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Modelling has always been a well-defined route to <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword>. Walking the ramps for well-known designers, appearing in music videos and brand commercials has time and again proven to be useful in bringing yourself in the eyes of Bollywood’s producers on the lookout of fresh talent. This is the reason why several of Bollywood’s A-listed celebrities can boast of modelling as their background. 
 
Today, we present to you some photographs of popular Bollywood celebrities, back from their modelling days. See how different they used to look in comparison of today. 
 
Have a look! 
 
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This is what famous Bollywood actors looked like in their modelling days

At the age of 17, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=ananya+birla&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Ananya Birla</a>, daughter of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=ADITYA+BIRLA+GROUP&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Aditya Birla Group </a>Chairman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Kumar-Mangalam-Birla-and-family-are-investing-Rs-500-crore-in-food-and-grocery-biz/articleshow/52398031.cms">Kumar Mangalam Birla</a> and philanthropist <keyword id="438263" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Neerja-Birla">Neerja Birla</keyword> decided to ignore the weight of her surname and followed her heart by starting her own <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=MICROFINANce&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">microfinance</a> company called <keyword id="3852778" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Svantantra-Microfinance">Svantantra Microfinance</keyword>. 
 
The success that followed made one thing evident-Ananya Birla doesn’t waste time in pursuing and realising her dreams. 
 
At a time when most people her age are struggling to find clarity and direction, Ananya on the other hand is exuding brilliance in everything she undertakes. 
 Since then, she has gone on to become an active campaigner of mental health besides launching her own e-commerce venture, <keyword id="3634135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="CuroCarte">Curocarte</keyword>. But, she isn’t done. 
 One would think she would take it easy for a while after what she’s managed to achieve at such an young age; but <keyword id="2654844" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ananya-Birla">Ananya Birla</keyword> continues to surprise. 
 
Now 22, she is making waves in her new avatar- a popstar. 
 
 
 
Last Saturday, the young musician launched her debut international single ‘Livin’ the life’ in a glitzy event in Mumbai which was attended by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hrithik+roshan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Hrithik Roshan</a>, Sooraj Pancholi, Dino Morea and Sohail Khan. A mix of EDM and pop, the track has been mixed by Dutch DJ <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=afrojack&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Afrojack</a> and composed and written by Ananya and American producer Jim Beanz. The duo then recorded the track at a studio in Philadelphia. 
 
The single was a result of a one-year long collaboration between her and Beanz, who has previously worked with international popstars Demi Lovato, Nelly Furtado to name a few. 
 
“Livin’ the Life’ is all about celebrating life and spreading love and kindness in the world. By coming out of adversity, one can start to see beauty, and that’s how the song came about,” she states when asked about the inspiration for her debut single. 
 
Many would call this shift of hers from a successful entrepreneur to the newest musician on the block unforeseen, but as it turns out, it was always on the cards. 
 
 
 
 
Ananya’s tryst with music began early. She played the santoor and guitar while growing up and counts The Fray, Ed Sheeran and Cheryl Cole as her inspiration. 
 
However, it was only during her time at University of Oxford, did the musician inside her breathe life. Singing and playing the guitar at live gigs became a regular occurrence so much so that in two years, she had performed at over 70 gigs and in essence, found her calling. 
 
She now writes lyrics, composes music and has plans to launch a soul and R&amp;B album soon. Infact, she has already started writing her next track. It goes without saying that music consumes her. 
 
When you ask Ananya, what music means to her, pat comes the reply. “To me, music is about life in totality and love in its purest form. It’s about capturing and expressing your emotions and celebrating everything about life.” 
 
Ananya is quite clear about one thing- her future as a musician doesn’t necessary have to intertwine with Bollywood. Instead, her priority is to give people access to music platforms through her organisation, One. 
 
Watch her song here: 
 
 
 
Image credit: <a href="http://www.vogue.in/content/ananya-birla-indias-newest-musician-block/#s-cust0">Vogue</a>

Meet 22-year-old Ananya Birla, the successful entrepreneur who decided to turn popstar

Mumbai voted and so did Delhi. Bangalore did it, too! And Kolkata was not left behind either. While the whole country seems reluctant to comment on whether there is a genuine Narendra Modi wave this time around or whether it is the handiwork of the media, no one can possibly deny a couple of poll trends which have come up this time. 
 To start with, the number of first-time voters has been the highest this time. The other trend, apparently new in the Indian context, is the emergence of the ‘<keyword id="1725157" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Selfie">selfie</keyword> brigade’ as voters pose with index-finger-inked selfies on their respective social networking sites. 
 In a narcissistic world, anything that glorifies the self is welcomed with open arms. Err… did we say arms? We mean the hands that take the pictures, of course. Social networking sites seem to thrive on the selfie culture, helping people glorify the self, even if it means throwing privacy and caution to the wind. In that sense, being ‘social’ is more about self-promotion, rather than networking with people and meeting them. <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword>, <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> and Twitter are the new Page 3. 
 
When you say that all the world’s a stage, the elections must be the biggest platform to stage a great performance. So what other option was left for the 23.16 million young, peppy, cyber-savvy Gen Y, hitting the polling booths to exercise their franchise? It had to be a flood of inked selfies, expressly showing their joy and pride that come with casting the ballot. 
 
Giving into this trend were celebrities and politicians who would not lose a chance to show that they did fulfil their responsibility. Rajinikath’s fans posted a picture of the thalaiva voting; Shah Rukh posed with his inky finger outside the booth, and so did Aamir and his wife Kiran. Sachin Tendulkar also surrendered to this selfie craze. Director-actor <keyword id="5015" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Farhan-Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</keyword> posted his selfie with the picture taken at his house; Rahul Bose took his selfie with a poker face; <keyword id="8145" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Preity-zinta">Preity Zinta</keyword> went for a selfie pose for a snapshot while Raveena Tandon looked beautiful, shooting her inky index finger inside her car. 
 
But there were even more luminaries who followed the trend. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan voted without giving it a miss. Singer Kailash Kher turned to his camera soon after voting and showed the world he had performed his duty as an Indian citizen. Sonam Kapoor looked all radiant while posing with that inky finger right in front of her. And an almost forgotten Dino Morea posted his selfie soon after voting was done. English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde didn’t miss posing before her own camera after she voted. In a nutshell, the selfie frenzy took over during the polls and caught hold of everyone, almost everywhere. 
 
The ones who didn’t post their selfies were probably the most ‘tech-unabled’ people. The incessant flow of selfies were fast and furious, came in all shapes and sizes, and featured varied expressions – right from brilliant, billion-dollar smiles to haggard to merry ones. But the most disappointed lot of this season were those who went to the booth armed with their cell phones (naturally 3G-enabled ones, which would enable them to post a picture even before the ink on their fingers dried), only to find that their names were missing from the voters’ list. Their disappointment was as huge as Viswanathan Anand’s when he lost the World Championship to young Magnus Carlson. What a pity. And what a selfie-opportunity missed for life (or at least for the next five years). 
 
Just as the indelible ink has made its mark throughout the democratic process, pinpointing the serious nature of our political responsibilities, people posting selfies after voting also tells us another story – a different story altogether. It amply shows that upholding the democratic system in India has now become a heady combination of duty and exhibitionism. 
 
Now, we call that finger-lookin’ good! 
 
Image: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter

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