‘No pressure from parents to get married’

Certain things come with age and experience, and in your 30s, you become more responsible. SIDHARTH MALHOTRA, ACTOR

Sidharth Malhotra’s last release, Baar Baar Dekho (2016) might not have fared well at the box office, but the actor refuses to be bogged down by failure and already has his agenda for 2017 chalked out. “Of course, it is upsetting when a film doesn’t fare as expected, but beyond a point, you can’t let it bother you. You just have to keep working hard,” he says.

Sidharth chose to have an intimate gathering in the city on his 32nd birthday last month, unlike when he turned 30. “When I turned 30, I was super excited and took off to Goa to celebrate. Before that, the last time I had a party was in 2013, after Student of the Year (2012) had released. I am not fond of partying and I don’t like being fancy. I can’t host people when they come over, so this time we rang in my birthday at Karan’s (Johar) house,” the actor says.

So how have his 30s treated him so far? Sidharth says he has learnt a lot over the past two years. “I just feel more relaxed. Certain things come with age and experience, and in your 30s, you become more responsible and secure as a person. My 30s have definitely taught me to be to be more patient. I used to be agitated and would get annoyed with little delays and glitches on film sets. Now, with experience, I have realised that this is how it works,” he says.

For most people, the 30s come with added responsibility and the pressure to settle down, but Sidharth says that his parents have been more than understanding and liberal when it comes to marriage. “I am under no pressure from my parents to get married. At least, it hasn’t started yet. My parents are definitely liberal. My mother is still in the phase where she asks me, “Beta, are you still working?” They belong to the typical, middle-class strata, and are still concerned with kaam kaisa chal raha hai (how work is progressing). I’ll sort out my household matters or settle down in due time. Hopefully, before my 30s end. At least, that’s the plan,” he says.