The successful parallel lives of celebs

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Rahul BoseActor / Rugby playerThe ‘Sean Penn of Oriental Cinema’, as Maxim calls Rahul Bose, likes to push boundaries off the screen as well: The 46-year-old has represented India in international rugby for 10 years. Bose is equally at home playing urbane and suave protagonists on the silver screen as he is playing scrum-half and breaking his nose, four times at that, hustling men twice his size.

Sriram LagooActor / DoctorThe acting bug bit this National Award winner when he was training as an ENT surgeon, first in India and then abroad. He had a flourishing practice, but his heart lay in the Progressive Dramatics Association that he had helped set up with fellow drama-lovers. When his profession started eating into his passion, Lagoo was quick to choose: Farewell scalpel, welcome Marathi Natasamrat.

Narottam PuriCricket commentator / DoctorNarottam Puri took to the microphone like fish to water: Be it for his vivid narratives of the Indian batting collapse during its tour of England or his incisive lectures to his students at Delhi’s Maulana Azad Medical College. An astute analyst of the game and a versatile quizmaster, Puri currently works as a senior ENT consultant at Fortis.

Palash SenDoctor / MusicianThe pioneer of Hindi rock and the founder of Euphoria is as passionate about orthopaedic surgery as he is about his music. Even in college, Sen straddled a degree in medicine and his fledgling band. A quarter of a century later, the band continues to enthrall the country. The doctor at heart, meanwhile, runs a clinic in south Delhi and has set up a studio next to it called...The Clinic, what else?More Forbes India storiesWho Will AirAsia India and Tata-SIA Send Packing from the Indian Skies in 2014? Will Narendra Modi Make It in 2014?5 Significant Decisions by Global Powers Due in 2014