Siddhant Chaturvedi rose to fame as MC Sher from Ranveer Singh's Gully Boy. In fact, his talent was so impressive that Yash Raj Films took him under its wings and decided to promote him as YRF Talent. The actor is already in talks to star in the next Excel Entertainment movie and guess what, he once considered playing the role of a stripper in a movie that's now shelved. Yup, fame didn't come easily to his handsome hunk and his struggles make for an interesting story to hear.  Gully Boy Star Siddhant Chaturvedi Is Relishing his Success, Says He Always Wanted People to Love Him.

In Feet Up with the Star's last episode, when Siddhanth was asked about his good ol' days, he revealed an interesting incident about one of his auditions. He had auditioned to play the role of a stripper in Fawad Khan and Katrina Kaif's Raat Baaki. The movie that was shelved after Pakistani artists were banned from performing in India following the Uri attack. Guess, destiny had some other plans in its store for this talent and he was destined to make headlines as MC Sher. Gully Boy Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi Is a Die-Hard Fan of Tollywood Star Allu Arjun! This Viral Video Is Proof.

Uri director Aditya Dhar was supposed to direct this Fawad - Katrina starrer and unfortunately, his project never saw the light of the day. The director then decided to make a movie on the same attack that imposed a ban on the artists from the neighbouring country.

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