After a huge effect in Rang De Basanti, Siddharth have been busy together with his South Indian assignments. He's back on Mumbai with a riotous role in David Dhawan's Chashme Buddoor.
"At the instant I'm doing films in four languages Tamil, Telugu, English and Hindi. That's damn exciting for an actor who always complains in regards to the quality of labor offered to him. Mera number aa gaya. I'M in Mumbai when Mumbai wants me. Nothing substantial have been offered to me. Once I am in Mumbai I'M asked about my 6-pack. Every young actor in Bollywood has started looking the similar. That's scary. The one way I AM GETTING work in Mumbai is that if the A-listers in Bollywood turn down films. I USED TO BE the 17th actor approached for Rang De Basanti. I USED TO BE probably the 17,000th option for Midnight's Children. I'M lucky Deepa was in Mumbai long enough to listen to about me," says Siddharth with brutal candour.
Siddharth plays the part that Ravi Bawsani had enacted in Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor.
"And would you think it, Ravi Baswani and that i went to the similar college! Though he was much too senior for me to grasp him. But Ravi may be very dear to me as an actor. I'm harking back to him. My co-star Divyendu Sharma who's one of the vital brilliant actors I've worked with, may be from the similar college."
Siddharth thinks the 2 versions of Chashme Buddoor are an international apart. "I'd never dare to match David's and Sai Paranjye's Chashme Buddoor. I DID NOT bring to mind Sai's film even once. There is no connection between the 2. It's been an excessively liberating experience for me. In Indian cinema, it's impossible to create a graph for a hero's character since the leading man does everything. The inconsistencies of the Indian film-hero are daunting. But I had great fun with my character in Chashme Buddoor. My friends have seen me having fun. But on screen I've never gone to this level of letting-go. I'M REALLY NOT a director's actor. In India that may be differently of claiming the actor does nothing, just comes at the sets and asks, 'Character ka naam kya hai?' I've my very own elaborate strategy of approaching a task. But with David and Deepa I surrendered completely. It will have otherwise been impossible to do two such contrasting roles simultaneously."
Siddharth says he did Chashme Buddoor for a lark. "David and i've been interact for some time. Though earlier projects didn't materialize we became friends. Luckily for me within six months I started working with Deepa Mehta and David Dhawan. They're the 2 completely contrasting 'D' factors in my life. Both are so ok with the craft. I just needed to go on both the sets and surrender myself to the director. While one was serious business the opposite was fun the entire way."
