Any
actor
in
his
place
would've
immediately
shifted
to
Mumbai
after
the
super-success
of
his
debut
film
in
Hindi,
Rang
De
Basanti,
but
Siddharth
decided
to
focus
on
his
Telugu
film
career
in
Hyderabad.
"My
career
had
taken
off
in
a
big
way
in
Telugu
films
then
and
I
didn't
want
to
let
it
go," Siddharth
informs
me.
Siddharth
is
back
with
his
second
Hindi
film
Striker,
after
a
substantial
gap.
The
film,
directed
by
Chandan
Arora
[Main
Madhuri
Dixit
Banna
Chahti
Hoon,
Main
Meri
Patni
Aur
Woh],
is
set
is
the
80s
in
Malvani
in
Mumbai.
Siddharth
feels
it's
the
right
vehicle
for
his
'comeback'
in
Hindi
films.
"Actually,
Chandan
had
approached
me
for
an
entirely
different
film
-
a
love
story,
which
we
plan
to
make
some
day
-
but
I
wasn't
too
keen
to
work
on
it
then.
That's
when
Chandan
came
up
with
the
story
of
a
carrom
player's
life
and
I
said,
yes,
this
is
it," the
talented
actor
states.
Siddharth
is
supremely
confident
of
Striker.
"I
don't
believe
in
the
concept
of
big
or
small
films.
It's
the
audience
that
decides
on
a
Friday
what
film
is
big
or
small.
All
I
can
say
now
is
that
Striker
has
the
potential
to
be
a
big
film
since
it
dares
to
tell
a
story
that
has
never
been
told
before,"
he
states.
Siddharth,
who
has
now
focused
his
sights
on
Bollywood,
has
worked
with
some
of
the
biggest
names
in
the
business
[Mani
Ratnam,
Shankar,
Prabhu
Deva,
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra].
"I
met
a
lot
of
makers
after
RDB,
who
were
keen
that
I
work
with
them.
I
hope
we
do
work
this
time.
I
am
in
no
hurry,"
he
flashes
a
confident
smile.