Siddharth Shukla rubbishes buzz of being thrown out of Balika Vadhu

There seems to be no end of controversies around Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania actor Siddharth Shukla’s life. After being recently embroiled in a drunken driving case in Mumbai, Shukla is now hit with latest reports of him being thrown out of the cult show Balika Vadhu, where he plays the prominent character of Collector Saab aka Shiv – the protagonist Anandi’s husband. As per sources, the show will now take a leap and Shiv will die, post which Anandi will deliver twins.

Siddharth Shukla and Toral Rasputra in Balika Vadhu

Trashing the reports, however, the 34-year-old actor insists that his character on the show is ending in the natural process of the track. “Shiv was never a part of the original story. His character is not being cut short abruptly ... it’s taking a natural course and ending,” insists Shukla, who rose to fame with this show around three-years back.

Meanwhile, reports doing the rounds suggest that after his newfound fame in Bollywood, Siddharth had apparently turned bigger than his boots, which lead to his ouster. Reports suggest that Sid would often try to correct senior actors and exude arrogance and over-confidence on the sets much to the dislike of his co-stars. He would even smoke on the sets, and if asked to go outside and smoke, he’d vanish from the sets for hours leading to delays in the schedule. Some reports also suggest that his co-stars apparently got together to launch a joint complaint against him with the production house. Siddharth, however, has rubbished all such reports calling them as “rumours” and reiterating that he’s leaving the show on a happy note.

Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Shukla in a still from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

On Thursday, Colors channel that hosts Balika Vadhu, also tweeted their good wishes to Siddharth, saying, “It has been a long and successful run with @sidharth_shukla on #BalikaVadhu! @ColorsTV wishes him good luck for his future endeavours!”

Asked if he’s leaving the show to concentrate on his Bollywood career full fledged, Siddharth, who had signed a three-film deal with Karan Johar’s production house, said, “No. I’m just going to relax and ­concentrate on myself for a while, and enjoy some ‘me’ time now because it’s been quite a hectic run for the past three years.”

Prodded about being fined by the cops for driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve, when his license was also confiscated, Siddharth says, “All that’s sorted now.”