Sidharth Malhotra is an Indian actor.He began his career as a model at the age of 18. Later on, he went to work as an assistant director to Karan Johar in the 2010 film My Name Is Khan. Then in 2012, he made his acting debut with a leading role in Johar’s comedy-drama ‘Student of the Year’, opposite Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. For his debut movie, he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination.
He might have started his career as an assistant director but actor Sidharth says there is still time for him to helm a movie and the more ‘immediate step’ is to produce films. Sidharth says, “Direction is really far fetched but I would definitely want to produce and back content which I believe in. That’s more immediate step, to put all money in a film and hope that it brings you back rewards. Directing will be something, somewhere later in life.”
Sidharth says that he not only thinks like a director on sets but he observes how things work. He said, “Thinking like a director depends on what film I am doing. If there is a senior reputed director, then I wouldn’t get in his way. Not that I want to bully a first time director but I definitely observe, as someone who has also been behind the camera.” He added, “If I can give a suggestion, be it for the prop, a scene, or dialogue, I’d give it hoping that it would make the film better.”
On the work front. Sidharth will be next seen in his upcoming movie titled “A Gentleman” opposite Jacqueline Fernandez, which is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and produced by Fox Star Studios. About his upcoming movie, he said, “The world I come from, the cinema I’ve done, I have never gone to this kind of comedy. They (Raj and DK) have a very new take on everything, they are audience turned directors, so they are always creating stuff which is edgier, newer, cooler. We have kind of collaborated Raj & DK’s world with mine and created this animal called ‘A Gentleman’. It’s slick and stylish and also a family entertainer.”
‘A Gentleman’ will release on August 25.