Dulquer Salmaan recalls being ‘crushed’ when a troll accused him of buying his State Award: ‘If I would have to buy it…’

But then Dulquer found himself at peace after someone told him “something amazing.” He continued, “The person told me, ‘You can have doubts about yourself. You can think you deserved it for something else. But the awards you get, especially the big ones, it may not be for the work in that film. It is for all the work that you have done so far and all the work you are going to do. So do not ever not enjoy it.’ I loved that thought, it gave me some peace.”

Over the years, Dulquer has carved a place for himself in the south film industry. But the actor has been hearing ‘nasty things’ about himself since the very beginning. In an earlier interview with India Today, the actor had said, “I have often read a lot of nasty things about myself in reviews. People have even written that I should quit movies and I am not made for it.”

Dulquer was recently seen in the romantic drama Sita Ramam, along with Mrunal Thakur. Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi, the film emerged as a critical and commercial success.