Savi Sindhu an actor who appeared in movie Gulaal, Patiala House and Bevakoofiyan is now working as a security guard to meet his daily life since. Everyone is supporting Savi for his brave move. The whole industry is backing him and tweeting in support. Recently filmmaker Anurag Basu and actor Rajkummar Rao came forward in his support and on their twitter handle expressed their emotions.
On one hand, Rajkummar Rao extended his hand and said that he will ask his casting friends to reach out to him. He added that he is inspired by his story and also admires him a lot now. On the other hand filmmaker, Anurag who has worked with him took to his twitter handle and said that it is a commendable move made by Savi. Many people like him choose alcohol but here he is working hard to make to ends meet.
Very inspired by ur story #SaviSidhu sir. Have always admired ur work in all ur films. Love ur positivity. Will def ask all my casting friends to reach out to u. Thank u @FilmCompanion for sharing his story. Perseverance is the key to overcoming obstacles. https://t.co/mITl3DsmzF
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) March 19, 2019
There are so many actors out there who don’t have work. I respect Savi Siddhu as an actor and have cast him thrice when he earned the role. I respect him that he chose to live his life with dignity and picked a job unlike so many entitled out of work actors who have either
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
2... become alcoholics or wasted themselves away. Nawaz used to be a watchman, I used to be a waiter, I met one actor who sells bhelpuri on streets, I know and actor from Black Friday who drives a rickshaw, the lead from Salaam Bombay used to do the same ..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
3. I have seen the great Uday Chandra who did “Hum Paanch” and “Khel Khiladi Ka” in my early days walking the street. This is also true for many people in all walks of life. This could also be me or anyone else in the future. To give an actor a role out of sympathy is insulting .
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019
One should be proud of him that he did not allow the vanity of the artist to destroy him , and he actually does a job . I have writers that I have worked with who are always borrowing money, I have seen filmmaker’s I have admired borrow money from me for a meal..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) March 19, 2019