When Sidharth Malhotra made his debut. No, it wasn’t Student of the Year

 

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Sidharth, who then rose to fame with Karan’s SOTY, had earlier appeared in one of the reality shows on Channel V. In 2007 the reality and model hunt show ‘Get Gorgeous’, Sidharth  was introduced as a ‘hot male model’ and his job was to pose with a bunch of bikini-clad women. 

The actor, who had a trim build, played an obedient ‘student’ in the episode, who nodded and did whatever the photographer said. The models were swooning on Sidharth’s grand entrance as he appeared shirtless and they all appeared for the task. The actor was seen saying dialogues such as “enjoy and just do it” and was seen carrying two girls in each arm at once.

The actor had opened up about his modeling stint in an interview with Rediff.com. He said, “After school, when I entered college, I thought I would probably do an MBA like my brother did it, and get a job in finance. But I got into modelling in college and after that the ‘Bollywood bug’ bit me, not before that.”

 

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Sidharth admitted that modeling was comparatively easier because all he had do was ‘pose for a picture.’ He added, “Anybody who is a good model cannot think he is a good actor or even if he is a bad model, does not mean he will be a bad actor. You cannot mix modelling and acting together. Just because in the recent past good looking models such as John Abraham and Arjun Rampal have become actors, people think that transitioning from modelling to acting is easy, but that is not true.”

The 37-year-old actor was last seen in the film Thank God. Sidharth will next be seen in Mission Majnu opposite Rashmika Mandanna.