Siddhant Chaturvedi Reveals Dad Stopped Him From Doing Star-Studded Brahmastra: Tujhe Kaun Dekhega

Siddhant Chaturvedi is currently busy promoting his upcoming action film, Yudhra, set to hit screens on October 20, 2024. He started his career with a comedy web series Life Sahi Hai (2016) but got fame in 2019 with Ranveer Singh 's opposite role in Gully Boy. Known for speaking his mind, the Gehraiyaan actor recently revealed in an interview that he was once "blacklisted" in the industry for insisting on lead roles. He also shared that Ayan Mukerji approached him for Brahmastra, but he turned down the offer due to his father's disapproval.

Siddhant Chaturvedi reveals he turned down Brahmastra role

In an interview with Humans Of Bombay, Siddhant Chaturvedi shared an experience where he was offered a superhero role in a film featuring Ranbir Kapoor , Alia Bhatt , and Amitabh Bachchan . Although the script was still being developed, he was enthusiastic about the opportunity. He mentioned that he could have accepted the role, but his father discouraged him, saying, "You are better than this."

He then discussed about his meeting with director Ayan Mukerji, “I was elated that I will be getting a three-film contract with Dharma. I met Ayan, who showed me his vision of Brahmastra. I had only done a handful of ads by then, so I was a nobody. I told my father the film has Ranbir Kapoor , Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan and he asked me, ‘Toh tujhe kaun dekhega (so, who will notice you)?”

Phone Bhoot actor further shared that his father's concern made him reflect, and he could only stammer that he would perform action scenes, like "shooting arrows and such" in the film. However, his father remained unimpressed as Siddhant didn’t have the full script, which was still being written when the offer came.

Siddhant Chaturvedi on being sidelined

Siddhant Chaturvedi also shared about his determination to play leading roles. "I only wanted to be a hero," he said while explaining why he turned down offers for “side characters” during his struggling days.

He said, "The problem wasn’t that I had no offers, but I knew I only wanted to be a hero, to do leading parts. I had gotten shortlisted for a lot of films, which I turned down saying I don’t think this can do justice to what I think I will be. I was blacklisted, because people thought, ‘Who this person is saying no?" He stated that he did not want to "short-sell" himself.