Sidharth Malhotra: Lesser known facts

Sidharth Malhotra had nothing short of a dream launch in Bollywood with Karan Johar’s ‘Student of the Year’. However, it has not always been a bed of roses for the hunk who recently opened up about his struggling days.

Talking about his early days as a budding actor, Sidharth revealed that he actually started out in Bollywood as an assistant director for ‘Dostana’. Before that, he tried out his luck in advertisements and which was met with many rejections along the way. According to online reports, the actor lost out on his first audition but soon bagged a big ad deed. However, he was back in the rut with a series of rejections that he found very discouraging.

However, according to Sid, the worst part about it all was that they always made him feel "small and unimportant". In the end, he apparently could not deal with all the negativity and ended up being an assistant director before Karan Johar finally gave him his big break.

While promoting his film 'Baar Baar Dekho' in Ahmedabad, he had shared a picture through his Insta with a fan and not a celeb. From the post, it looks like Sidharth is totally smitten by the sweet gesture of his fan who got his name inked on his wrist. Sid's stint of superstardom is worth sharing, don't you think?

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He's one of the hottest stars on the block and with no godfather in the industry, Sidharth Malhotra is making his way up the ladder, slowly and surely. Read on to known some interesting and lesser known facts about the actor who is rumoured to be dating Alia Bhatt.

Born to Sunil and Rimmi Malhotra, Sidharth has a love for travelling, right from childhood, courtesy his parents. Sidharth's father was in the Merchant Navy and the actor would join his dad during his summer break. His journey into stardom was not easy. Sidharth was a model before he made his acting debut with Karan Johar's Student of the Year. But like most newcomers, he did not have it easy at first. "Coming to Mumbai from Delhi was tough. Giving auditions was tough as the film I came for did not work out. Finding a house also was tough," he recollects. But that wasn't the only difficult thing for the actor to do. He also had a hard time mugging up Sanskrit in school.

Gone are the days when actors were different form villains. Now there's a thin line between the two and playing the anit-hero is soon becoming a trend in B-town. But Sidharth would love to play a villain from the Batman series (Bane) and from Bollywood it would have to be Mogambo or Shakaal. "I would love to play these characters. With Bane, he has something covering his mouth but I love the way his voice is different. With Mogambo, I liked his cool den which had props to kill people and get rid of them," he stated.

Having worked with actresses like Parineeti Chopra, Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor, Sidharth thinks his Ek Villain co-star was the coolest and most adventurous. Talking about his rapport and working experience with her he had said, "Yes one of the coolest experience with her. Just don't go with the size and petite frame." Not only that, the actor would also like to work with Bollywood beauty Deepika Padukone as he feels she too struggled just like the actor did when he first arrived in Mumbai. Talking about Deepika, the actor shared, "I think- I've seen her for years, during our modelling days when we used to do shows together. We had a similar journey and she's also similar in height."

After becoming an actor, the one thing that Sidharth misses is taking his dog for a walk. He also shot an advertisement with an animal NGO to raise awareness about dogs. The actor, who was last seen in 'Baar Baar Dekho', has never won a Filmfare award (Was nominated for Student of the Year for Best Male Debut). Sidharth also considers himself to be happy, leading a content life.

Sidharth's role model is none other than the badshah of Bollywood- Shah Rukh Khan. The young actor worked as an assistant director on Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan before debuting with the latter's Student of the Year. That's when he got a chance to interact with King Khan and considers him to be his role model. "SRK is my role model. I worked as AD on My Name is Khan and I interacted with him. He was sweet enough to give us pointers. While we were shooting for the film, we were secluded and the cameras were far off. He (SRK) was playing Rizwan. I thought he was mumbling his lines and he told me to look around and check props. Just the kind of person he is, the way he carries his stardom, I am a fan on and off camera. I wish I stay as level headed and grounded as he is. He's the same Delhi boy."