7 foreign actors who disappeared after their first stint in Bollywood!

Bollywood industry has been a fascinating place that has attracted actors from the west. In the recent years, Bollywood has seen several names added to that list, whether actors who enchanted the Indian audience with their cute foreign accent or even the ones who were so good on the screen that they stole the night from our superstars, but were unfortunately seen only in one film in their Bollywood career. Here is a list of seven most memorable Hollywood actors who did one stint in Bollywood and disappeared from the 70 mm screen after being one-film wonders.

"Shart yeh hai ki tum humko is khel mein haraao aur hum tumhara lagaan maaf kar dega" (The bet is that if you defeat us in this game, I will forgive your taxes). This famous dialogue on which the entire film ‘Lagaan’ was based was spoken by Captain Andrew Russell aka English actor Paul Blackthorne. Paul spent six months to learn Hindi as this was his first Hindi film. After Lagaan, Paul did several American films and television shows, including 'ER', '24', 'The Dresden Files' and 'Arrow'. On a related note, Paul is also an accomplished photographer whose work has been showcased from Delhi to Manhattan.

In the Oscar-nominated film ‘Lagaan’, British actress and model Rachel Shelley played the role of an English girl Elizabeth Russell, who falls in love with an Indian farmer boy Bhuvan. The director of ‘Lagaan’, Ashutosh Gowariker himself wrote dialogues and songs in English for Rachel but that was the only Bollywood film that she did. Apart from acting, Shelley has written articles for The Guardian. Currently, the 46-year-old actress lives in London with her partner Matthew Parkhill, who is a TV writer, director, and producer. They have a daughter, born on 8 September 2009.

Kangana Ranaut’s famous film ‘Queen’ was full of foreign actors but one who had drawn most attention was Mish Boyko. Mish played the role of Alexander aka Sikander, the cute looking man who had a silent crush on Rani played by Kangana. The actor originally hails from Midland, London and has acted in movies and television shows like 'Wrist', 'Waterloo Road', 'D is for Detroit'.

The Australian actor, Martin Henderson stole every Indian's heart with his film ‘Bride And Prejudice’ in which he played the love interest of our very own beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Martin has also featured in Britney Spears’ “Toxic” music video. The actor was last seen in 'Everest', with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Rebecca was just 25 years old when she was chosen to play the role of an Australian girl in Farhan Akhtar starrer ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’. But that was her only stint in the industry although the actress has several TV shows to her credit including 'Blue Water High', 'Home and Away' and 'The Originals'. She later married actor and co-star Luke Mitchell in January 2013, just a few months before her Bollywood film released. As of now, she continues to work in the television industry in Australia.

The Mexican beauty Barbara Mori became famous in Bollywood by her screen debut opposite Hrithik Roshan in 'Kites'. Barbara later came into the news for her alleged affair with Hrithik. It is heard that this link-up rumor even caused some troubles between Sussanne and Hrithik back then. The Uruguayan-Mexican actress started her career as a model and then went on to becoming a famous telenovela actress.

A Brazilian model Giselli Monteiro, began her acting career in Bollywood, portraying the role of Harleen Kaur, in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Love Aaj Kal’ which also starred Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Portraying the character of the old-fashioned Punjabi girl in the film, no one could point a finger that she has had her roots in Brazil. In addition to acting, Giselli is the brand ambassador of Wills Lifestyle and PC Jewellers in India too.