The young talent in Bollywood mostly includes names of star kids like Ananya Pandey, Sara Ali Khan, and Janhvi Kapoor. But one name that has made its way through hardships and struggles in life is actor Siddhant Chaturvedi. He impressed one and all with his acting chops in Gully Boy, after which he bagged a bunch of Bollywood movies. The actor has recently shared a bunch of pictures from his younger days and wrote an inspiring note in the caption.
Siddhant Chaturvedi took to his Instagram handle to share some throwback pictures. In the caption, he wrote, “Inside Edge mein Bowling seekhi. Gully boy mein Rap sikha. Bunty Aur Babli mein kya? Kisko thuga bhaiya?! Kismat ko thuga hai, aur kya. Sabko laga ladka naukri payega, settle ho jayega, kundali mein vyapaar bhi tha. Magar ladka toh andar se kalakaar hi tha.” (In Inside Edge I learned bowling. In Gully Boy, I learned rapping. In Bunty Aur Babli 2 I learned looting. I have cheated fate. Everyone thought. I will do a job and settle down. Predictions said I can do business also but the boy turned out to be an artist at heart.)
Check out some of his photos here:
Chaturvedi’s post received tons of comments from his well-wishers within a few minutes of upload. One of his fans compared his old looks with comedian Abhishek Upmanyu and wrote, “Are Abhishek Upmanyu ki pic yahan kya kar rahi. (What are Abhishek Upmanyu’s pictures doing here?)”Another commented, “What an inspiring journey. No doubt you must’ve inspired so many teenage boys with these pictures.” One user wrote, “Looking good as always.”
Siddhant in an interview with iDiva has talked about starting his career from scratch and said, “I thought I was not good enough, I had low self-esteem. It was a very low phase at that time. In college, I suddenly got this confidence because I started from zero. Nobody knew me or my history, so I played that card to my advantage – Nobody knows me, so I can be anything”.
In 2019, Siddhant during Bengaluru Poetry Festival had confessed that he was bullied in school. He said, “There was a time in school when I was bullied. I didn’t want to meet anyone and kept to myself. It was at this time that I took to writing big time. I found solace in my writing and it helped me overcome this period.”
Siddhant will be seen next in the upcoming Bunty Aur Babli 2 which also stars Rani Mukerji and Saif Ali Khan. He will also be seen in Phone Bhoot alongside Katrina Kaif and Ishaan Khatter. The Gully Boy star will share screen space with Deepika Padukone and Ananya Panday in Shakun Batra’s next. He also has Kho Gaye Hum Kahan in his line-up of films.