Television actors make it BIG

Television actors are now successfully reaching out for the silver screen. With 'new wave' films becoming the norm, they have a better chance of making that big leap.

Let's have a look at the actors who have made this switch!

Gurdeep Kohli

She is best known for her shows like  Sanjivani, Kasamh Se and Sindoor Tere Naam Ka.

After a gap she returned to the small screen last year with Disney Channel's Best of Luck Nikki.  

Recently, she made her Bollywood debut with Akshay Kumar starrer Rowdy Rathore, where she played a cop. She has performed some stunts in the film as well.

Like many of her contemporaries, though, she did not get much screen time.

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Delhi lad Pulkit Samrat became an overnight star in 2006, when he played the role of Lakshya Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. 

A couple of years later, he quit the show and filed a case against its producer Ekta Kapoor, asking her to free him from the contract and pay his pending dues.

Last month Samrat made his big screen debut with Bittoo Boss, in which he was quite impressive. The film didn't do well but it may bring him many good offers.

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Of all the television actors to bridge the great divide, Rajeev has been the most successful.

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Sulagna Panigrahi has done shows like Amber Dhara, Do Saheliyaan and Bidaai.

She got her first Bollywood break in Mahesh Bhatt's banner film Murder 2.

In the movie, she plays the role of a poor college student in need of money to help her family survive. She chooses to become a part-time prostitute who falls victim to a psychopathic serial killer.

According to some critics, Panigrahi is first-rate in the movie and is a talent to watch out for.

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