How Bollywood Celebrities Spent Their First Big Paycheck!

Many Bollywood celebrities have made their way from rags to riches and gained a million followers overnight. All the fortune has made its way to the pockets of these celebrities, fulfilling their dreams as they come like any common person.

Many Bollywood celebrities vividly remember how they spent their first paycheck, making it their first-ever luxury purchase. From buying a swanky car to investing in a house, here’s how these celebrities made their luxury dreams come true.

Shanaya Kapoor

Making her debut with Karan Johar's Bedhadak, Shanaya Kapoor was spotted rolling in a luxurious Audi Q7.

Posing in a picture with her parents, Sanjay Kapoor, actor, and film producer, and Maheep Kapoor of The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives, the actress was spotted on the Instagram handle of Audi, Mumbai West.

The luxury car, Audi Q7 Facelift is worth ₹80 lakh. Audi Q7's 2022 version comes in two variants - Premium Plus ( ₹80 Lakh) and Technology ( ₹88 lakh).

Shanaya started her Bollywood career as an assistant director with the film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, which was released in 2020. The film starred Shanaya's cousin Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role. She later made a cameo appearance in Netflix's The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives, which featured her mother Maheep, Seema Khan, Bhavana Pandey, and Neelam Kothari.

Ranbir Kapoor

Popularly known for his good looks, Ranbir Kapoor made his debut with the movie ‘Saawariya’ in year 2007, the actor made his first luxury purchase with his first paycheck.

The actor bought himself a fancy Hublot Mexican wristwatch which was worth Rs 8.16 Lakh. Ranbir Kapoor has an extensive collection of luxury watches and we presume this to have been his first and most prestigious watch on the collection.

Ranbir Kapoor started as an AD (assistant director) with his father, the late Rishi Kapoor, for Aa Ab Laut Chalen.

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Jacqueline Fernandez

The actress purchased her first-ever Gucci bag with her first paycheck from a photoshoot for an Arabic clothing line all when she was 14 years old.

Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress, model, and the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant of 2006 who predominantly works in Bollywood.

Since December 2021, Fernandez is subjected to an investigation into a money laundering case involving $200 million. The investigation is being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) who questioned Fernandez for 10 hours concerning the case on 9 December 2021.

Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt has a major thing for gym clothes and Louis Vuitton bags. As a teenager, her first-ever luxury purchase was that of a Louis Vuitton bag.

Alia Bhatt is known to be living on a budget. She isn’t somebody who spends a lot, rather lives a minimalists lifestyle and enjoys saying.

But when it comes to Louis Vuitton bags and athleisure wear, her sister, Shaheen Bhatt is known to have put a credit limit on her baby sister!

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Jahnvi Kapoor

Making her debut with Dhadak, Jahnvi Kapoor is the daughter of the late actress, Sridevi, and producer, Boney Kapoor. The actress made quite an impact with her debut film in 2018 starring Ishan Khatter, half-brother to Shahid Kapoor, with total gross box-office revenue of ₹110.11 crores.

Taking her paychecks ever since, Jahnvi Kapoor went into saving all of it to later invest the same into a ₹39 crore apartment in Juhu, financing it with a loan and stamp duty of ₹ 78 lakhs.

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