Bollywood actor Taaha Shah Badussha, born in Abu Dhabi and schooled in Sharjah, was a steel trader in the UAE before he coughed up the courage to pursue his acting ambitions in Mumbai.
A day in his life back then meant his shipping company ran like a well-oiled machine. But being woken up at 3am with an SOS phone call to deal with a faulty steel shipment with rust wasn’t his idea of an ideal job.
“Had I been passionate about it, I would have dropped everything in a heartbeat about some rust in that steel shipment? And today, if you call me at 3am for a film shoot, I am all ready for it … I had rather handle the rejections over here in Mumbai than do a job that I am not passionate about,” said Shah in an interview over Zoom.