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Hi Akash,
Acting is a difficult pursuit however either start acting in plays and short films or do a diploma which makes you do these things. Also, there are several careers in media in writing, production or post production which would eventually lead to direction.
-You can become a reporter, actor or getting behind the camera to direct, cinematographer or do finishing work as an editor, compositor or a VFX artist who can add reality to 3D visualizations.
-You may even be a graphic artist who designs the screens, or an animator who brings stories to life as a proxy actor for onscreen characters. You can get into production, whether live or animated.
-You can be a story writer who writes for live and animated screens or even roll the story into a video/ PC game.
-You can be a script writer who would stop at nothing to give wonderful scene setups to bring the story to life.
-You could be an artist who designs characters or who storyboards the film for live or animated performance.
-You can also double up as a voice over artist who gives his/ her voice to the characters or dub for movie stars, or even be a radio star.
-You can alternatively look at web for a web of careers in web design, online marketing, search engine optimization, content writing, social media promoting. Any extra skill can be used in this.
So it turns out to be one of the most challenging as well as satisfying careers. Sure not recommended for the weak hearted.
Do remember that digital design careers (e.g. web design, graphics, UI design, animation, VFX, multimedia) give better profits since they can be delivered anywhere in the world and hence may earn in dollars, resulting in better rewards for designers.
Some people are passionate about acting, they must understand that acting cannot provide jobs since this is an assignment based industry and one must fit the role. So it could be better to enter this industry after acquiring a technical skill.
Wish you the best for your career. Remember, your career is a resultant of your knowledge combined with your passion and expression ability.
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Yes, IIMs place some value to marks of class 10th and 12th. IIM Bangalore gives 60% weight to 10th,12th and graduation marks and only 40% to CAT percentile where as IIM Calcutta gives around 5-10% weight to these and 90% to CAT percentile. Post your CAT score, a composite score is calculated using all the inputs. Hence it is important to understand that disadvantage in one section can be offset by doing really good in CAT. My advice to you is that focus on CAT right now and do really well. I am sure you will find a lot of doors open for you after you have done well in CAT.
PS: here is how compound score is calculated for admission in IIMA.
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/admission-details/admission-procedure-for-pgp-2016-18-batch.html