When Suniel Shetty Opened Up About Being ‘Next Badshah’ & His Plans To Leave Bollywood At The Peak Of His Career

Bollywood in the early ’90s welcomed a slew of action stars and Suniel Shetty was one of them. The actor made a smashing debut with the 1991 film Balwan opposite Divya Bharti. The film established him as an action hero in the film industry. The actor once spoke about leaving the industry.

While Shetty has worked in several action films, he has also shared screen space with Akshay Kumar in popular films like Waqt Humara Hai, Mohra, Dhadkan, Sapoot to name a few. He has also appeared with Ajay Devgn in Dilwale with Ajay.

Talking about his initial Bollywood journey, Suniel Shetty spoke about how people’s comments were often hurtful. He also said how he planned to leave Bollywood at the peak of his career. As reported by Indian Express, the actor during a conversation with Simi Garewal on her show Rendevouz, said, “When I first came in, I thought I am going to make it because I got the physique. Everyone thinks they are God before they get in. They say ‘I think I am going to be the next Badshah.’ But once you come in, you realise it is not that way. There were a whole lot of things I was bad at.”