15 Bollywood Celebrities That Are Way, Way Smarter Than You Think

Preity Zinta could have been a criminal psychologist if she wasn't an actress.

1. Sushant Singh Rajput

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Sushant cleared the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) in 2003 securing the 7th rank. He also cleared the admittance into the Delhi College of Engineering in the mechanical engineering stream. He was the national Olympiad winner in Physics and has cleared 11 national engineering examinations.

2. Preity Zinta

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Preity has a bachelor's degree in English from St. Bede's College in Shimla as well as a master's degree in criminal psychology.

3. Parineeti Chopra

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She has a triple Honors degree – in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School, England.

4. Soha Ali Khan

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Soha studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford and then went on to get her master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

5. John Abraham

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John has a bachelor's degree in economics from Jai Hind College, as well as a master's degree in management sciences from Mumbai Educational Trust (MET).

6. Sonu Sood

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Sonu has an engineering degree in electronics from Nagpur's Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering.

7. Vidya Balan

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Vidya has a bachelor's degree in sociology from St. Xavier's College, and then went on to receive a master's degree from the University of Mumbai.

8. Riteish Deshmukh

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Riteish graduated in architecture and environmental studies from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute. After graduating, he worked in New York City with an architectural firm, while also studying acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

9. Imran Khan

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Imran has a degree in filmmaking from the Los Angeles branch of the New York Film Academy.

10. Richa Chadda

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Richa has a bachelor's degree in history and a post graduate diploma in social communication media from Mumbai's Sophia College.

11. Varun Dhawan

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Varun has a business management degree from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.

12. Ameesha Patel

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Ameesha is a gold medallist in economics from the Tufts University, Massachusetts, and has worked as an economic analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited.

13. R. Madhavan

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Madhavan graduated in electronics and has represented India as a cultural ambassador in Canada.

14. Randeep Hooda

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Randeep went to Melbourne for higher studies and received a bachelor's degree and a masters’ degree in business management and human resource management.

15. Ayushmann Khurrana

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Ayushmann studied at DAV College in Chandigarh, where he graduated with a degree in English literature. He also received a master’s in mass communication from the School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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