Whenever someone manages to make it big in the showbizz and gain fame, they often lose touch with qualities like humbleness and politeness. In a recent conversation with The Indian Express, actor and TV presenter Maniesh Paul revealed that during his career, several up and coming actors have requested him to give them a shoutout but those same stars won’t even acknowledge him when their careers start to take off.
Maniesh shared, “Yeh maine dekha hai. Boht saare log ajeeb se ho jate hain. Main boht hosting karta hun as you know. Boht se actors, jinka unn dino kaam chal nahi raha tha, they would say ‘arre Maniesh mereko aisa announce kar dena, thoda aisa kar dena. Please mereko bula nahi rahe hain’. Toh main kehta tha ‘chinta mat kar, main audience mein tere paas aake, I’ll highlight you.’ You know maine yeh kia hai. And now jab unki films thodi chali hain, voh backstage aake milte hi nahi hain.”
Talking further about how the attitude of these stars changes with success, Maniesh said, “Backstage aake na, they won’t look at me. And unki PR aayegi. ‘How are you introducing him?’ I tell them I don’t need to tell you, I’ll talk to him. Aur main unke paas jata hun, kya ho gaya? They’ll be like ‘oh nothing’.” Maniesh concluded by saying, “Maine kaha yeh baatein mat karo yaar. Aaj time hai kal nahi hoga.”
On the work front, Maniesh was last seen alongside Varun Dhawan and Kiara Advani in the film ‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’.
