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Nawazuddin Siddiqui: An ambitious actor and a reluctant star

Hindustan Times | By
Apr 13, 2018 07:24 PM IST

The rags to riches story of one of Bollywood’s most unconventional heros

It takes Nawazuddin Siddiqui just 20 minutes to get ready for the shoot in a patch of open space in the heart of the Versova Koliwada (fishing village). Unfortunately, the place stinks. I wonder if he’ll back out. But no. Nawaz walks right in, does exactly as the photographer orders, and continues to do what he needs to do despite the scorching heat and his not exactly summery designer suit.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s journey has been a quintessential Bollywood rags to riches story. (Styling: Akshay Tyagi; Styling assistant: Mayuri Nivekar; Make-up and hair: Rajesh Nag; Wardrobe: Outfit, The Maroon Suit Company; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie hub; bow tie, Zara; watch, Jaipur Watch Company; sunglasses, Opium Eyewear; Socks, Happy Socks; shoes, Trumpet Shoes)(Prabhat Shetty)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s journey has been a quintessential Bollywood rags to riches story. (Styling: Akshay Tyagi; Styling assistant: Mayuri Nivekar; Make-up and hair: Rajesh Nag; Wardrobe: Outfit, The Maroon Suit Company; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie hub; bow tie, Zara; watch, Jaipur Watch Company; sunglasses, Opium Eyewear; Socks, Happy Socks; shoes, Trumpet Shoes)(Prabhat Shetty)
“ I have not changed... I still wear similar clothes to what I wore when I was a junior artist!”
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who started his career as a junior artist, is today one of the top actors of the Hindi film industry (Outfit, Lecoanet Hemant; sunglasses, Opium; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; shoes, Daponair) (Prabhat Shetty)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who started his career as a junior artist, is today one of the top actors of the Hindi film industry (Outfit, Lecoanet Hemant; sunglasses, Opium; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; shoes, Daponair) (Prabhat Shetty)
“The more I see that [glamorous] life from close proximity, the more convinced I am that I don’t want that for myself... I find that lifestyle very fake ”
With a number of commercial hits to his credit, Nawaz has unwittingly become part of the glamour world, but he doesn’t care for it (Suit, Lecoanet Hemant; T-shirt, Jack & Jones India; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; sunglasses, Opium; socks, Happy Socks ) (Prabhat Shetty)
With a number of commercial hits to his credit, Nawaz has unwittingly become part of the glamour world, but he doesn’t care for it (Suit, Lecoanet Hemant; T-shirt, Jack & Jones India; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; sunglasses, Opium; socks, Happy Socks ) (Prabhat Shetty)
“When I came to Mumbai, nobody could have imagined a Bollywood hero who was just 5 foot 6 inches tall, dark complexioned, and looked the way I do...So I didn’t really have a reason to be delusional about my prospects ”
“We were asked to be part of the crowd...The idea was to do the role, but not to show our faces. We needed the money, but didn’t want our colleagues from NSD to spot us doing these ‘crowd’ roles!”
Even today, more than the pay cheque, it is the complexity of the character that is the deciding factor for Nawaz (Suit, Mitesh Lodha; sunglasses, Opium; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; socks, Happy Socks; shoes, Metro Shoes) (Prabhat Shetty)
Even today, more than the pay cheque, it is the complexity of the character that is the deciding factor for Nawaz (Suit, Mitesh Lodha; sunglasses, Opium; lapel pin and pocket square, The Tie Hub; socks, Happy Socks; shoes, Metro Shoes) (Prabhat Shetty)
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