Sidharth Malhotra, who will be next seen in 'A Gentleman' alongside Jacqueline Fernandez, though is a reckoned actor today, was once struggling as an assistant director. Hailing from Delhi, Sidharth recollects that he though modelling helped him make quick money, he never wanted to be an actor.
When a leading daily asked him if he wanted to be an actor since childhood, Sidharth said, "No! Dad was working in the Merchant Navy and we have always been a service class family. So that ‘I can be an actor’ never occurred to me. I never believed that I could do that. I used to feel kya faayda kar ke. But there was a subtle spark when I saw 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. My brother and my mum saw me doing the SRK pose, dancing to Tujhe dekha toh. They would make fun of me saying, ‘Tujhe hero banna hai kya?’ My family used to feel ki masti kar raha hai and there’s no seriousness to me being an actor or model. Because of that environment, I never truly believed in becoming an actor too."
Sidharth further added, "I was a lost child, who didn’t have clear dreams. It all started when I turned 17-18. After that I went to Rishikesh and I changed. I enjoyed the river rafting there and I thought I would become an instructor for adventure sports. But then modelling happened. I saw, ‘Arre waah, ramp pe chalne ko milta hai and you get money. It’s so easy.’ Then, in my 19-20s, I was hit by this sudden realisation when someone liked my audition and I thought, I’d better go to Mumbai and try it. So it was deep down inside. Because I was extremely introverted, I kept everything to myself at that time. It was so far-fetched that I didn’t have the confidence to tell people ki main hero banunga."
Well, Sidharth has truly worked hard to carve himself a way up top!
CREDITS: DNA 