{"id":226782,"date":"2025-01-29T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/siddharth-on-turning-down-roles-that-objectified-women-i-rejected-them-outright\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T09:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:14:12","slug":"siddharth-on-turning-down-roles-that-objectified-women-i-rejected-them-outright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/siddharth-on-turning-down-roles-that-objectified-women-i-rejected-them-outright\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddharth On Turning Down Roles That Objectified Women: &#8220;I Rejected Them Outright&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2025-01\/2ob31poo_siddharth_625x300_29_January_25.jpg?im=FeatureCrop%2Calgorithm%3Ddnn%2Cwidth%3D1200%2Cheight%3D738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Siddharth On Turning Down Roles That Objectified Women: &#8220;I Rejected Them Outright&#8221;\" title=\"Siddharth On Turning Down Roles That Objectified Women: &#8220;I Rejected Them Outright&#8221;\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><\/p>\n<p>Actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/boney-kapoor-calls-jr-ntr-new-face-siddharth-corrects-him-youre-talking-about-the-biggest-superstar-7381591\">Siddharth<\/a>, who has primarily worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films, has turned down roles that glorified toxic masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>The actor recently shared his thoughts at the Hyderabad Literary Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In a candid interaction with singer-writer Vidya Rao, he said, \u201cI used to get scripts where I am slapping women, doing item songs, pinching somebody&#8217;s navel, telling a woman what she should do, where she should go, etc\u2026 I rejected them outright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<p>Vidya Rao, is an Indian Hindustani classical singer and writer, and the mother of Siddharth&#8217;s wife, actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/karanveer-chum-darang-spend-fun-evening-with-farah-siddharth-and-aditi-rao-hydari-7584078\">Aditi Rao Hydari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Siddharth added, \u201cOf course, I might be a far bigger movie star today if I was differently wired. I instinctively did what I liked. Today, people tell me I was respectful to women, I was good to parents, I was good with kids, and I looked cute. Their kids can watch my films from 15 years ago. It is such a gratifying feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siddharth revealed that while his contemporaries portrayed aggressive and macho characters, he had zero inhibitions of being vulnerable on screen.<\/p>\n<p>The actor said, \u201cThis feeling is not something that can be measured in crores. Everyone around me was trying to be aggressive and macho. When many were all \u2018<em>mard ko dard nahi hota<\/em>&#8216; (men don&#8217;t feel pain) kind of thing, and I was happy to cry on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siddharth is credited with films like <em>Boys, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Maha Samudram, Chikkadu Dorakadu,\u00a0<\/em>and <em>Rang De Basanti<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Siddharth donned the role of a producer with the 2023 crime drama <em>Chithha<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The movie revolved around child abuse. Directed by SU Arun Kumar, <em>Chithha<\/em> also featured Sahasra Sree, S Aafiyah Tasneem, Nimisha Sajayan, Natturaja Durai, and Baalaji SU.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, Siddharth has <em>Indian 3,<\/em> led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/zakir-hussain-dies-at-73-tributes-from-kareena-kapoor-ranveer-singh-nandita-das-and-others-7257874\">Kamal Haasan<\/a>, the action thriller is the sequel to <em>Indian 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--#VuukleAD--><\/p>\n<p>Siddharth is also a part of the S Sashikanth directorial\u00a0<em>The Test<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/siddharth-opens-up-about-turning-down-roles-that-objectified-women-7584350#publisher=newsstand\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor\u00a0Siddharth, who has primarily worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films, has turned down roles that glorified toxic masculinity. 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