Randeep Hooda reveals being ‘depressed’ when Battle of Saragarhi got shelved: ‘It was like life chopped in half…’

Swatantra Veer Savarkar actor Randeep Hooda shared how he faced a down time professionally and had to sell things from his house and even one of his favourite horses.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: March 24, 2024 01:47 PM IST

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Randeep Hooda made his directorial debut with Swatantrya Veer Savarkar.(Photo: randeep Hooda/Instagram)

Actor Randeep Hooda‘s latest film Swatantra Veer Savarkar released on Friday to a decent response. The movie also marks Randeep’s directorial debut. Recently, the actor spoke about going through a rough patch professionally and how that changed him as an actor. He even shared how he got depressed when Battle of Saragarhi was shelved, and he almost lost a chance to work in Chris Hemsworth’s 2020 film Extraction.

Randeep told Humans Of Bombay, “Going through movies like Battle of Saragarhi where I had grown a full Sikh beard for 3 years, prepped for it and that movie didn’t get completed. That was a very low time for me and I was very depressed.”

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He added, “It was like life chopped in half, I almost left Extraction for it. I had once gone to Golden Temple. I had pledged there that I would not cut my hair until the film (Batlle of Saragarhi) came to its conclusion, and when it did, I did and moved on. After that, it was a struggle because for three years I had no work. I had put on weight, it all looked bizarre and I didn’t know what to do. Then I got out of it, my parents were really worried. Then I went and did Extraction, but I was half there and dealing with this whole downer.”

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Randeep Hooda even shared how that dull phase changed him as an actor. He said, “Had I gotten success very early, I would have not been the actor I am today. I would have stopped striving, but that struggle has made me apply myself more and in the most trying circumstances.”

Randeep’s latest film Swatantra Veer Savarkar has earned more than Rs 4.85 crore in two days at the box office.

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