After tasting success with Shershaah in 2021, will 2022 be the year of Sidharth Malhotra?

On his birthday, a look at how 2022 shapes to be the most important year in Sidharth Malhotra's career after Shershaah helped him establish himself as a bankable leading actor last year.

The year 2022 marks 10 years of Sidharth Malhotra in the film industry. And from the looks of it, the actor is all set to stamp his authority on Bollywood this year. In the ten years so far, Sidharth has shared success commercially but it was 2021 that saw him turn into a bankable star of note. As he turns 37 on Sunday, we take a look at how 2022 promises to be the year of Sidharth Malhotra.

Between his debut in Student of the Year in 2012 and Marjaavan in 2019, Sidharth appeared in 11 films, including the two. And while he did get some moderate success, the solo blockbuster eluded him. Similarly, his performances were largely well-received but the critical breakthrough remained unattainable.

It was 2021 that finally gave him both, belatedly, and in the same film. He tasted critical acclaim and solo success in the form of Shershaah. Even though due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the film released on Amazon Prime Video instead of theatres, it can still be considered the biggest success of Sidharth's career.

Perhaps, one indicator of its success can be the fact that two weeks after the film's release, Amazon Prime Video shared that Shershaah had become the most watched Hindi film in the platform's history. The streaming platform shared in a statement on September 1 that the film has been watched by audiences in over 4,100 Indian towns and cities as well as in 210 countries and territories around the world.