The sudden demise of Siddharth Shukla on September 2, 2021 shocked the entertainment industry. Having tasted success from his very first show, he was probably the most popular television personality of recent times. Audiences loved everything about him, adopting his screen roles as well as his reality show image. Siddharth started his acting career with the TV show Babul Ka Aangan Chhote Na (2008), where he played the role of a philanthropic rich man who falls in love with a girl from a middle-class family. He marries her with a promise to share his responsibilities towards his dependent family members.
In 2012, Siddharth entered the long-running show Balika Vadhu as District Collector Shivraj Shekhar. He was a soft spoken, educated and progressive man who married a woman separated from his first husband. Anandi’s first husband Jagya is shown as the boy who left her for another woman and Shiva is portrayed in a good light in contrast. Shiva was also worshiped by the villagers for his dedication towards his development.
The love that his character got on screen showered on Siddharth in real life as well. He got immense love from the audience for this role. Not only did his fan following increase, it also earned him wide recognition including several awards and nominations. Even his exit sequence was filmed as a sacrifice – his character died fighting terrorists. Soon he became one of the most popular actors on TV.
All this recognition soon gave him offers of films. Siddhartha took his Bollywood For the first time in the romantic comedy Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Angad is playing the character of Angad Bedi, an NRI doctor and the fiancé of the female protagonist, played by Alia Bhatt. The role seemed to be an extension of his image of being created from Balika Vadhu – the guy you wanted to take to your parents’ house. He was Mr. Right, while Humpty Sharma (Varun Dhawan) was Mr. Wrong. Humpty and his bastards keep looking for flaws in him to make themselves look like a better groom, but they can’t find anything wrong about Angad.
He was probably too tired of his good guy image that many TV shows had portrayed, and chose the right stage to come out of that mold. He became a contestant in India’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss season 13 and the audience got to see the real Siddharth Shukla.
Soon after entering he became one of the major contestants of the season. He was seen involved in several fights, and single-handedly managed to grab the attention of the audience. Despite his feud with a bunch of co-contestants including Rashami Desai, Asim Riaz and Rohan Mehra, his popularity did not wan. On several occasions his anger issues got out of hand, even with the host of the show. Salman Khan He had to reprimand.
However, Sidharth proved that when he was declared the winner of Bigg Boss 13, he knew how to play the game. And this was the beginning of her new journey as a reality show star who grabbed headlines every time she stepped out of her house. The pandemic broke out soon after Bigg Boss 13 ended, and despite the industry going into a hiatus, Sidharth’s popularity hasn’t waned. He remains the most talked about and photographed celebrity in Mumbai.
Sidharth didn’t immediately sign a lot of acting projects. Apart from appearing in a few music videos, the actor decided to make his digital debut with the third season of Broken But Beautiful on ALTBalaji. “I am not someone who really works in a hurry. I love listening to scripts and projects and only then I give my consent to something. It is something that was offered to me and I Really liked it,” he told News18 in May 2021.
In Broken But Beautiful 3, he played the role of Agastya Rao, a struggling theater director who doesn’t go by the traditional definition of relationships and can come across as an aggressive person at times. Siddharth received praise for his role in the series.
Before his sudden death, he was back in the reality show circuit, with Shehnaaz Gill as fans showered love on the pair. His sudden demise was a shock to the millions of fans who would be waiting for social media updates on him, his appearance on TV shows and his music videos. It will take some time for the industry to wrap its head around the fact that one of today’s biggest success stories was abruptly cut.
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