Today is Ranveer Singh's Birthday...here's a look at his filmy journey from the beginning to present

Bollywood has a tradition of mending ways for newbies from the filmy families. Ranveer Singh, a sindhi boy from Mumbai, who studied from HR college and then went to the US for pursuing his Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University. As a child he always dreamt of being an actor and realized that performing arts is something that he would want to do. After coming back to Mumbai in 2007, He worked as a copywriter in advertising with companies like O&M and JWT. After that he even worked as an assistant director but left it to pursue acting. After giving auditions for various roles and movies finally he got a call from Yash Raj Films for an audition for their new venture titled Band Baaja Baaraat. His audition tapes were seen by Aditya Chopra, who was impressed by his acting skills and immediately recommended him for the lead role in the movie. Though it took 2 weeks for him to convince director Maneesh Sharma, but eventually he got convinced and paired him opposite Anushka Sharma who played the female lead.

Ranveer’s role in Band Baaja Baaraat was applauded by audiences all over the world. His movie was critically acclaimed and defined as a potential superstar for the future of Indian Cinema. He has already bagged several awards for his BBB venture. He got the Apsara award for best debut, Big Star most entertaining Film Actor, Filmfare for best Male Debut, Most promising fresh face- Male in Global Indian Film&television Honors, Best debut Male and favorite Jodi along with Anushka Sharma at Lions Gold Awards, Most promising newcomer-Male at Star Screen Awards, Stardust Award for Superstar of tomorrow and Stardust award for Best Actor on Comedy/Romance and he even got a Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut.

On his Birthday lets dedicate one of his favorite songs from the movie Band Baaja Baaraat: