According to the mythological beliefs of Hinduism, Hinduism has been divided into 4 varnas. Several types of castes have been mentioned in every varna. According to this belief, Vaishya / Baniya society has also been mentioned in Hinduism. Vaishya society used to be much more powerful in ancient times. Kings of the Gupta dynasty ruled India for many centuries. Shreegupta had established the Gupta dynasty. Many glorious kings of Maharaja Chandragupta, Skandagupta, etc., belonged to this dynasty, who ruled India for several hundred years and contributed greatly to the establishment of Hinduism in India.
Today, the foundation of all the major Hindu temples in India was laid during the Gupta dynasty itself. Buddhism also developed a lot in India during the Gupta dynasty.
The rule of kings of Gupta dynasty came to an end with the passage of time. After that the Vaishya Samaj mainly engaged in business work.
Today Vaishya society holds a very important place not only in business but also in research, medicine, science, sports, politics, literature writing, Bollywood, film making, etc. There are many famous artists of Vaishya society in Bollywood too who have achieved a lot of fame on the strength of their ability.
Here a list of those actors and actresses who come from Vaishya / Baniya society.
List of Bollywood Actors in Bollywood :-
- Jackie Shroff
- Tiger Shroff
- Ashutosh Rana
- Rajendra Gupta
- Sanjay Gupta (Director)
List of Bollwood Actress in Bollywood :-
- Esha Gupta
- Natasha Rastogi
- Daisy Shah
- Sayani Gupta
- Shefali Shah
वैश्य जाति के कई अन्य लोग बॉलीवुड में फिल्म प्रोडूसर, कैमरामन, मेकअपमैन, लाइटमैन आदि के रूप में काम करते हैं.