New Delhi: The world of Bollywood with its shimmer and glitter of fame is not suitable to everyone’s taste. At least not in the long run. Actor Adhyayan Suman, who is the son of seasoned actor Shekhar Suman was the latest to speak on this issue.
The actor who shot to fame due to his role in 2009 film Raaz – The Mystery Continues was last seen in the OTT series Constitutionald. He recently spoke about his views on fame, the pitfalls of popularity and regrets he has even after being a part of the film industry for so long.
Adhyayan Suman spoke candidly about his experience of being part of Bollywood, despite being an ‘insider’, considering he is the son of veteran actor Shekhar Suman. “I can say I am the best example of nepotism, jisko kaam nahi mila nepotism ki wajah se, or I can prove that. And you know, I feel nepotism is a very futile debate, and I think it became a sort of fashion conversation. Luxury feels like jail at one point in your life, no matter how many cars that your father gives you, or the house or the penthouses that you live in or the vacations that you go to, people like me with a conscience to do something in life are miserable,” he said.
Of missed opportunities, like still not owning a home he further commented, “Because what you do beyond the point, I mean, you’ve owned the car, you’ve owned the house, it’s not yours, it’s your father’s, it’s his hard work, you’ve enjoyed it. But beyond the point, you feel like mera kya hai, at 37, I don’t own a home.”
Suman then talked about his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Constitutionaldtalking about how he thought it might be the gamechanger for his career. “I thought my luck will change now and I will get good work, good roles, but nothing of that sort happened. And for 6 months, I thought that for so long I was thinking that I am not getting a good opportunity, I got the opportunity to work with arguably the biggest filmmaker in the country today, Mr Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who came out and spoke about me. Still, you know, I didn’t get the work, who am I supposed to blame? Myself or the people in the industry,” Suman concluded.
