To top it all off, the makers found Siddharth who was perfect in every way for the role which was apparently bumped by a lot of actors. We are talking about none other than Rang De Basanti fame actor Siddharth who became the victim of the same when his name was featured in the list of dead South Indian actors. Well, as we look back that the film there’s certainly no other actor we can think of who could have created the impact with this role as Madhavan did.
You need an entire movie to show that! So, I was telling Rakeysh, ‘How do you expect me to do justice to this? I’ve only been doing films for five years.’ So, he said, ‘That’s why I’ve come to you, Maddy, what the hell.’” Talking about his conundrum he added, “When I heard that narration from Rakeysh and Aamir, I was like, ‘Guys, you’re asking me to be a perfect boyfriend, a perfect son, a perfect patriot, a perfect friend with an almost legendary sort of reputation, for all these guys to go and give their lives up for him.’ Everyone knows you need one movie to show that you are a perfect boyfriend or a perfect son. 'Rang De Basanti' actor Siddharth back home after spine surgery, advised care for 'few months' The film's director, Ajay Bhupathi, had earlier reportedly informed his fans that the 'Rang De. When Aamir Khan asked Madhavan to skip Siddharth’s role to play Flight Lieutenant Rathod, Madhavan was in a fix given how perfect his character was. Rang De Basanti opened in January 2006 to unanimously positive reviews.
And I realised that immortality in terms of being recognised as a character depends on how you play that character, and how that character is written and presented,” Madhavan can be heard saying. Siddharth Suryanarayan (born 17 April 1979), known mononymously as Siddharth, is an Indian. And these gentlemen, who worked so hard for one-and-a-half years, and I only worked for eight days, I think. Big revelation in my life, because even now when they speak about Rang De Basanti, my name is synonymous with that film, for a nine-minute appearance.
I was supposed to do Siddharth’s role but I couldn’t because I had long hair, and I ended up doing the pilot’s role. A post shared by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rang De Basanti I had a nine-minute role. Actor Siddharth, famous for his role in films such as Rang De Basanti and Bommarillu, has tweeted about the name that a few Twitter users have coined for him.