Tv host and actor in the Hindi Film industry Maniesh Paul have been actively working in the industry for many years. After spending years on the industry, the actor recently opened up about how other actors whom he helped in their initial days have stopped acknowledging him after gaining traction.
Maniesh affirmed about how people’s mental set changed towards him after gaining success, he mentioned in a podcast episode that, “Yeh maine dekha hai. Boht saare log ajeeb se ho jate hain. Main boht hosting karta hun as you know. Boht se actors, jinka unn dino kaam chal nahi raha tha, they would say ‘arre Maniesh mereko aisa announce kar dena, thoda aisa kar dena. Please mereko bula nahi rahe hain’. Toh main kehta tha ‘chinta mat kar, main audience mein tere paas aake, I’ll highlight you.’ You know maine yeh kia hai. And now jab unki films thodi chali hain, voh backstage aake milte hi nahi hain. (I have seen this. A lot of people get weird. As you know, I would host a lot of awards shows. A lot of actors, who were not doing very well at the time, would often ask me if I could announce them well. I would tell them that I’ll come in the audience and highlight them. And I did this. And now, when their films are doing well, they don’t even meet me backstage).”
Maniesh further added, “Backstage aake na (When we are backstage), they won’t look at me. And unki PR aayegi (Their PR will come) ‘How are you introducing him?’ Maine kaha (I tell them) I don’t need to tell you, I’ll talk to him. Aur main unke paas jata hun, kya ho gaya? (I ask them, what’s up?) They’ll be like ‘oh nothing’.” Maniesh concluded by saying, “Maine kaha yeh baatein mat karo yaar. Aaj time hai kal nahi hoga. (I said don’t do this. Luck is in your favour right now, but it won’t always be).”
The actor was recently starred in JugJugg Jeeyo bankrolled by Dharma Productions, for which he garnered critical appreciation by the viewers.
