Randeep Hooda says people in Bollywood are threatened by him perhaps: ‘I didn’t get appreciation from the film fraternity’ | Hindi Movie News – The Times of India

Randeep Hooda is known for a variety of his roles – be it ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ or his role in the American thriller Extortion. The actor is currently seen in ‘Jaat‘ where he plays a baddie giving a tough competition to Sunny Deol. Randeep is getting a lot of love for his performance in the film. However, in a recent interview, he’s admitted that he’s never got any appreciation from his own film fraternity. He got it from the south. The actor’s role in ‘Extortion’ was widely loved but he didn’t get any appreciation from people in Bollywood, may be perhaps because they are threatened by him.
The actor said in an interview with Shubhankar Mishra, “When I worked with filmmakers in Telugu cinema… many action directors had seen the film and wanted to emulate it. They even asked me how we did it in Extraction. That sense of respect is there. But nobody talked about it. Even for small roles in Hollywood films, people do so much campaigning, and others congratulate them.”
He added, “I feel people feel threatened, and I didn’t get appreciation from the film fraternity for any role — and I don’t need it after a point. I’m doing my work and trying to better myself, not compete with anyone. I appreciate myself. I don’t know why people didn’t appreciate me publicly, but I’m not sad about it. When they meet me, they meet nicely and they call me, but they don’t talk about it publicly. It happened during Highway too. I got many calls, but no one spoke about that role publicly. I also didn’t get any big award for acting.”
In the same interview, Randeep had also opened up on how he was completely sidelined during the promotions of ‘Highway’ and Ranbir Kapoor was brought in to promote the film.