'He was skeptical about acting': Sidharth Shukla's first director recalls his rise from 'non-actor to TV star'

After Sidharth Shukla's sudden demise, Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na director Ratna Sinha recalled his journey from a model to a successful actor.

Mumbai: Ratna Sinha is the director who launched late actor Sidharth Shukla in the television series titled 'Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na', released in 2008. And since then, there was no looking back for Sidharth. After his sudden demise, Sinha recalled the upcoming model who had that spark that turned him into a successful actor. Here's her first-person account, shared exclusively with IANS, of her first meeting with the late actor: It was around 2007 onwards when I think I saw him in a shopping mall. Sidharth was a ramp model back then when I and my team was looking for a new face for a new show that I was working on.