Siddharth: I felt Jigarthanda would be a cult but it's even more spectacular

The year 2014 is a good year for actor Siddharth. His first Tamil release of this year, Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda is a smash hit, 10 days into its release.

It was listed as one of the top five Indian movies to look forward to this year, by Forbes magazine.

His next release is Kaaviya Thalaivan, directed by Vasanta Balan with music by A R Rahman. And then there’s the Tamil remake of Pawan Kumar’s Kannada film Lucia which will release later this year.

In an email interview, Siddharth tells Praveen Sundaram about Jigarthanda, his character in the film, and briefly mentions his other two forthcoming films this year.

When director Karthik Subbaraj narrated the script of Jigarthanda to you, did you visualise it to be the film it has turned out to be?

My first instinct when I heard Karthik’s script was that it had the makings of a very unique film.

I felt it would be a 'cult' film. But the final result is even more spectacular than I had hoped.

Courtesy: rediff.com