{"id":203409,"date":"2025-11-27T18:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/203409\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:05:12","slug":"suniel-shetty-reveals-why-he-rejects-south-film-offers-claims-they-mostly-cast-bollywood-stars-as-villains-there-is-no-language-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/203409\/","title":{"rendered":"Suniel Shetty reveals why he rejects South film offers, claims they mostly cast Bollywood stars as villains: \u2018There is no language barrier\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Suniel Suniel Shetty<\/a> is one of Bollywood\u2019s most loved stars. Over the years, he has delivered many hits \u2014 from action films like \u2018Mohra\u2019, \u2018Border\u2019 and \u2018Dhadkan\u2019 to comedy favourites such as \u2018Hera Pheri\u2019, \u2018Awara Paagal Deewana\u2019 and \u2018Phir Hera Pheri\u2019. The actor, who himself is a proud Mangalorean, recently revealed why he does not take up many offers from the South film industry.<\/p>\n

Suniel Shetty says South industry offers mostly negative roles<\/p>\n

In a recent chat with The Lallantop, the \u2018Balwaan\u2019 actor shared openly that he does receive offers from the South, but most of them are for negative characters. He said, \u201cI do get offers (from the South) but unfortunately, what happens is, you will notice this trend that we get offers for negative roles. They want to cast the Hindi heroes as powerful\u2026 from an antagonistic point of view, (they say) that\u2019s good for the screen and for the audience. And that is one thing that I don\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He explained that many South films cast Bollywood actors as villains to make the local hero look more powerful on screen. For Suniel, this repeated pattern no longer interests him.<\/p>\n

Rajinikanth role chosen for personal dream<\/p>\n

Suniel further explained that the only time he agreed to play a negative role in the South was for a special reason. He took up the role in Rajinikanth\u2019s film \u2018Darbar\u2019 simply because he always wanted to work with the superstar. \u201cI did a film with Rajini sir only because I wanted to tick that box of having worked with him,\u201d he said. It was a personal milestone for him, something he had dreamt of for years.<\/p>\n

Actor supports Tulu cinema with cameo<\/p>\n

Even though he turns down many South offers, Suniel remains deeply connected to his roots. He recently did a cameo in a Tulu film titled \u2018Jai\u2019 only because he wanted to support cinema from Karnataka. He shared, \u201cRecently, I did a small Tuku film just to encourage the film which is doing really well, it\u2019s called Jai.\u201d \u2018Jai\u2019 grew to become one of the most widely screened Tulu films in recent times.<\/p>\n

Suniel Shetty says content matters more than language<\/p>\n

Suniel also spoke about how cinema has evolved in today\u2019s world. He believes that language is no longer a barrier when it comes to films. Audiences now watch stories from every region as long as the content is strong. He said, \u201cToday, there is no language barrier. If there is a barrier, then it\u2019s perhaps because of the content. If your content is good, it will cross all barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suniel Shetty on the work front<\/p>\n

In 2025, Suniel was seen in \u2018Kesari Veer\u2019 and \u2018Nadaaniyan\u2019. He continues to stay active on screen with big projects lined up. He will next be seen in the comedy-drama \u2018Welcome To The Jungle\u2019, directed by Ahmed Khan. The film features a massive ensemble including Akshay Kumar<\/a>, Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi<\/a>, Lara Dutta, Disha Patani, Raveena Tandon and others.Suniel is also part of the highly awaited \u2018Hera Pheri 3\u2019, which already has fans excited because of the success of the earlier films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suniel Shetty is one of Bollywood\u2019s most loved stars. Over the years, he has delivered many hits \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[6963,34983,111969,434,95454,18,117,19231,19,17,21518,57131,111968,111967,111970],"class_list":{"0":"post-203409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-arshad-warsi","10":"tag-bollywood-villains-in-south-cinema","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-disha-patani","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-hera-pheri-3","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-lara-dutta","19":"tag-suniel-shetty","20":"tag-suniel-shetty-rajinikanth","21":"tag-suniel-shetty-south-film-offers","22":"tag-welcome-to-the-jungle-movie"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115622990808400857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}