The vast majority of them belong to a working class background, having little formal education, and are employed as manual labourers or drivers.
[7] Some Baloch in India have held onto their cultural practices and traditions, including their clothing, music, and their native language Balochi.
[1] There are many Indian actors from the Hindi film industry Bollywood, who although not Baloch by ethnicity, have origins in the Baluchistan Province of British India (now Pakistan).
[10][11] According to some sources, the Pathan actor Amjad Khan was also born in Quetta, however his place of birth is recorded as Peshawar.
[10][11] In the Hindi film industry, the Baloch are particularly well known as professional stunt performers and drivers who are hired to choreograph dangerous action sequences.
[1] One such performer, Wahid Lala, was the first stuntman from this community who started his career in Bollywood in 1951, working in seven Bimal Roy and nine Jugal Kishore film productions, including as a stunt double for actor Pran.