December 3, 2006

Actor Siddharth

Actor Siddharth

“Immensely articulate”. That’s how Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN described Siddharth after this (the text and video do not contain the full interview that was telecast) interview. I agree. I was witness to the sales pitch he unleashed in Infosys Hyderabad after “Rang de Bansanti” was screened there sometime early this year. I bet none of current actors can talk the way he does. That he has a Marketing MBA clearly shows. He promotes the movie (indirectly promoting himself), calls it a sensation in a way nobody can disagree, strikes a chord with the predominantly Telugu audience (his first telugu movie was running to packed houses at that time) and generally talks with such conviction that it’s hard to believe he’s just 5 films old.

Among actors who’ve done only a handful of movies, he probably has the best resume - MBA from SP Jain, assistant director to Mani Ratnam (whom he calls his boss) and a movie as an actor with him (”Ayudha Ezhuthu“, “Yuva“’s tamil version), debut with the much-acclaimed director Shankar in “Boys” (which was rightly rejected by most sections, so much so that Genelia who was christened as Harini both in the movie and for the Tamil audience, rechristened herself to her original name, Genelia Desouza, when she appeared for her next Tamil movie “Sachein” so that the public don’t associate her with her first Tamil movie), two big hits in telugu (”Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana“, and “Bommarilu“) and of course the film that, according its promoters, created a sensation and is also the official Indian entry to the foreign category films for the Oscar, RDB. Never mind the fact that, other than RDB, he played the same chocolate boy hero role in all his movies.

He claims in the interview that in addition to just acting, he also wants to take over part of marketing of the films, which his directors have agreed to. He calls himself a versatile actor - both in terms of the languages in which he’s acted and the roles he’s got.

Wonder why he’s not getting more Tamil offers. Probably, tamil directors are confused with his offer for marketing the films. He must keep his demands very simple for them, just like Vijay does - 3 fights, 4 songs with 1 gaana, opportunity to dance in 3 of those songs and 1 romantic song shot in an exotic locale, 1 amma sentiment before interval, 1 thangachi sentiment after interval and 3 punch dialogues facing the villain and the camera :) .

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  1. what were you doing in Infosys Hyderabad…??

    Comment by Monk — December 5, 2006 @ 11:40:15 AM

  2. watching the movie. monk, don’t be so dumb!

    Comment by rkarthik — December 5, 2006 @ 12:09:00 PM

  3. HEY CHECK THIS SITE OUT…
    http://siddharthfans.com

    http://siddharthfans.com/forums

    Comment by queen — February 28, 2007 @ 3:02:53 PM

  4. You are grate.I think i meet you one time in a life.

    Comment by shehnila — May 16, 2007 @ 12:28:43 PM

  5. I live in pune.I want to meet you one time.ples complet my wish.I am your big fan in the wold.

    Comment by shehnila — May 16, 2007 @ 12:41:44 PM

  6. You are to good.I like your rolin Rang De Basanti.

    Comment by prayna — May 16, 2007 @ 12:48:26 PM

  7. its very good

    Comment by nagarjun — February 16, 2008 @ 1:46:45 PM

  8. kay khush ka?

    Comment by girija — June 25, 2008 @ 12:22:49 PM

  9. kay khush ka?

    Comment by girija — June 25, 2008 @ 12:23:50 PM

  10. kay khush ka?

    Comment by girija — June 25, 2008 @ 12:24:46 PM

  11. kay khush ka?

    Comment by girija — June 25, 2008 @ 12:31:12 PM

  12. Hi dude
    how r u…..

    Comment by Abhi — July 21, 2008 @ 6:02:24 PM

  13. i am your biggest fan

    Comment by sateesh — July 23, 2008 @ 8:23:47 PM

  14. u rock and the best actor ..plz continue ur style

    Comment by aparna — August 12, 2008 @ 6:07:08 PM

  15. hi i am big fan of my siddharth

    Comment by daksh — August 30, 2008 @ 2:32:57 PM

  16. hii siddharth………..am really excited by you.i just see ur face moving around my mind.i wud really lyk 2 meet u once in my lyf…….n am gonna surely do dat…..i lyk ur acting a lot..every film i feel u present urself in a different way.i lyk u alot…….all d best.keep hitting d records.god bless u.if u ever read dis do reply once plzzzzzzz.byee tc

    Comment by swayam — October 3, 2008 @ 9:07:10 AM

  17. hi sid.. no words to describe u man… i think i should search new words from dictionary to appreciate u… so sweet and so cute.. all the for ur future project and hope that u keep rocking all the best sweet heart.. i cant take my eyes from u daaaaaaaaaaaaaa………

    Comment by viji — October 16, 2008 @ 11:04:52 PM

  18. u r a superb actor ,ur smile is tooo cute

    Comment by neethareddy — April 14, 2009 @ 8:38:39 PM

  19. Very very talented, wonderful expressions, THE BEST in all his movies 100/100 :) To me, some of his best are Ayutha Ezhuthu & Boys. Oh! I have watched all of his telugu movies as well though I don’t understand Telugu, and including Blood Brothers. my pending list is Striker & Oy :) wish we can see him more in tamil movies. Mani Sir, please do more movies with Siddharth :-) )

    Comment by usha — June 25, 2009 @ 3:35:28 AM

  20. siddarth is cool

    Comment by sweety — July 5, 2009 @ 11:45:22 AM

  21. Hi Siddharth. You are so cute. you really rock in Bommarilu. i don’t undrestand Tamil still I saw that movie. keep it up.

    Comment by Savita — July 11, 2009 @ 3:06:19 PM

  22. you are really very cute and handsome

    Comment by sabitha — July 26, 2009 @ 3:49:50 PM

  23. hi brother,i am ur biggest fan, u r so cute,very talented, i lik u so much, i want to meet u one time,atleast, pls send 1 reply, i want to see u in tamil films too,best wishes for u,hard work never fails,t.c

    Comment by fathima — July 28, 2009 @ 8:52:33 AM

  24. hi! sid
    the actor sid is so handsome in rdb.
    we want to see your mallu film.

    Comment by antra — August 17, 2009 @ 11:30:44 AM

  25. hi…………… siddu…. i’m ur great greatest fan.u r cho chweet siddu……..

    Comment by anusha — September 14, 2009 @ 7:17:30 PM

  26. hi siddu u r soooooooo sweet nd cute

    Comment by smruthi — October 5, 2009 @ 9:28:11 PM

  27. Hai siidhu U R sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo………….. cute and handsome ya. chweet siddu………….

    Comment by srimathi — October 29, 2009 @ 7:30:08 PM

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