Siddhant Chaturvedi has garnered superb reviews for his performance in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy and on Tuesday, posted a picture of himself, using a line from his film to describe the current phase in his life. “Kisi ka haath nahi tha sar par, Yahan par aaya khud ki mehnat se main,” is Siddhant’s caption of the post as the line has been borrowed from the song Apna Time Aayega in Gully Boy.

The caption basically translates to the fact that Siddhant has proved his mettle in the industry without the influence of Bollywood biggies. Along with his caption, Siddhant shared a picture of himself in an intense look.

See for yourself:

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Apna Time Aayega is also the tagline of Gully Boy. Siddhant plays Shrikant Bisht / MC Sher in the film and his role of a rapper in Gully Boy has been appreciated by fans severely. In fact, filmmaker Karan Johar, as well, has written about Siddhant’s “smashing debut” in his review for Gully Boy on Instagram. Before Gully Boy, Siddhant appeared in a sitcom Life Sahi Hai by Luv Ranjan and also starred in the web-series Inside Edge. Moreover, Siddhant has also featured in several commercials.

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[caption id="attachment_215683" align="aligncenter" width="866"] Siddhant Chaturvedi in a still from Gully Boy[/caption]

Gully Boy released on February 14 and has already collected over Rs 81 crore at the box office so far. The film is doing good business abroad as well. The film stars Ranveer Singh as a street rapper from Mumbai and his character is inspired by the life of Indian rappers Naezy aka Naved Shaikh and DIVINE aka Vivian Fernandes.

Alia Bhatt stars as a medical student in Gully Boy and Ranveer’s love interest while Kalki Koechlin appears as an influential musician.