What more can an actor ask for? I don’t have to worry about tomorrow.1. I am getting a chance to perform good roles. I don’t know where these rumours come from,” he shrugs. “This is the nature of the entertainment industry. Success and controversy go together and Nawazuddin has been embroiled in quite a few – the infamous altercation with Rishi Kapoor and an alleged tension with The Lunchbox co-star Irrfan Khan being a few. I even look forward to dancing in the film,” he smiles. She’s aware that her dad is an actor.” Nawaz would love to do a commercial film like Karan Johar’s but with one condition. I spend a lot of time with my five-year-old daughter Shora. I may not be a good husband but I am a good father. Nawaz admits that his personal life has taken a backseat. When people underestimate me, I take it as a challenge.” He instantly cut a line with a knife on his palm and asked, ‘What now?’ I am like that too. Once Napoleon Bonaparte (French military leader) was told by a palmist that he did not have the line of education on his palm. Initially, I was offered ‘poor men’ roles. “I had mentioned in an interview that I come from a poor family and that I had worked as a watchman. Recently, Twitter was abuzz with ‘poor man’ jokes on Nawaz. After the success of Kick, I visited my hometown. Even today, we have not overcome this slave mentality. “I hate this kind of discrimination, this mindset. No one expected a thin, short, dark guy to make it in the movies. I want to watch Guru Dutt’s films.”īack in his village, his fellowmen are proud of him. I haven’t watched much of Hindi cinema though. I have also enjoyed William Shakespeare’s plays like Hamlet, Othello and others. Their photographs are lined up on my office walls. Peter O’Toole, Lawrence Olivier and Paul Newman are my favourite actors. It was only in the late ’90s, when I joined theatre in Delhi that I got to watch English films. “In Budhana, only C grade Hindi films or Dada Kondke’s films were screened. If my director appreciates it, I am happy.” Interestingly, Nawaz has watched more English films than Hindi ones. You must continue working hard and honestly. Though I don’t believe in luck, there is a time for everything. “Being a good actor doesn’t guarantee work. I don’t want to take on the burden of luxury.” He confides rejection made him stronger. If I have to deal with the same in real life, I will lose focus. Is that going to improve my acting? Why complicate things? As it is, my roles are complex and I need to invest energy in them. “I don’t believe in changing my attitude. He may be rubbing shoulders with the starry brigade but he insists his lifestyle still remains simple. He’s also been roped in for Sujoy Ghosh’s Bollywood adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X along with Kangana Ranaut and Saif Ali Khan. The intense actor will soon be seen in Rahul Dholakia’s Raees with Shah Rukh Khan and in Kabir Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan with Salman Khan. Now they are eager to have him in their projects. Earlier Nawazuddin longed to work with top actors. Success brings about a change in dynamics. In Kick (on top), with Varun Dhawan in Badlapur (bottom)
Since then, Varun has wanted to act with me.”
In fact, David Dhawan saab had offered me a role in Main Tera Hero, but I couldn’t do it because of a date problem. That’s why we shared an interesting equation on screen. This was enough for me to say yes to the role.” Nawaz is all praise for the young Varun Dhawan. “Director Sriram Raghavan narrated the story of Badlapur in a single sentence saying it was about a good man who turns bad and vice versa. I draw from that experience.” He insists that the director’s role is paramount. Every character needs a detailed inner journey. I try my best to play each character differently. How does he manage to surprise each time? “I begin with a blank slate. More recently, he made inroads in the commercial domain with Kick.
After doing the controversial Black Friday in 2004, he finally hit success in 2012 with Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur (Part 2) and Talaash. The farmer’s son, amongst nine children, left the pastoral landscape to find his moorings in the shifting sands of showbiz. The actor may not have the courage to face people but once he did crave for the arclights. But I left before the film ended,” he says adding, “I can’t handle attention. I could sense the audience’s reaction during the film’s premiere. His recent performance as the unlawful Liak in Badlapur has further endorsed his talent. The celebrations for this dark prince from the hinterland in Budhana, UP have reached a new crescendo. The drumbeats for Nawazuddin Siddiqui play loudly.
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