Born in India, they set out to conquer the world
Sabu
Born in Mysore
The incredible rags-to-riches story of India's first Hollywood star begins in the elephant stables of the maharaja of Mysore. Sabu Dastagir was an orphaned mahout there when documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty cast him in the eponymous Elephant Boy in 1937. The rest, as they say, was history.
(This story appears in the 27 December, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)