Promoting a fairness cream is shamelessness: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently called out Bollywood stars for endorsing fairness creams and the actor maintains his stand.

Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has once again called out actors supporting and endorsing fairness creams and said that they must stop doing it.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui during the success party of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz in Mumbai. (IANS)

Nawaz recently called out Bollywood stars for endorsing fairness creams and the actor maintains his stand. He said, “Promoting a fairness cream is shamelessness. Stars must stop endorsing it. I keep saying this and I’ll always say that people should be ashamed of themselves for endorsing the fairness creams.”

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bidita Bag and Shraddha Das during the promotion of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz in Bhopal.

Siddiqui has said he is trying to strike a fine balance between commercial and indie cinema, but the actor has said he still feels a little hesitant to accept a typical masala film as it often fails to provide scope for performance.

The actor’s recent outing Babumoshai Bandookbaaz has done decent business at the box office and the actor says he never thought the film would receive positive feedback since it had “adult” content. “The film had a limited budget and the content was also adult so we were scared whether or not people will come to theatres to watch it. We were unsure of the business because we made quite a different and ‘besharam’ (shameless) film as the characters were also unlikeable. But I’m happy that people from small towns went to see the movie and liked it.”

Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, however, was unable to impress the film critics, who disapproved of its content but Nawazuddin claimed the reception by the audience is what matters the most to him. “Nowadays any critic can bash a film in whichever way they want to. Everyone knows that they would only criticise. Some of them are biased. They often appreciate only certain people because of groupism. I’m not saying all critics are same, but for me the most important thing is how the audience is reacting to my film. What would I do with four stars if no one turns up for my film? So, what the audience thinks is the most important thing.”

Nawaz is known to speak his mind -- be it his take on nepotism or his remarks on the existence of racism in Bollywood -- he has time and again proved that he is one fearless star in the industry. “You should always express what you feel and never be afraid of putting up your opinions, no matter how difficult the situation gets. And I think I have earned this place where I can express my views if I feel something is wrong.”

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