Siddhant Chaturvedi is the rising star of Bollywood, and he has already charmed millions of audiences with his exemplary performances and dashing looks. He has been a part of quite a few hits at the box-office, including Gully Boy, Bunty Aur Babli 2, Phone Bhoot, Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan amongst others. Recently, the actor opened up about a particular phase of his career, wherein he got blacklisted just because he refused to work in a big banner film.
In a recent interaction with The Lallantop, Siddhant Chaturvedi recalled a particular episode of his career, right after the magnanimous success and fame he received for his performance in Gully Boy. The actor revealed being approached with the script for Ayan Mukerji’s film, Brahmastra, that also featured stellar actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. However, the actor didn’t take up the project, something which caused him to be rejected by countless casting agencies and producers. In his words:
“Mujhe blacklist kar diya gaya casting se. Blacklist kar diya ki ye toh pagal hai ladka. Badnaam ho gaya tha main casting circuit mein ki ye select ho ke na bol deta hai. The makers of a very big film that eventually became the biggest film offered me a part. I had got it through a casting director. It was one of the characters, but it didn’t have any script or audition. They said that you do martial arts, it was an action fantasy film. Ek ashram hai, usme one of the superhero’s ka kirdar mila tha mujhe. So they said I should do it, and it’s a VFX-heavy project, and it will take 5 years to make.”
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Moving forth in the conversation, Siddhant Chaturvedi then dissected why he chose to let go of such a massive film like Brahmastra, that eventually scored magnanimously at the box-office. Talking about the same, the actor mentioned that he was unsure if his performance would even be noticed, considering some of the stalwarts of artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are already a part of it. Adding how casting agencies tried to convince him to do the film, since it carried a 3-film contract with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Siddhant said:
“I told the casting director that I won’t be able to do it. He stood up and said, ‘Pagal hai, Dharma ke saath hai, 3 films ka contract hai.’ So I said, ‘Who will watch me if Amitabh Bachchan is there, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are there together.”
Previously, in an interaction with India Today, Siddhant Chaturvedi remarked that he doesn’t have any good friends in the film industry itself, even though he has worked with some of the biggest stars in Bollywood at the moment. Citing the reason behind the same, the aspiring actor remarked that it is very difficult to strike a friendly chord with anyone from the film fraternity, since he hasn’t yet reached that high stature of success himself.
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Apart from his professional feat, Siddhant Chaturvedi’s personal life also grabs headlines quite often. For the unversed, the young lad is reportedly in a relationship with Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter, Navya Naveli Nanda. While the duo has always kept mum about their relationship, their frequent public appearances together add the needed fuel to the fire. In the same interaction, Siddhant had talked about his preference to keep his dating life hidden from the world. In his words:
“About relationships and dating life, I absolutely try to avoid it because that is not something for the world to see. That’s just for me, and my mom says jisko aap bohut pyaar karte ho, chupake rakhna chahiye. Nazar lag jaati hai.”
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