Before debuting as an actor in Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year (2012) with Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra labored as an assistant director on Karan’s My Name Is Khan (2010). He and Varun labored on the Dharma Productions set earlier than being launched by the banner themselves. The actor recalled, in a brand new interview, his interactions with Shah Rukh Khan on My Name Is Khan units. The senior actor even gave him a number of ideas as he knew Sidharth wished to be an actor. (Also learn: Sidharth Malhotra reacts to comparisons between Alia Bhatt’s Raazi and his spy movie Mission Majnu: ‘I feel it’s truthful’)
When Sidharth first got here to Mumbai as a 21-year-old, he shared that his mother and father weren’t positive anybody would solid him in a movie. He did handle to land a movie however that by no means received made. Sidharth walked out of that mission when it modified administrators, telling them that he did not imagine within the mission anymore. Later, he switched to being an assistant director as he might choose up and study on an precise movie set, by no means having gone to movie college.
It was a sensible resolution as he received to work together with an idol of his. In a brand new interview on Netflix India’s YouTube channel, Sidharth informed actor-comedian Zakir Khan about working with Shah Rukh Khan in Los Angeles on the primary day of the shoot. He recalled, “I had rehearsed for the clap so I wouldn’t fumble in front of him. He was very sweet. His warmth is quite apparent. It might be because of his upbringing. He makes everyone around him comfortable. On the first day, I couldn’t speak at all.”
Later, engaged on a scene, Shah Rukh even began to offer him some recommendation. Sidharth shared, “Only Shah Rukh sir and I were at that location. It was somewhere on a road. He suddenly started talking to me, ‘You know you should always first come and see if you can use anything on location as a prop.’ I thought, ‘There’s just two of us here, who’s he talking to?’ Because he knew that I wanted to be an actor. So very sweetly, he was telling me, ‘You have to see if you can use anything.’ He’s very sharp that way. He creates many things on the spot. From there, my respect and my love for him grew even more.”
Sidharth’s newest movie Mission Majnu, with co-star Rashmika Mandanna, premiered on Netflix on January 20. He may also be seen within the motion thriller Yodha in July 2023 with Disha Patani and Raashii Khanna.