On Father’s Day today, Siddhant Chaturvedi reflects upon the life lessons he has imbibed from his father Laxman Chaturvedi, how there’s a role-reversal in their relationship when it comes to technology, and more
Renuka Vyavahare (BOMBAY TIMES; June 21, 2020)

There’s no denying that Siddhant Chaturvedi is a spitting image of his chartered accountant father, Laxman Chaturvedi. The two have a lot in common, but Siddhant says what he admires most about his father is how he never forgets his roots. “The trait of my dad’s that I value the most is how he always sticks to his roots. From him, I have learnt that you need to be real and can’t get carried away by this big city,” he said.

We tend to think that we know more than our parents, but wisdom comes with age and experience. The Gully Boy actor explained, “Though he doesn’t belong to the industry, I feel that he knows more about it than I ever will. I tend to get carried away with everything around at times, even the scripts or the characters that I’m playing, but he keeps me level-headed all the time.”

Having said that, it’s also true that after a point, the child-parent roles are reversed. Children eventually end up playing guardians to their parents and Sid is no different. “I look after his health, fitness and nutrition. Having a desk job, he tends to get lazy and he also loves sweets. So, I have to keep that in check. Technology is another area. He takes the back-up of everything on his office computer, be it pictures or data, manually. I often get irritated and try to make him understand how ‘the cloud’ functions, but he just doesn’t trust it. He resists certain changes. For instance, he still prefers maintaining a handwritten diary to typing it out on his phone. Also, he doesn’t get memes. I have to explain it to him most of the time. However, he tries to keep up with social media, and learn how to get the emojis right. He’s learning these things from me and is becoming borderline cool,” Siddhant shared.

“My father likes certain items to be bought personally, though we often get cheaper stuff online. Recently, I ordered a clothes drying stand online. What was delivered was quite different from what it looked like online, so dad makes sure to taunt me about it all the time (laughs!),” the actor ended on a funny note.