Ronit Roy had a fabulous start in the film industry at the age of 27. He made his debut in 1992 with the commercial hit film, Jaan Tere Naam. In 1993, he was a part of another box office success, Bomb Blast featuring Aditya Pancholi and Kishori Shahne. However, despite these hits, the actor failed to find work, leading him to a bottomless hole of alcoholism, poverty and hunger.
Ronit Roy was forced to start a security agency
Despite the initial success, Ronit Roy struggled to find projects. It made no sense to the actor, and eventually, he found himself trapped in alcoholism with no money to buy food. In a recent conversation with Redcarpet, Ronit recalled the terrible phase of his life that forced him to start a security agency, which today provides services to several A-listers. However, the decision to Ronit was a product of desperation. He stated:
“I am an honest kind of guy; I can only tell you the way it was. It was (the result of) hunger and poverty. Every great step that I have taken in my life has come out of desperation, frustration, and poverty. There was a time when my debut film was a silver jubilee, and after that, I didn’t get any work. I have no idea why. I got frustrated. Silver Jubilee in today’s time is equal to delivering a Rs. 100 to 150 crore film. How can you deliver a film like that and still not get work? I got no work. I got so scared. I had rent to pay and had to feed myself. What would you do without money? So I kind of signed the wrong films, which flopped. I went back to square one and had no work.”