Adhyayan Suman opens up about his work-related struggles

The audience praised Adhyayan Suman’s performance alongside Kangana Ranaut in Raaz- The Mystery Continues.

Adhyayan Suman, the son of Shekhar Suman, has had a difficult cinema career. The actor discusses how his career may have been hampered by his father’s talk programme, Movers and Shakers. He was reportedly dropped from multiple projects at the last minute, and it appears that several so-called Bollywood gangs were to blame. Adhyayan recently spoke candidly in an interview about it.

With the 2008 film Haal-e-dil, the 35-year-old actor made his Bollywood debut. He also made a well-received appearance in Raaz- The Mystery Continues starring Kangana Ranaut and Emraan Hashmi.

He said, “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’. There were neither any personal attacks nor he used any abusive language. He just did his job and it was just a show. But their egos were very fragile perhaps, and they took it personally. And thought ki iska badla iske bete par nikaalenge.”

Recalling such an incident Suman says, “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.”

Adhyayan said, “When my mother got to know about the fact that I have got such a good film, she, who had been waiting for all these years to see her son doing well in his career, broke down. She cried. But after two hours, that opportunity was snatched away. Please tell me how I would feel,” he questions, and asks, “An actor struggles to get that one break or big opportunity but you take it away from him. Do you realise how heartbreaking it is?” He added, “no matter how much you speak, none of these things will change. This article will come out, a couple of people will talk about it and everything will go back to the same point after a few days.” To conclude he says, “People here are very quick when it comes to judging others. They would say things like, ‘Uska toh career pehle hi barbaad hai, uska career kaun sabotage karega’. There was no point talking about those things and hence I never did it.”