Randeep Hooda made his Hollywood debut in the action film Extraction, sharing screen space with Avengers star Chris Hemsworth. Though his role was major and praised by audiences, the actor recently revealed that Bollywood didn’t acknowledge his work.
In a recent chat with Shubhankar Mishra, Randeep said, “I didn’t get any appreciation from Bollywood but people who watched Extraction lauded me. I had various fan moments.”
He shared that South Indian filmmakers noticed and appreciated his action scenes “When I worked with filmmakers in the Telugu cinema…many action directors have seen the film and want to emulate the same and they even ask 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 campaign and people also congratulate them,” he explained.
Randeep believes his low-key image and lack of PR might be the reason for this silence. “I feel people feel threatened and I didn’t get appreciation from film fraternity for any role and I don’t need it after a point of time. I am doing my work and trying to better myself and not compete with myself. I appreciate myself,” he said.
He further added, “I don’t know why people didn’t appreciate me publicly. But I am not sad about it. When they meet, they meet nicely and they will call me but they don’t talk about it publicly. I also didn’t get any big award for acting.”
Despite mixed reviews, Extraction went on to become Netflix’s most-watched original film, also starring Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, and David Harbour.
Randeep is currently in headlines for ‘Jaat’, a film starring Sunny Deol, which has been running in theatres since April 10. Fans have been praising his performance in the movie.
