December 14th 2023.
Actor Siddhant Karnick had quite an eventful year, with two blockbuster projects-- Made In Heaven and Animal. He played the evil brother-in-law to Ranbir Kapoor in the latter, and has caught the eyes of the audiences and critics alike with his performance. In a candid chat with Free Press Journal, Siddhant reveals that he is basking in all the love and appreciation.
"I am being called 'the jijaji one should never have' and that's kind of funny. People are saying, 'I hated you, but you were so good', and that is the best compliment an actor can get," he gushes.
Animal released on December 1 and it sparked a massive debate amongst cine-goers, with the majority of population slamming the makers and calling the film misogynist. But, Siddhant opines that the fact that the film has managed to create a buzz is a huge success in itself.
"The more people talk about it, the better. It's our job as storytellers to make people react and that can be in any way -- good, bad or ugly -- and that's beyond my control. But the fact that people are talking about it and it is brewing conversations is successful enough for me," he says.
Reacting to the audience's opinion that Animal glorified the dark and toxic character played by Ranbir, Siddhant explains, "I think more than glorifying, the film has put across a dark character in a very stylised format. We are not saying that there is glory in being dark and we are not asking people to be like the character. It is a stylised film and, therefore, even the darkness, along with the other traits of the character, are stylised and that's just the genre of the film."
When quizzed about the reaction of the women in his life after watching Animal, Siddhant quips, "I think somewhere along the line that cliché is true that women like the bad boys because I've been getting that extra smile every now and again before and after a conversation post Animal".
The one thing that was common for Siddhant with both his projects this year -- Made In Heaven and Animal -- was his portrayal of negative characters, and he wishes to do more of it in future.
"I enjoy playing a layered character, and to be honest, I have often seen that the good characters don't have many shades to show, whereas the villainous ones are a lot more layered, and that is something I am attracted to. I love being versatile, and bad roles just give me more versatility and more meat in the characters I play," he shares.
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