Siddharth says that he didn’t want to stick to boy-next-door roles: ‘It was a lucrative option, didn’t want to do that’

Siddharth, who will soon be seen in the Tamil film Takkar, was known as the romantic boy-next-door in the early years of his career but shortly after, he realised that he did not want to restrict himself to that box. Siddharth started his journey of evolution as an actor and producer and made intentional choices to diversify his slate. In a recent interview, Siddharth said that he did not want to be the actor who is known for his romantic image.

Talking to Galatta Plus, Siddharth said that he faced this dilemma in 2010 and decided to make some changes. “I had been in the business for 10 years at the time. including my direction stint. I kept asking myself ‘are you going to be doing romantic films for the rest of your life, and be constantly spoken to how young you look, and how cute you are and how difficult it is for a girl to say no to you on screen, and how effectively you communicate the pain of a boy growing up next door.'”

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Siddharth decided he did not want to do that even though it was a “lucrative option”. “I said that’s not my job. I don’t want to do that. It was a very lucrative option. I could have done that for the rest of my life and I didn’t want to do that. So I moved cities, changed plans, did things, so that I can do a 2.0 before that word was a thing,” he said.

Siddharth will soon be seen in Karthik G Krish’s Takkar which also stars Yogi Babu and Divyansha Kaushik. Takkar releases on June 9.