The actor who made his Bollywood debut in 2012, with Vicky Donor is one of the top most actors of the current generation, carving a niche for himself with his choice of films like AndhaDhun, Bala & Article 15 to name a few.
But it wasn’t always smooth sailing for the actor, recalling his initial days in the industry, when he was an auditioning actor, in an interview with Pinkvilla Ayushmaan said, “A casting director had told me, ‘I’ll give you the lead role if you showed me your tool.’ I told him I’m straight and I politely refused his offer.”
He continued, “Initially, there used to be auditions where they would take your solo test. Then suddenly, the number started increasing and there would be 50 people in the same room. When I protested, they asked me to leave. So I have faced rejections.”
Ayushmann insisted that the rejection has made him more resilient. He added to the same interview, “Also, I’m well equipped to handle failure now because of the failures I saw at the very beginning of my career. Had I never witnessed the lows, I don’t think I would be able to handle it if it came now. Everything changes every Friday. I have just been lucky to have a few great Fridays in the last two-three years.”
Ayushmann was last seen in Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan, in which he played the role of a homosexual man, the movie did fairly well at the box-office.