Meet actress Mayoori Kango quit IIT to be an actress, then bid adieu to B’town amidst successful run to join Google
Meet actress Mayoori Kango quit IIT to be an actress, then bid adieu to B’town amidst successful run to join Google
Mayoori Kango was in IIT Kanpur. Though she got through the entrance exam and was selected, however, she did not take admission. God had other plans for her. She set foot to Mumbai, the ‘Mecca” of Bollywood to focus on a career in films.
Regardless of being successful in her chosen career, she bid adieu to the entertainment industry even when she was at the peak of her career and took a job at Google.
Mayoori had appeared in films like ‘Papa Kehte Hain’ and the made her a promising emerging star. Her last film was ‘Vamsi’ released in 2000. Mayoori Kango has even done television shows like ‘Nargis’, ‘Thoda Gham Thodi Khushi’, ‘Dollar Babu’, and ‘Kitty Party’.
Her fans and the cinegoers thought she had it all and would go on to have a successful career in films and television.
But, in 2003, Mayoori Kango bid adieu to the tinselville and with her husband moved to US.
Coming to Mayoori Kango after doing her MBA in Marketing and Finance from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, she started working in the US between 2004 and 2012. Currently, she is working as India industry head – agency business for Google India.
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