After Huma, the Fire director is now keen on casting the Rang De Basanti actor for her Netflix show.

Not long ago, we informed you about director Deepa Mehta casting actors for a bold show for Netflix. Mehta had approached a few Indian actors, including Huma Qureshi, to star in the project. Now we hear that she wants her Midnight’s Children actor, Siddharth to star in this film as well.

“Deepa’s expertise with bold subjects makes her an automatic choice for platforms like Netflix whose appetite for Indian content has now increased manifold. The widespread success of Sacred Games and the nominations for Inside Edge for the Emmy’s has proved that Indian content is being accepted and appreciated worldwide and who better than Deepa to helm a project,” says a source.

Siddharth is known for films like Rang De Basanti and Striker in Bollywood. His last release was the Kammaran biopic, Kammara Sambhavam, where he acted with the controversial Dileep.

Actor Siddharth seems to be in the mood to experiment.

Actor Siddharth seems to be in the mood to experiment. After making his Malayalam debut alongside Dileep in Kammara Sambhavam, and co-writing, starring in and producing the trilingual Aval, he might soon move on to the web series space. The Rang De Basanti actor will reportedly play a role in an upcoming web series backed by Netflix. Directed by Deepa Mehta, the series is said to be bold in its treatment. 

Apart from Siddharth, it is reported that Huma Qureshi has also been approached to play a role in the project. However, official confirmation is awaited. It is notable that Siddharth and Deepa have previously worked together on the 2012 film, Midnight Children. 

Netflix made a successful debut in the Indian web series arena with the much-acclaimed Sacred Games. The streaming platform followed that up with the mini series Ghoul, starring Radhika Apte.