Saiee Manjrekar recently thought about his debut Episode 3 opposite Salman Khan, where he played the role of Rajjo, alongside the star. However, the film faced backlash, mainly due to the huge age difference between the two—Saiee was 17 and Salman was 54 when they were paired on screen. In a recent interview, Saiee explained why the criticism doesn’t affect him and described himself as “thick-skinned.”
In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Saiee revealed that six months after the release of the film, he was very inactive on social media, which prevented him from speaking. “I didn’t pay attention to that conversation because it was a time when I had just started, and I didn’t have managers, I didn’t have PR, so I didn’t know about all this. I was just happy to see myself on the big screen. But six months after the release of the film, when I started working on Instagram, I saw everything that happened, but since it was something that happened six months ago, it didn’t affect me as much as possible. I was at a different stage in my life and career at that time,” he said.
He continued, “I am a person with a very thick skin; things don’t affect me immediately. I have been like that since childhood. Even today, if there is praise, I will be happy, and if someone says something bad, I notice it, but it will not bother me deeply. I will continue.”
Dabangg 3 was met with mixed reviews from critics and performed moderately at the box office, making it the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. The film is directed by Prabhu Deva.
Earlier, Saiee was last seen in Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha, starring Ajay Devgn and Tabu in the lead roles. The film also featured Jimmy Sheirgill and Shantanu Maheshwari in pivotal roles.
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