Gehraiyaan, which portrayed Siddhant Chaturvedi as the uber-cool, suave dude, became a talking point last year. Of course, his pairing with Deepika Padukone created quite a splash too. The actor, who has come a long way since his MC Sher days (Gully Boy), revelled in the domestic noir drama and followed that with the horror comedy Phone Bhoot, which also starred Katrina Kaif and Ishaan Khatter. It seems like playing contemporary roles comes naturally to him, but now, Siddhant is keen to take on roles that have more desiness in it, and Bollywood style masala.

He said, “Seeing films like Kantara and Pushpa, I feel that now I need to start looking for stories which are truer to our country and are more rooted. Bahut hogaye urban roles, ab mujhe thodasa desi tadka chahiye.”

He added, “I am a boy from Ballia, a small town (in Uttar Pradesh). I am very desi, but it’s just that I did films like Gully Boy and Gehraiyaan, toh woh image thodi waise (urban) ban gayi hai meri. Main toh UP ka Ganga kinare wala ladka hoon.”

Even though he’s been a part of the film industry for five years now, the actor admits that it is tough to get the kind of films he wants to do. “I think I have chosen the best of all that was thrown at me. This was the best I could do. I hope one day I receive scripts that are written keeping me in mind, and I hope that day comes soon. In the last few years, with the projects that I picked, I was just fulfilling my dreams, but now it’s time to conquer. I am done living my dreams, maine apna khoon de diya hai, ab meri baari hai,” he said.