Parmeet Sethi Reveals Regretting Rejecting Villain Roles After DDLJ, Says Aditya Chopra Schooled Him

Actor, Parmeet Sethi is best known for playing the most entitled brat called ‘Kuljeet’ in Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s hit romantic drama, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge. The movie that made every romantic believe that their ‘Raj’ and ‘Simran’ is there somewhere, clocked 30 years on October 20, 2025. The movie, which was directed by Aditya Chopra, shaped the life of Parmeet. The actor now confessed to how he rejected every villainous role that came his way and shared how Aditya had schooled him for the same.

Parmeet Sethi reveals how, after DDLJ, he rejected all the villainous roles that came his way

Parmeet sat down for an interview with the SCREEN and revealed how, after Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge, he was getting evil characters to play on the screen. He had many villainous roles, mainly as side characters, but he kept rejecting them. The actor also shared doing Diljale after DDLJ, but he did not get the response that he was expecting. In his words:

“Immediately after that, I got Diljale, which again was a hit film. But, somewhere down the line, the kind of response I hoped for, that didn’t come. All the roles that were offered to me after that were villain and negative roles, also not the main villain – villain’s son or brother, so I keep rejecting those. As I realized 2-3 years down the line, once you’re out of sight, you’re out of mind.”

Parmeet Sethi shares Aditya Chopra schooled him for rejecting villainous roles

Parmeet, going ahead in the interview, revealed how Aditya had schooled him to take up every role that came his way. Parmeet did admit that he took the advice very late in his life and revealed after he met Aditya post a couple of years, he was told to not say a no to roles. However, Parmeet told Aditya that he should have picked up his call and advised him about the same. Parmeet shared:

“A few years later, when Adi and I met, he said that you should have done everything that came your way. I told him, ‘You should have picked up the phone and told me this na, you are the experienced one, not me.’ I was just thinking that I have to reject if I don’t like the role.”

Parmeet did admit that even after DDLJ, he did try his hand at a few negative roles whose names he did not take. However, he was sidelined after being told to sign the movie as they felt that he would take up the main limelight as a villain. He shared that when he entered the movie industry, everything became like a bonus for him.

Parmeet Sethi reveals that late Yash Chopra was a father figure on the sets of DDLJ

Parmeet revealed that when Aditya was making DDLJ, Yash did not interfere with the process at all. Not even for a second, and he did not even say a word when his son, Aditya, was directing the same. Parmeet did remember how Yash ji and his wife, Pamela, used to come on the sets with homemade pasta, mutton, and lasagna. Parmeet shared:

“The way he narrated the film to me shot by shot, he shot it exactly the same way, no difference at all. It was all Adi, the film was clear in his head. Yash ji was the father figure on the set. The atmosphere uplifted the whole unit. Not like today, 50 managers and 50 vans. These walls have been created now.”

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