I still don’t think I am in any particular zone: Sidharth Malhotra

By - Team Radio City

NOVEMBER 21,2017

Since his debut in Karan Johar's 'Student of the Year' alongside Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra's journey in showbiz has seen do an assortment of film roles. Some of his unconventional films include 'Hasee Toh Phasee', 'Ek Villain', 'Kapoor Sons', and the recent being 'Ittefaq'.On being asked whether this was a conscious decision, Sidharth replied, "Absolutely. Right from the beginning, I have tried to do that. My first three films were of different genres. My first film was 'Student Of The Year', and obviously, you don't choose your first film. After that, I did 'Hasee Toh Phasee', a quirky, offbeat love story. Then 'Ek Villain' happened, which was totally different from the previous two films. And when something like 'Ek Villain' happens, it gives you a lot of hope and confidence to keep changing genres because you don't know what works, what clicks with the audience. They might accept you in a certain kind of movie, they might accept you more in a certain kind of role, get excited etc. After that, I just kept reacting instinctively, trying more zones."He further added, "In my head, I still don't think I am in any particular zone. When Ek Villain happened, I wanted to try out a more intense, action zone, and it just happened, yaar. All the films I have picked were an attempt to try new things because I am not a trained actor, I have not done theatre. Also, this is my way of pushing my limits because I still don't know what I am capable of or what zone I can do best."In conclusion he added, "Sometimes, I get very excited and I think that's what you need for a scene or a situation you have never been in. For example, as opposed to this film, I have never been in jail. But I was playing somebody who is being interrogated for murder, for lying or maybe not lying, that was very challenging and exciting. That is what I am pouncing on. Whenever I see something challenging or exciting in a script, I pick it up. And I have been lucky to have different kinds of movies come to me. So I am hoping that, years later, I will have a great variation as opposed to one kind of movie."