Our Bureau
Mumbai
Actor Randeep Hooda has expressed his disappointment in receiving no appreciation from Bollywood despite his powerful performances in films like Highway and 2020 Hollywood movie, Extraction. During a conversation with journalist Shubhankar Mishra, Randeep said that people who watched Extraction lauded his performance but Bollywood didn’t pay any heed to it.
He said, “When I worked with filmmakers in Telugu cinema… many action directors had seen the film and wanted to emulate it. They even asked me how we did it in Extraction. That sense of respect is there. But nobody talked about it. Even for small roles in Hollywood films, people do so much campaigning, and others congratulate them.”
He also highlighted the role of a good PR to amass fame and further added, “people feel threatened, and I didn’t get appreciation from the film fraternity for any role — and I don’t need it after a point. I’m doing my work and trying to better myself, not compete with anyone. I appreciate myself. I don’t know why people didn’t appreciate me publicly, but I’m not sad about it. When they meet me, they meet nicely and they call me, but they don’t talk about it publicly. It happened during Highway too. I got many calls, but no one spoke about that role publicly. I also didn’t get any big award for acting.”
On the work front, Randeep is busy receiving accolades for his performance as an antagonist in his recent movie ‘Jaat’. The film, which also stars Sunny Deol, Vineet Singh, and Regina Cassandra, was released in cinemas on 11 April and has collected over ₹50 crore worldwide in five days. Randeep will next be seen sharing the screen with John Cena, Jessica Biel, and Sam Richardson in the American action-adventure comedy film Matchbox.
