Bhoomi actor Sidhant Gupta: My first film was like going to a paid acting school

Actor Sidhant Gupta feels that one needs to be good, talented and hard working, and their destiny has to allow, or else it is impossible to make it big in films.

Many complain that Bollywood isn’t always kind to newcomers or those who have a television background. Actor Sidhant Gupta, who rose to fame with the TV show Tashan-e-Ishq, however, has a different story to share.

Actor Sidhant Gupta shot to fame with his TV show Tashan-E-Ishq and was later seen in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhha Jaa too.

Sidhant has a role in Bhoomi, which stars actors Sanjay Dutt and Aditi Rao Hydari. Asked if he ever felt that it’s unfair that a newcomer gets lesser screen space as compared to the rest of the cast, he says, “If I was the producer, I’d also do the same, because they [other actors] have done so many films. They have already proved themselves, so it’s an individual’s journey. [Also] I feel that the audience is now accepting newcomers also, but it’s not easy.”

He also rules out the notion that newcomers or those from TV don’t get treated well on a film set. “At times, you feel nervous because you are working with established people, who have been there for so many years, but it’s not that they look down upon you... And you also have to keep growing. I’m glad that from a daily soap to a reality show to films, I’ve only been moving ahead,” says the actor, who has been a part of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

The actor calls Bhoomi his first mainstream film. He has done a film earlier, but doesn’t like to talk about it. “There’s no point, as people don’t know about it. It didn’t even get a proper release. However, I take it as a blessing in disguise because I went through the whole filmmaking process, I shot the film and learned a lot. I consider it as my paid acting school,” he says.

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