I wish my family was here: Sidharth Malhotra
It can't be easy to come back to an empty house, day after day. But it's a reality thousands of people, who move to Mumbai from all parts of the country, face every day. Thousands arrive daily with a dream and little else. Most come with acting aspirations.
As did Sidharth Malhotra, who got a dream launch and overnight stardom with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year. Four films later, it's clear he is here to stay. Meanwhile his family continues to live in Delhi. Now his dream is to move his family to this city and give them a lifestyle that they are accustomed to. Here he talks about family matters. Read on...
Does Mumbai feel like home now, or is it just a place where you work?
Mumbai feels like home. it feels like a very comfortable home now, actually, though I miss Delhi. I am 30 now. I wish my family was here. I miss interacting with them and being with them on a daily basis.
What's keeping your parents in the Capital? They must be retired now...
Hopefully, they will move here at some point. But I need to be better equipped before I get them here. I want to give them the best. So that's when I mean when I talk about being ambitious. I want to get much more settled financially and property-wise, so that I can take good care of them. But they are not alone, my brother, his wife and their kid live with them, my whole family is there. We have a wonderful house there.
Everybody does in Delhi. Here, we all live in match boxes.
Exactly. I am aiming for something big. Recently, I was telling someone, I want to look for land, where can I get this land, and they laughed at me'. But then so did people in Delhi when I said that I wanted to be an actor. I think anything is possible.
Buy a bigger house: Akshay Kumar's advice to Sidharth Malhotra
A popular ad campaign goes, It's your life, make it large'. Well, this is exactly the advice that Akshay Kumar gave to Sidharth Malhotra when they were bonding on the sets of Brothers.
"Sidharth is still establishing himself in the industry and it is a known fact that when he started off in Mumbai, he was living in a small apartment. However, now that he has started doing well in his career, he is thinking of buying a house for himself as well. In a casual conversation, Akshay asked him about his plans. When Sidharth spoke about a buying a small house to begin with, Akshay suggested that he think big and pick up a bigger house," informs a common friend.
Since the Khiladi is also an outsider like Sidharth, investing in a house is a key thing that he does suggest to his near and dear ones. He believes that while it brings in an element of security, it also acts as a drive for an individual to work harder.
"He told Sid that if he is thinking of a two-bedroom flat, he should actually pick a 4BHK. If he plans to bring in his parents, he should think of something even bigger. He even suggested that it wouldn't be a bad idea to even keep on an entire floor to himself, as a house is long-term investment and a safe one as well," the source continues.
When Sid expressed concerns over earning enough moolah to pay off a loan on the house, AK told him that based on personal experience, only if someone thinks a few notches higher would he be able to earn more as well. "Akshay told Sidharth that Tu darr mat, bas le le; agar loan lena padta hai toh woh bhi kar, par soch mat kyonki paisa aa jaayega'," the source adds.
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