Siddhant Chaturvedi, the 30-year-old actor, began his journey aiming to be a chartered accountant. But his passion for acting took center stage. After winning a modeling contest, he landed his first role in the web series “Inside Edge.” His breakout came in 2019 with “Gully Boy,” where his portrayal of MC Sher, a street rapper, earned him critical acclaim and a Filmfare Award. Chaturvedi has since carved his space in Bollywood, taking on diverse roles in films like “Gehraiyaan” and “Kho Gaye Hum Kahan.”
This actor recently recalled a phase when he was blacklisted by the casting directors. He hilariously started talking about this but it was not easy to go through that phase. Shiddhant revealed that he was offered a role in Bramhastra which ended up a big blockbuster with exceptional star cast like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt etc. He was offered this role by a casting director.
He said, He got the offer through a casting director, but no script or audition was provided. The role was for a character in an action fantasy film, and they mentioned his martial arts skills as relevant.
“One month before Gully Boy, this (Brahmastra) happened. 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.” He expressed his excitement but requested Ayan Mukerji for a script to better understand the project. He added, “The script was not there, and it was in some very initial stages. And they said that it is a 3-film lock-in. I was not able to understand what to do and there were long lines of audition for that role.”
He 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.” The actor added that he should have at least two lines of dialogue to grasp what he would be saying in the movie.
“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.”
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