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Siddharth Leads Operation Safed Sagar, Creates Exciting Stories
Siddharth is an actor and singer in India.
He has acted in movies and shows made in many different Indian languages.
He is famous for a movie called Rang De Basanti.
Right now, he is playing a fighter pilot in a Netflix show called Operation Safed Sagar.
Real pilots from the Indian Air Force helped him learn how to be a pilot in the show.
Some of them took part in the real mission in 1999 that the show is about.
Siddharth also makes his own movies so he does not have to wait for other people to offer him work.
His most recent self-made movie is called Chithha.
In the next six months, four of his movies will be released.
He says he just wants to be a better actor with every new project.
Actor-singer Siddharth leads the Netflix war drama series Operation Safed Sagar as Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja.
He was trained by Indian Air Force veterans, including some who served in Operation Safed Sagar in 1999, to maintain authenticity.
His recent cinematic releases include Indian 2, Miss You, Test and 3BHK.
Producing films since 2012, Siddharth said his last production, Chithha, showed him he can make stories that excite him.
He has four releases in the next six months: two Hindi films, one Tamil film and his American debut.
- Who
- Siddharth, an actor and singer working across Tamil, Telugu and Hindi cinema.
- What
- An interview covering his role as Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja in the Netflix series Operation Safed Sagar, his approach to producing and acting, and his upcoming projects.
- Where
- Indian cinema, with Operation Safed Sagar based on the Indian Air Force operation of 1999; one upcoming release is his American debut.
- When
- Ongoing; he has four releases in the next six months and is filming four projects over the next year.
- Why
- He chooses stories that excite him and produces his own films rather than waiting for work, aiming to be a better actor with each outing.
Key facts
- Actor
- Siddharth (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi cinema)
- Upcoming Netflix series
- Operation Safed Sagar
- His role
- Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
- Director of Operation Safed Sagar
- Oni Sen
- Writers of Operation Safed Sagar
- Abhijeet Parmar and Kushal Srivastava
- Recent releases
- Indian 2, Miss You, Test and 3BHK
- Producing since
- 2012
- Last production
- Chithha
Quotes
Siddharth
Tamil, Telugu and Hindi actor and singer
“"Every character needs work, in order to separate it from my real self."”
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“"I can find stories that excite me and make them myself."”
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