Updated November 18th, 2020 at 16:41 IST
Hansal Mehta reveals his first job as salesperson, netizens join 'first salary' trend
Recently, Bollywood filmmakers have caught up with a new Twitter trend of revealing their first salary, jobs, and the age they started earning a living.
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Recently, Bollywood filmmakers have caught up with a new Twitter trend of revealing their first salary, jobs, and the age they started earning a living. Ace director Hansal Mehta was the first one to reveal his first salary details on Twitter and informed that he earned Rs s 450 at the age of 16 while working in a garments shop. Apart from Hansal, other directors like Anubhav Sinha and Umesh Shukla also made revelations about their first job.
Bollywood filmmakers reveal their first salary
Taking to the trend, the filmmaker shared a post and wrote that his first job was as a salesperson in a garments shop as a salesperson at the age of 16. ““First salary- Rs.450pm. Age-16. A salesperson at Intershoppe Kemp’s Corner selling Fu’s jeans and casual wear to earn money for my junior college wardrobe,” he tweeted. Followed by Hansal Mehta was another ace filmmaker and his friend Anubhav Sinha. Anubhav revealed that the first money he earned was just Rs 80. He was in engineering college at the time and tutored a seventh-grade student.
First salary- Rs.450pm
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal)
Age-16
Salesperson at Intershoppe Kemp's Corner selling Fu's jeans and casual wear to earn money for my junior college wardrobe. https://t.co/TYiJi9dQPR
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Quoting Hansal’s tweet on the micro-blogging site was director Umesh K Shukla who directed films like 102 Not Out, OMG: Oh My God, and many more. Umesh said that his first salary was Rs 35 per show when he worked in theatre under director Mahendra Joshi. Like Hansal, he also worked as a salesman in a store.
First Salary- Rs 80
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha)
Age-18
Arithmetic tuition to a class 7 student to earn for my smoking in the Engg college. https://t.co/SmxrV3E2Xf
First salary - Rs.35 per show.
— Umesh K Shukla (@umeshkshukla)
Was doing Back Stage under the director Mahendra Joshi. 400 Rs as a sales man for Leo toys n NikiTasha kitchenette https://t.co/dmtyMyrWsb
As soon as the trend started gathering momentum on social media, several fans of the great directors were quick enough to disclose details about their job and the salary they earned from it. One of the users narrated his life story and wrote, “My first salary was Rs.50/- pm. Age 14 years. A part-time job at a printing press. Bought new books for New class.” Another user also shared a similar story and wrote, “1st Salary 450/- Age 17 Famous Book Store Janpath Delhi as a Sales Boy.” A third follower of the director wrote, “First salary 300 Age 15 Tuition to a 3rd-grade girl...”
My first salary was Rs.50/- pm.
— Rajesh (@RaajSonak)
Age 14 years.
Part time job at a printing press.
Bought new books for New class.
First salary Rs. 5000
— Yagnesh 🇮🇳 (@YaganeshD)
Age 19
Agarbatti Shop
On Navratri Month
because I want to Purchse External Hard disk for my laptop
I Take a job and after 1st slary I continue job till whole year 😊😊😊
Fisrt salary : Rs 500/-
— Abd dur Rahman عبدالرحمن (@rahman_rs)
Age 11 YO
Shop Attender at a an internet cafe. Used my pay to take chappal and bombay trip with my uncle.
There were even some who were happy to recall their first job and expressed their pride in sharing it will on the social media platform. One of, the users wrote that her first income was Rs 120 at the age of 17 where she made many handmade paper products and had learned a lot by doing it. Another user wrote that he earned Rs 10 by playing hockey matches at other schools. He wrote that nothing in this world can overpower that feeling.
First income-120 ₹
— बिज़ी_गर्ल (@vijeta_neer)
Age -17
Someone purchased my innovative paper bandhanwar.. then I made many handmade paper product like bag, basket, jewellery almirah and many more and earned enough...
First Salary ₹10/- besides refreshments
— Sanjay Manchanda (@sanjumanu093)
Age 16.5 yrs
Playing hockey match for other school then in which I studied and captained.
What a feeling was that..
First Salary-50 per day
— Ajay Bhadke (@ajaybhadke3)
Age-18
Year-1994-1995
Served food...in a wedding ceremony during summer season...did for 10-12 days on random days...was very happy to get that n used that money to buy books n comics...
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Published November 18th, 2020 at 16:43 IST