Siddharth on Taking the Patriotic Baton Forward from the Cult Rang De Basanti to Operation Safed Sagar: Someone somewhere really likes me

From headlining the cult classic Rang De Basanti to coming far enough to shoulder the upcoming Operation Safed Sagar, Siddharth has come a long way. In the 2006 release, the actor got cast as Bhagat Singh and Karan Singhania and fueled patriotic fervor, and he’s all set to repeat history. This time, by stepping into the shoes of Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja in Operation Safed Sagar.

“20 years ago, I got cast as Bhagat Singh and Karan Singhania in Rang De Basanti. 20 years later, I get cast as Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja in Operation Safed Sagar. I must have done something somewhere that the universe keeps picking me to give me this kind of stuff,” he says.

Siddharth continues, “I never went and asked for these roles. Someone somewhere really likes me. That’s why I can’t complain. I’m happy to say no to things or even wait for a decade or so for a project like Operation Safed Sagar. And it’s not like I’m not working. I’m working every year. I make films everywhere in some language or the other.”

Directed by Oni Sen, the series has been created by Abhijeet Singh Parmar and Kushal Srivastava and is produced by Sanjay Routray and Sarita Patil of Matchbox Shots LLP along with Mehboob Pal Singh Brar of Feel Good Films. The ensemble cast features Siddharth, Jimmy Shergill, Abhay Verma, Dia Mirza, Prajakta Koli, Adil Hussain, Mihir Ahuja, Taaruk Raina, Arnav Bhasin, and Amrita Bagchi. The series premieres on August 7, exclusively on Netflix.