Jun 03, 2025 07:13 PM IST

Siddharth Nigam’s mom opened up about nepotism and claimed that Azaad makers made Siddharth watch for a yr solely to interchange him with star child. 

Ajay Devgn’s nephew Aaman Devgan and Raveena Tandon’s daughter Rasha Thadani made their Bollywood debut collectively within the movie Azaad. However, in a current interview with Instant Bollywood, actor Siddharth Nigam’s mom revealed that Siddharth was initially the primary selection, however was later changed by Aaman. (Also Read: Siddharth Nigam did not know what YRF was after they referred to as him for Dhoom 3 function: ‘I assumed Mumbai bula ke bech diya toh’)

Siddharth Nigam’s mom says Azaad was alleged to star her son as an alternative of Aman Devgan.

Siddharth Nigam’s mom says he was changed by star child in Azaad

Speaking about nepotism and dropping roles to star children as an outsider, Siddharth’s mom recalled him being changed by Aaman in Azaad and mentioned, “I took him along for the meeting. The entire script was narrated, and we waited for a year. I was happy because the film was good, and Siddharth would have had a strong launch in Bollywood. I really loved the script. But suddenly, after two years, Siddharth showed me the poster of Azaad and said, ‘Mum, this has been released, and these are the people in the film.’ Then we saw that the film starred Ajay Devgn’s nephew and Rasha. For the first time in my life, I felt bad. When things like this happen, as a mother, it hurts. Then I realised both of them were star kids, and that made all the difference.”

Siddharth added, “There’s no one to blame. This is the business industry, so there’s no point in asking why they did it — they must have had their own reasons. It’s more of a personal realisation and pain. You get your hopes up thinking something might work out. We wait for an entire year, and then we see the teaser. So after watching it, we just thought, ‘Oh, okay. Let’s move on.’”

About Azaad

The interval motion drama, directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Pragya Kapoor, stars Ajay Devgn and Diana Penty alongside debutants Aaman Devgan and Rasha Thadani. The movie acquired mixed-to-negative critiques from critics and was a field workplace bomb, incomes solely ₹8 crore worldwide.

Siddharth Nigam’s current work

Siddharth is at the moment incomes reward for his efficiency within the present Hai Junoon! Produced by Aditya Bhat and directed by Abhishek Sharma, the musical drama sequence additionally stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Boman Irani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sumedh Mudgalkar and Yukti Thareja in lead roles. It is accessible to stream on JioHotstar.