New Delhi: Actor Adhyayan Suman has spoken out about how the preexisting camps in Bollywood led to the cancellation of 14 of his films and the abrupt termination of his involvement in numerous projects. In 2008, with the film 'Haal-e-dil', Adhyayan made his debut in Bollywood. The audience's reaction to his second film, 'Raaz: The Mystery' Continues, was positive. But, he has not been offered any significant work since then. According to a recent interview, actor Adhyayan Suman blames his father Shekhar Suman's talk programme, ‘Movers & Shakers’, for people not choosing him for film roles. Also, he disclosed his experiences of rejection.
Adhyayan told Hindustan Times, "I did not get a lot of films because of a show that my father did — Movers and Shakers. Though he was given a script for every episode, there were a few people who got offended because of what he said and held grudges that ‘Shekhar ne humaare baare mein kaise baat kari’.”
Adhyayan stressed that no one was specifically targeted, and no foul language was used. According to him, his dad performed his job and everything else was for show. Yet, it was probably a reflection of how fragile their egos were that they took it so personally.
Adhyayan went on to say that several people in the business had rejected him. The actor says he still deals with the backlash, and the most recent incident was three months ago.
He said, “I was approached for a project with a massive superstar as the lead and I was supposed to play the antagonist. Everything, including money, was discussed and I was expecting a call to discuss clauses for my contract. But suddenly, they backed off. I asked them what the problem was or what changed because it’s very easy to call anyone and remove me from a project. Anybody could pick up a call and say, ‘Isko mat lo film mein’. I have seen that happening to me. There was a producer, who in front of me called another producer and said, ‘Hum Adhyayan ko cast karne ki soch rahe hain’ and the person replied, ‘Isko mat lo, he is not punctual, he does drugs’ and all that stuff.”