Sidharth Malhotra Clocks 10 Years In The Film Industry, Reveals His First Salary Was Rs 7,000

Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra made his debut with 2012¡¯s Student of the year, alongside Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. Sid's journey of ten glorious years of acting in this industry has been an eventful one.

Sidharth, who is awaiting the release of his next Thank God alongside Ajay Devgn, has now opened up on different aspects of his life and one such anecdote is about his first income.

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Why did Sidharth not keep his first pay?

Sidharth Malhotra¡¯s first salary was Rs 7000. He told Pinkvilla that he gave the money to his mother as he did not have a bank account at that time. Before Malhotra tried his hands at acting, he had also worked as an assistant director on KJo¡¯s film ¡®My Name is Khan¡¯ (2010).

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Sidharth sheds light on the struggles of being an outsider

In the same interview, Sidharth talked about the challenges of sustaining in the film industry and said, ¡°If you don't get that appreciation and love, you really can't fall back on anyone blindly to work with you. I've only made associations with people because they've liked some of my films, or they feel I'm fit for that role. It's not like there have been some easy films to gauge and just get. Every film has been a conversation- some have worked, some haven¡¯t, but the inherent love of the audience or the likability that the audience gives you is the only thing that you hold on to as an actor who comes fresh into the business¡±.

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Talking about his upcoming release Thank God, Sidharth said,

¡°The first script that I feel that I, you know, I heard from start to finish, I knew that time it made me laugh and it has a wonderful message by the end. And I knew director Indra Kumar. As I myself have a grip on comedy which I have not completely dive into may be. I am looking forward to this Diwali that people get to see Thank God.¡±

Speaking about this film clashing with Abhishek Sharma's directorial Ram Setu, he said that it completely depends on the audience. He even wished good luck to the Akshay Kumar-starrer.

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On the work front, Sidharth has an interesting lineup

Sidharth has Dharma¡¯s 'Yodha' in his kitty which is said to be a first-of-its-kind action film. Malhotra is also gearing up for his OTT debut with an action-packed web series by Rohit Shetty.

Titled The Indian Police Force, this series features Sid in a cop avatar alongside Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Oberoi.

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