Published 02:21 IST, November 5th 2019

Sidharth Malhotra all set to be the next-gen "Angry Young Man" ?

Sidharth Malhotra wishes to revive Amitabh Bachchan's heroism through his upcoming Bollywood film Marjaavaan. Is the actor the next-generation angry young man?

Reported by: Mishka Menon
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Inspired largely by Amitabh Bachchan's hero-centric films all his life, Sidharth wishes to keep "Macho man" trend alive. actor is all set to hit box office with his upcoming romantic action drama film Marjaavaan.  actor shall be seen essaying hero role "Raghu" alongside Riteish Deshmukh who shall be portraying antagonist in film named "Vishnu". film shall be helmed by Milap Zaveri and produced by Bhushan Kuma. 

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Big B was recently bestowed with Da Saheb Phalke Award earlier this year. actor created quite a niche in industry after invoking angry young man tag in 1970s. While houring Mr Bachchan with award, Arjun said  

"India realised for first time that he [hero] can be a rebel... He [Bachchan] was Don. Actually, he still is in many ways." 

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Sidharth to play a hero-centric role of an Angry Young Man in Marjaavaan 2

Numerous actors in industry have been greatly influenced by Amitabh Bachchan and aspire to follow his footsteps. Sidharth Malhotra is just one of aspirants. actor stated that he grew up watching Amitabh's films and wishes to play roles like Big B so as to keep heroism alive. film tells story of a man who fights various rivals and nemesis to save love of his life. While talking with PTI, Sidharth shared

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"This is very unconventional in today's day and . Very few people are doing it and we are standing out because of that. It is a first for me. Milap Zaveri (director) has me a film in this earlier but this one is a tch higher," 

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Student of Year 2 actor, Tara Sutaria shall be seen playing Raghu's love interest in film. Courtesy trailer, it is revealed that Milap Zaveri's directorial venture will consist of numerous action scenes and plenty of heart-warming romance. Sidharth goes on to sharing furr about film

"We are trying to bring back that era of heroism and machoism with an intense love story. It feels great to be this powerful and strong where I can beat up 10 to 20 people, break helmets, etc. It is stemming from my childhood influence and memories of movies like this, starting from Mr Amitabh Bachchan." 

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18:38 IST, November 4th 2019