Originally posted by: BeingChevi
Can't say for sure. I wish both the very best. Upen's always been a sidekick. I don't think he's ever been a male lead and I don't think he will be but he'll surely do more work in BW. He has been on the shelf for way too long and most of the parts given to him required him to be a London Boy (Namastey London, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahaani). BTW people are mentioning guests like Suneel Darshan and Ramesh Taurani - kuch faida nahin hoga to launch Upen as lead - they are worried about their own sons Shiv Darshan & Girish Taurani 😆
Why are people looking down on TV? People like Barun Sobti, Sanaya Irani, Drashti etc. are WAY more popular than people like Upen IMO (And no, I'm not comparing them to Gautam). I'm sure Gautam will do well on the small screen 😊 And who knows.. maybe he can enter BW... he is still very young. 😊 The fact that his work has been to Cannes is a huge achievement 👏 Whatever happens in the future - he's gained lots of fans through his stint on Bigg Boss 😊
I don't think people are at all looking down on TV. But it's a reality that smaller roles in TV are less paid in comparison to even smaller roles in Films, Lead roles in Movie are incomparable to that of TV...But TV has a bigger viewer reach but a single hit movie can give a rocket propelled career.
So for many such advantages and disadvantages, artists of both industries are these days trying to have a presence in both...
Here we are not limiting their comparison to possibility of their success in Bollywood...i.e. The big screen only, since both have a common interest in this field.