Actor Saurabh Sachdeva, who played Bobby Deol’s brother in Animal, recently talked about working on Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule. Speaking to India Today Digital, Sachdeva explained how his journey unfolded. He credited films like Animal and Pushpa 2 for increasing his popularity.

talking about Box office performance of Pushpa 2Sachdeva said, “There is a feeling of respect and power. I am humbled and grateful. You never decide that these films will be so big – maybe the producer and the director have some vision – but we, the actors As in, couldn’t do it.’ I don’t have that vision. I knew it would be big, but I didn’t imagine it would be so small for this kind of business.

The actor admitted that things changed for him after Animal, “I’m the same way. I go to work every day, teach and do my regular work. But of course, there are a lot of people coming and going with my Want to take selfies with. Even in autos, the behavior of drivers towards me has changed – they look at me and say hello!”

He further said, “After Animal and now after Pushpa 2, this has changed. In between, Bad Cop was released and that also gave me good recognition. It seems that whatever project I am doing is becoming successful. “Maybe I got lucky.” (Laughs)”.

Sachdeva said that people knew and appreciated her even before Animal, Jaane Jaan and Mumbai Meri Jaan. The actor said, “But Animal definitely changed a lot of things for me. It was because of Animal that I got Pushpa 2.”

The actor revealed how the makers of Pushpa 2 saw him in Animal and decided to cast him, “The makers of Pushpa 2 saw me in Animal and then contacted me. A video with my team, writer and Sukumar sir The meeting took place.” The director), and we discussed my character for 20 minutes, he had approached many people before me but finalized me.”

“Soon after, I was trying out costumes in Hyderabad. Sukumar sir is a humble, down-to-earth person, and was very happy with my performance on the set. Initially, I was a bit skeptical because they wanted me to do Telugu. I tried to learn the language in a day, but it was difficult. Then Sukumar sir said, ‘You do it in Hindi,’ and he was very happy, you feel that. you did your work Is.’ The actor proudly recalls his moments on Pushpa 2 sets.

Saurabh Sachdeva also expressed his views Cultural roots of South Indian films and their impact on global audiences“Definitely, the South is more rooted in its culture. With our films, we are trying to reach out to the West, but I would like Hindi films to also become more cultured. I am not against different types of stories – comedy , thrillers and more, audiences should get everything they want, but there’s also room for work that’s rooted in our traditions while still making it big.”

The actor praised his Pushpa 2 co-stars, Allu Arjun and Fahadh Faasil. Talking about Fahadh, she said, “It was great working with him. He is very open and free. He was immediately very friendly to me. He has a very youthful energy. It was fun to share screen space with him.”

Speaking about Allu Arjun, he said, “When I met him for the first time, I was mesmerized by his vanity van – it looked beautiful from outside. He was very sweet and on my request he showed me his vanity. There were no rumors about him.” A superstar. He was very respectful towards me. He had seen Animal and told me that after seeing the film he thought about it for several days. He also said that my performance in Animal was strong, which made me very happy.

Reflecting on her overall experience working on the film, Sachdeva said, “The entire team was fun to work with. They were very relaxed while working on such a big film, and I kept thinking how they managed to stay so calm. How to succeed.”

Pushpa 2, which released on December 5, is currently running in theatres.