Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s recent cryptic tweet created a furore as it hinted at him being discriminated in the film industry on the basis of his skin colour.
He had tweeted, “Thank U 4 making me realise dat I cannot b paired along wid d fair & handsome bcz I m dark & not good looking, but I never focus on that. (sic)”
The 43-year-old, however, has now clarified that his tweet was just a reply. “I tweeted what I felt. Someone had said something to me and that tweet is a reply to that,” he said during a press conference of Munna Michael.
{{/usCountry}}The 43-year-old, however, has now clarified that his tweet was just a reply. “I tweeted what I felt. Someone had said something to me and that tweet is a reply to that,” he said during a press conference of Munna Michael.
{{/usCountry}}When asked if the whole industry is like that, the Raees star said, “No, the industry is not like that. But that person belongs to the industry, whose reply I have given. I have been hearing that since childhood but still I am still here and the industry has accepted me. When I was young and I expressed my desire to become an actor, people around me said, ‘Have you looked at yourself?’. Even later, when I used to go to offices in Mumbai, everyone used to tell me that I don’t look like an actor. So these things are there everywhere, not just in Bollywood.”
His co-star Tiger Shroff, while talking on the same issue, said, “Nawaz sir has a huge fan following and wherever I go with him, female fans are more eager to meet the ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ star as they are crazy about him. It’s fascinating that women are crazy about Nawaz sir.”
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