My next is a full-on masala movie: Siddharth

His first two movies in Bollywood have been serious ones with gritty, slice-of-life plots, but now actor Siddharth is all set to go the full blown masala movie way with his next venture.

Striker

His first two movies in Bollywood have been serious ones with gritty, slice-of-life plots, but now actor Siddharth is all set to go the full blown

masala

movie way with his next venture.

He caught eyeballs with his role of a disillusioned young man in his Bollywood debut

Rang De Basanti

and went on to play the truth-inspired character of a carrom player from Mumbai's ghettos in

Striker

, but the actor promises his next film will be a light-hearted one.

"The next one is going to be a full-on Bollywood masala movie. It is a big-budget romantic comedy with an A-list director," Siddharth told PTI.

"It is time to show the Hindi audience what I do in the Telugu industry, but I can't reveal much about the film right now," he added. The 30-year-old actor has a loyal fan base in South India, especially Andhra Pradesh, so much so that after his promising debut with

, he took a four-year break to fulfill his commitments in Telugu films.

"I had turned down big-budgeted films with solo leads in Bollywood as I wanted to consolidate my position in the Telugu industry, which paid off as I got three big hits there in the past years. Now there will be no gap," Siddharth said.

The actor, who has also lent his voice for a track in

Striker

, hopes to carry on with the vocation if the audience likes him.