrfan Khan was the one of the biggest superstar of the industry. He was most popular in bollywood as well in hollywood industry too. He started his career from television and theaters. On Doordarshan, he appeared in shows such as Chanakya, Bharat EkKhoj, Sara Jahan Hamara, BanegiApniBaat, Chandrakanta, and Shrikant, while on Star Plus, he appeared in Star Bestsellers. Salaam Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair, was his debut cinematic role. (1988)

Rajeev Khandelwal

In the mid-2000s, Khandelwal appeared in a number of popular television shows, including Kahiin To Hoga (2003-2005), Time Bomb 9/11 (2005), and Left Right Left (2007). With Raj Kumar Gupta's critically acclaimed psychological thriller Aamir, he made his feature debut (2008).

Vidya Balan

Balan made his acting debut in the 1995 comedy Hum Paanch. She made her Hindi cinema debut with Pradeep Sarkar's historical love movie Parineeta a long time later (2005).

R. Madhavan

In addition to Zee's Banegi Apni Baat and GharJamai, Sony's Saaya, and Doordarshan's Sea Hawks, the Hindi and Tamil cinema actor appeared in Zee's Banegi ApniBaat and GharJamai. He debuted in Sudhir Mishra's thriller Is Raat Ki Subah Nahi (1996) before breaking out with Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey(2000).

Prachi Desai

Desai, the protagonist of the famous television serial Kasamh Se, made her cinematic debut opposite Farhan Akhtar in Rock On!! (2008) and has since appeared in films such as Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and BolBachchan (2012).