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With three Rs 100 crore hits, one National Award and acclaimed films like Badhaai Ho,AndhadhunandArticle15,the actor’s life decision has been vindicated

Since school, Ayushmann Khurrana’s heart lay in creative subjects—music and theatre—and not in numbers. His parents encouraged his penchant for the performing arts on the condition that he didn’t let his grades suffer. But Khurrana (Ayushmann, you are incapable of doing anything in life except sing and dance).” The statement stung. “I remember crying, but the incident also made me thick-skinned.”