BOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION MUSIC ‘I HAD STARTED HATING MY WORK’
Suniel, who has been on a threeand-half-year hiatus from acting, has taken up several film projects
Actor Suniel Shetty (right), who has been away from the limelight for a long time, says he was attending to his ailing father Veerappa Shetty during this time.
Shetty’s father remained bedridden for three-and-half years. After he passed away earlier this year, Shetty decided to return to showbiz. “It’s quite funny, but I took a three-and-half-year sabbatical without actually planning it. I just started hating my work and was not liking whatever I was doing,” says the actor, who has taken up a TV project and several film projects.
“I didn’t even realise that so much time has gone by. I have done over 120 films. A lot of them were very emotionally-driven. I had lived my life already. So, I started hating my work and didn’t want to face the camera again. During this time, I said no to 20-25 films. But when my father passed away, then I realised that he always wanted me to work,” he explains.
The 55-year-old actor, who was last seen in 2014 films Koyelaanchal and Desi Kattey, says, “Everybody goes through such times in life and then you really must go ahead. Hatred for work made me take a sabbatical. I think that was my frustration. I have lived with my parents since childhood,” he adds.
Shetty states that the relationship he shared with his father is not the same that he shares with his daughter Athiya and son Ahan.
He says, “This is the beauty of this relationship that we have with our parents. This we get to see more in smaller cities. This thing is not the same with children of metro cities or big towns. Athiya and Ahaan lived with their grandparents, while my wife and I live in a different house. I am not that close to them.”
I had lived my life already. So, I started hating my work and didn’t want to face the camera again SUNIEL SHETTY, ACTOR