The path to success is never easy. It's always lined with a number of hardships and sometimes failures too. But once you reach the pinnacle of success, everything that comes before it seems worthwhile. Here are some Bollywood celebs who struggled in the most unbelievable way before making it big: Akshay Kumar served as a chef and waiter in a restaurant in Bangkok. He then returned to India and became a martial arts teacher. His first modelling assignment was brought by one of his students.

Shah Rukh Khan, the Badshah of Bollywood, slept on roads near the Oberoi hotel for many days before he got a role in Deewana opposite Divya Bharti.

Neha Dhupia used to help models backstage with their shoes before she bagged the crown of Miss India.