Indian actor Suniel Shetty once appeared in an interview and said that he wanted to leave Bollywood because of people’s hatefull comments after his 1992 film Balwaan.
Shetty shared, “When I first came in, I thought I am going to make it because I got the physique. Everyone thinks they are God before they get in. They say ‘I think I am going to be the next Badshah.’ But once you come in, you realise it is not that way. There were a whole lot of things I was bad at.”
While talking about his film debut film Balwaan, the 60-year-old said, “Fortunately or unfortunately, the film did okay but I was not appreciated. People said he is bad news. That got me ticking. I said to myself, ‘No way I am going to stay put.’ In the beginning, I was hurt. People kept passing remarks on me, not knowing me as a person. They went on saying things about me and that hurt.”
He added, “But I had a strong family, a very loving wife, that made all the difference. Once I am on a high, I am out. I want to get out when I am wanted, not thrown out. I won’t miss the industry”.
