His
success
ratio
is
impressive
and
model-turned-actor
Sidharth
Malhotra,
who
is
currently
riding
high
on
Ek
Villain,
which
has
minted
Rs.77.20
crore
in
its
opening
week,
is
confident
he
will
play
a
long
innings
in
filmdom.
The
29-year-old,
who
was
criticised
for
his
inability
to
dance
or
to
emote
well
in
his
debut
film
Student
of
the
Year,
despite
the
fact
that
it
passed
off
with
flying
colours
at
the
box
office,
has
a
reason
to
believe
that.
Sidharth
feels
with
Ek
Villain,
he
has
successfully
converted
the
non-believers
to
believers
and
that
he
can't
be
easily
written
off.
"It
was
first
experience...this
kind
of
box
office
success.
I
feel
I've
reached
out
to
more
number
of
people
with
this
film
than
I
ever
had;
so
that's
exciting.
Now,
I
feel
that
I
am
here
to
stay.
More
people
think
that
I
am
here
to
stay
and
I
deserve
this
place," Sidharth
said.
"It's
satisfying
to
see
that
I
took
risk
two
years
ago
by
choosing
a
genre
like
this
and
character
like
this
which
is
so
different
from
what
I've
done
before
and
that's
paying
off.
It
could've
gone
wrong.
It's
very
satisfying
as
an
actor
to
try
something
new
and
see
that
the
audience
is
liking
it," added
the
actor
who
played
romantic
roles
in
his
first
two
films.
So
far,
the
Delhi
boy
had
three
releases,
of
which
Hasee
Toh
Phasee
is
the
only
film
that
underperformed.
However
he
won
a
lot
of
fans,
thanks
to
his
looks.
While
many
would
kill
for
looks
like
his,
the
six-foot-plus
actor
found
it
a
challenge.
"We
are
not
just
standing
and
posing.
Are
we?
Looks
are
part
and
parcel.
I've
tried
to
change
my
looks
in
all
the
three
films.
People
think
he
is
a
good
looking
boy,
so
he
can't
act...
that's
a
notion
here.
So
to
break
that,
to
go
beyond
looks
was
also
a
challenge
to
me,"
said
the
actor,
who
wants
to
keep
reinventing
himself.
Sidharth,
who
plays
Guru
-
a
criminal
transformed
into
a
good
guy
by
the
power
of
love
-
in
the
romantic
thriller,
says
the
film
"was
also
an
endeavour
to
turn
all
the
non-believers
into
believers".
"People
who
didn't
see
the
craft
or
who
weren't
convinced
about
my
craft
or
about
my
space
here.
I
think
'Ek
Villain' is
the
best
answer
I
could
give
them...The
good
business
shows
that
I've
possibly
made
more
number
of
fans,"
he
added.
The
movie
has
earned
him
more
than
just
fans;
the
29-year-old
says
many
filmmakers
are
approaching
him
post
the
success
of
Ek
Villain.
"Now,
filmmakers
would
not
feel
shy
in
putting
a
certain
amount
of
money
in
a
project
with
me;
so
there
is
that
change
in
perception
but
I
was
committed
to
two
films
before
I
did
'Ek
Villain';
so
now
I
am
concentrating
on
those
two
films.
"One
is
a
remake
of
English
film
called
'Warrior'.
After
that
is
'Bhavesh
Joshi'.
What
'Ek
Villain'
has
done
for
me
is
to
open
up
a
new
genre
of
films
and
scripts
.
Not
just
love
stories
are
given
to
me.
There
is
also
thriller
and
action.
I
am
just
waiting
and
seeing
what
interesting
comes
up
and
what
I
can
sign
after
these
two
films," he
said.
Sidharth,
who
assisted
director
Karan
Johar
in
the
past
before
putting
himself
in
the
shoes
of
various
characters,
had
thought
of
going
behind
the
camera
too.
But
thanks
to
the
thunderous
response
to
Ek
Villain,
he
has
changed
his
mind.
"I
got
into
assistant
direction.
I
thought
of
that
as
an
option
then,
but
after
the
success
of
'Ek
Villain'...
Nah.
Why
would
I
go
behind
the
camera?
I
would
like
to
be
in
front
of
the
camera.
I
would
be
happier
to
play
various
characters.
It's
far
more
tough
as
a
director,"
he
said.
He
may
try
the
numbers
game
by
venturing
into
production...some
day.
"Producing
is
business
angle.
For
now
no...
Maybe
in
future.
If
I
am
capable
of
it.
If
I
understand
the
know-how,"
he
said.