India, Dec. 2 -- Dulquer Salmaan, who has been a part of the Indian entertainment industry for over a decade now, has revealed that he once had to fake stardom to get a chair on the set of a Hindi film. The 42-year-old made his debut in Bollywood with Karwaan in 2018. He recently talked about the challenges he faced in the Hindi film industry during an appearance at The Hollywood Reporter's Producers Roundtable 2025.

Dulquer shared that when he did Hindi films, "my two people and I would just get pushed around on set." He said that he had to "create this illusion of being this big star." "Otherwise, I would not find chairs to sit in. I would not find space to look at the monitors. It'd be a big crowd of people," he added. However, this c...