‘People questioned me for casting Sidharth Malhotra,’ reveals Thank God director Indra Kumar

It is a special day for actor Sidharth Malhotra as he completes 10 years in the film industry today. After a decade, the actor is all set to impress the audiences with his comedy skills this Diwali with his upcoming release Thank God. While the trailer and dialogue promos of the film have created quite a buzz until now, with people appreciating Sidharth’s comic timing, it wasn’t always the case. Recently, Thank God director Indra Kumar revealed in an interview that people actually doubted him for casting Sidharth Malhotra in his film.

 

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The team of Thank God is currently on a promotional spree with actors Sidharth, Rakul Preet Singh, Ajay Devgn and director Indra Kumar making people aware about the film and giving interviews. In one such interview with Siddharth Kanan, Kumar went on to appreciate his leading man’s sense of humour and the work he has done in the film. He said, “What he has done in this film, the reactions, he’s done it beautifully. People would question me earlier, why him, can he do comedy? And I told them he could, 100%.” When asked if people doubted him, Kumar clarified, “Not me, him. He’s never done comedy, he’s a sweet boy.”

 

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Even Sidharth jumped in the conversation to admit that comedy was indeed a new genre for him and he has tried his best to do full justice to the role he was given, and live up to Kumar and everyone’s expectations. Sidharth said, “When you step into a new zone, this is bound to happen. In this film, we’re doing unusual scenes with the promise of full entertainment. I was very excited to do this. I had seen Indu ji’s films, and I knew that if I wanted to step into this genre, who better than him.”

 

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A decade since his debut, Sidharth is continuing to surprise his audience with new avatars of his, and Thank God just adds another one to that list. The film is a telling of a story of a common man stuck in the limbo between life and death and God Chitragupt playing the game of life with him. Thank God releases theatrically on October 25, 2022.

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