South
star
Dhanush
made
his
Hindi
film
debut
with
Aanand
L
Rai's
Raanjhanaa
in
2013.
Last
seen
in
Atrangi
Re
(2021)
for
which
he
received
rave
reviews
for
his
performance,
the
actor
in
his
recent
interview
with
a
leading
portal
revealed
that
he
was
severely
mocked
by
many
naysayers
and
trolls
for
his
appearance
at
the
beginning
of
his
career.
Recalling
his
early
days
and
how
he
is
proud
of
the
way
he
handled
all
the
criticism,
the
Shamitabh
star
told
Filmfare,
"I
started
really
young,
I
was
16
when
I
started.
I
faced
a
lot
of
criticism
for
my
appearance,
for
the
way
I
look.
I
was
greeted
with
a
lot
of
blockbuster
success
initially
and
then
I
had
to
go
through
a
lot
of
failures
where
they
had
to
write
me
off
and
then
I
had
to
come
back.
All
this
happened
when
I
was
very
young
and
now
I
am
more
mature
and
I
have
experience
and
I
know
how
to
handle
it
better.
But
I
am
very
proud
of
the
way
I
handled
it
when
I
was
17,
18,
19,
20
years
old
when
I
didn't
know
this
world,
had
nobody
to
guide
me,
had
no
experience,
no
maturity
and
that
teenager
handled
it
pretty
brilliantly.
I
feel
so,
yes."
The
actor
revealed
that
he
became
an
accidental
actor
and
said,
"I
never
wanted
to
be
an
actor
.
.
.
my
heart
was
not
here.
I
was
kind
of
forced
into
acting
at
a
very
young
age."
He
continued,
"When
I
started,
I
wasn't
into
it.
And
then
I
met
this
legendary
filmmaker,
Balu
Mahendra,
who
is
an
amazing
cinematographer
as
well.
So,
he
made
a
film
with
me
and
when
we
were
talking,
he
said
that
you
are
too
young
right
now
-
I
was
19
then
-
you
don't
see
what
I
see
in
you,
you
should
take
this
seriously,
you
have
a
gift,
I
hope
you
see
it
soon
and
when
somebody
like
that
tells
you
this
.
.
.
then
I
thought
that
maybe
I
have
a
gift
and
I
took
it
seriously.
And
I
worked
on
it.
After
five
to
six
years,
I
realised
that
sometimes
you
identify
your
calling
and
sometimes
your
calling
identifies
you
and
I
now
know
that
I
couldn't
have
done
anything
else."
Further,
Dhanush
admitted
that
he
is
affected
by
both
success
and
failure
as
a
normal
human
being.
Talking
about
how
he
deals
with
failure,
the
actor
said
that
he
tries
to
learn
from
them
so
that
he
doesn't
make
the
same
mistakes
again.
Similarly,
he
doesn't
let
success
affect
the
decisions
he
makes
for
the
future.