The heroic story of a Bollywood villian

Brut India

"My standards were being lowered continuously." You've seen Ashish Vidyarthi as the bad guy in films like Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and Bichhoo. But do you know how he reached here?   BollywoodHungama.com

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00:00I wanted to play a good role.

00:02But I realized that I can't live without money.

00:05I literally had no work in Hindi.

00:12My fate was such that I didn't choose anything.

00:15Whatever came to me, I did it.

00:17It was very clear to me that I have to take care of my parents,

00:21I have to take care of my family.

00:23I was the only child of my parents.

00:26I was old and my parents had retired.

00:30I had a clear choice in front of me.

00:33I wanted to play a good role.

00:36I really wanted to play a good role.

00:38I was very hungry.

00:39I played a good role.

00:41There were many good roles.

00:50But I realized that I can't live without money.

00:53At that time, I had to choose.

00:57I was either waiting for my parents to say,

01:01Aashish is waiting for a good role.

01:04He will play a good role only when he plays a good role.

01:07Until then, we will somehow live our lives.

01:10But that was not acceptable to me.

01:13So I told myself, Aashish,

01:15the world will say that you are sold.

01:17But tell me the truth.

01:19Do you want to take care of your parents?

01:23Or are you committed only to your passion?

01:26It was a very painful call for a day.

01:29That's why I did a lot of work in commercial mainstream cinema.

01:33If I tell you that I earned money and went home,

01:36that didn't happen.

01:38I was not a very good negotiator for my money.

01:41So I was living in a rented house.

01:43When I decided to work in Dakshin in 1999.

01:46In that period in my life,

01:481999 onwards,

01:50when I literally had no work in Hindi.

01:53When I started saying that I cannot continue to do

01:56a lowering standards of my work.

01:59I am a good actor.

02:01But my standards were being lowered

02:03continuously by the work that I was being offered.

02:05And it was very painful Faridun.

02:07It was very painful.

02:09Then I started again in Dakshin in 1999.

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