Shreyas Talpade on whether he considers Om Shanti Om, Housefull, Golmaal as ‘mistakes': I regret...

Shreyas Talpade rose to fame with his stint in Nagesh Kukunoor’s Iqbal. The actor looked back on his journey and expressed pride in the choices he made, especially the opportunity to collaborate with Farah Khan in films like Om Shanti Om. Recently, he has shed light on his perspective, emphasising that every decision, even the supporting roles in Housefull and Golmaal, holds significance in his career narrative.

Shreyas Talpade on taking on supporting roles

Following Iqbal, Shreyas took on supporting roles in major Bollywood productions, including the immensely popular Om Shanti Om, the Housefull franchise, and the Golmaal franchise. Despite these being supporting characters, the actor said that these choices were not mistakes but opportunities that shaped his early career. In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, he said, "I don’t think it was a mistake in any way and neither do I regret my decisions. I said whatever the role is, I will do that."

He added that the decision to take on the role was not a mistake, and he has no regrets about the choices he made early in his career. He also pointed out that gags from Golmaal are still circulated in reels and memes. He said that he took up the role because he loved the story and wanted to be part of the successful franchise.

Shreyas Talpade recalls mother's advice of doing salaried jobs  

In a recent conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Shreyas Talpade recalled his mother’s advice to take up salaried jobs. He mentioned, “Today, you have different avenues of earning revenue. And it is only for this reason that for the longest time, till the day of Iqbal’s release, my mom continuously kept telling me, ‘Why don’t you look for a steady, constant job that will give you a paycheque at the end of every month? Now you are married, how will you feed your wife?’.”

He continued that his mother was certain he would keep up his career in acting after she saw Iqbal. He recalled, “And when she saw the film, she said, ‘Ok, now I guess you are going to be doing only this’. Having said that, there are a lot of uncertainties here. Some people make it, most of them don’t.” However, the Housefull 2 actor continued that as an actor there is always an insecurity about where the next paycheque will come. He confessed feeling self-doubt when films get shelved and there is no guarantee about the next project.