MUMBAI: The Hindi Film industry is a glamorous place but also a tough place to survive. There are many who are one hit wonders but there are also those who have multiple releases and yet fail to make a mark. Aayush Sharma is one of those actors who was fabulous in his debut film and was later seen in Antim with his brother-in-law Salman Khan.
Apart from his career goals, the actor’s marriage to Salman’s sister Arpita has always been the point of discussion. There has been a perception of people that he married Arpita because he wanted to be an actor. Speaking about the same, Aayush said, “was Arpita so ‘bholi bhaalo’ (naive) that she didn’t know why I was marrying her? People should know that before I got married, I had already given over 300 auditions and I had not cracked even one, so I was like I can’t do it. That’s when Salman said that my training was not nice and that he’d train me.”
Aayush further said, “Then the narrative that was built was that I was wasting Salman Khan’s money. Should I have shared my income tax details on Instagram? Should I have showed people how much money I have and what I do with it? I’ll share a personal account with you — when on Friday Loveyatri (2018) had failed, Salman bhai called me that night to ask me what the reaction was like. I had tears in my eyes and told him, ‘Sorry, maine aapke paise dubaa diye (I wasted your money) and he said that I had gone mad. He wanted to know what I was thinking, feeling, so I said I was I wasted your money and that’s my biggest problem.”
Aayush also shared that his father was against him becoming an actor. She reveals, “When Antim (2021, also starring Salman Khan) came, I was here only at Ayaz (a restaurant in Bandra). I have a backstory of Ayaz. When I had just Rs 20 on me, I had my last meal there at night. After that, I didn’t have the money for breakfast. It’s the time when my father was against my decision to become an actor. I was at Ayaz, having a roll, and I got a call that the satellite and all the other rights of the film were all sold. When I heard the price, I wasn’t happy that Antim was releasing and we were going to make money, I was happier because hisaab kitaab barabar (accounts were settled) and that we had made a profit. Until then, I had a pressure on my head that a family member’s money was stuck.”
Concluding Aayun stated, “So, for the people who think that main Salman Bhai ka paisa udaata hoon, I have never taken money from him. But I don’t need to justify it because whether I say this or not people will continue to say that I am lying. But now, it doesn’t bother me, to be honest. What matters to me is can I pay the school fees for my children, can I give them a good home, good upbringing. I want to be a capable father to them. If people think I take money (from Salman) then I wouldn’t want to say anything to them.”
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