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Film Companion Hindi ran a story on how actor Savi Sidhu is working as a security guard to make ends meet, while also financing his acting aspirations. In the interview, Sidhu doesn't blame anyone for his condition, rather that, the money he makes from his acting assignments wasn't enough to take care of his health and home needs. Savi Siddhu has acted in a couple of popular movies like Gulaal and Black Friday. Gulaal Actor Savi Sidhu Becomes Security Guard to Earn Money to Kickstart His Acting Career Again – Watch Video.
These movies were directed by Anurag Kashyap. So a few publications reached out to the director, asking his views on the story. Perhaps frustrated that he is being made responsible for ignoring an actor who worked in his films, Anurag took to Twitter to clear his side. In a series of tweets, the film-maker talks about how not just Sidhu, but quite a few known actors are known to take up supplementary jobs to support themselves financially. Not Just Gulaal Actor Savi Sidhu, 5 More Heart-Rending Stories of Forgotten Bollywood Celebs Who Struggled in Penury.
Kashyap also mentioned that he has a deep respect for Sidhu that he has chosen to live with dignity and not end up like other out-of-work actors who resorted to alcoholism. Lastly, he says that if the public really cares about these actors, then they should watch their movies in theatres.
Check out Anurag Kashyap's tweets on Savi Siddhu:
Tweet #1
There are so many actors out there who don’t have work. I respect Savi Siddhu as an actor and have cast him thrice when he earned the role. I respect him that he chose to live his life with dignity and picked a job unlike so many entitled out of work actors who have either
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #2
2... become alcoholics or wasted themselves away. Nawaz used to be a watchman, I used to be a waiter, I met one actor who sells bhelpuri on streets, I know and actor from Black Friday who drives a rickshaw, the lead from Salaam Bombay used to do the same ..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #3
3. I have seen the great Uday Chandra who did “Hum Paanch” and “Khel Khiladi Ka” in my early days walking the street. This is also true for many people in all walks of life. This could also be me or anyone else in the future. To give an actor a role out of sympathy is insulting .
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #4
The art and the artist. Savi will have to help himself. Only thing one can do is get the casting directors to audition him for him to earn the role and for that he will have to walk to that casting directors office like million others. He has made a conscious choice and ..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #5
One should be proud of him that he did not allow the vanity of the artist to destroy him , and he actually does a job . I have writers that I have worked with who are always borrowing money, I have seen filmmaker’s I have admired borrow money from me for a meal..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #6
To be a watchman is a job, I don’t see it as a small job or big. At least he is not begging . And I genuinely believe that charity does not make art or an artist. There are millions of stories like Savi Siddhu’s.
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #7
You want to help artists like him then you need to start watching their art by paying for it, by actually be a paying audience. Tweeting the story to me won’t help. I have worked with new comers all my life and I move on to the next new talent I can find .
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
Tweet #8
We all make conscious choices. Go to cinemas and buy tickets for films that has unknown amazing talent like Savi Siddhu to make sure that they continue to be what they are best at, to be the artist they want to be. That’s all I had to say . Thank you
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
So do you agree with Anurag Kashyap's views on Savi Sidhu? Is it right to blame the director for the actor's financial situation? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 19, 2019 05:49 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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