After years of struggle, not only Nawazuddin Siddiqui but his fans are also proud of his achievements.??
One of the most sought-after actors currently, started his career with blink-and-miss roles.?From?sharing a flat with four?people to buying a plush bungalow in?Mumbai, he has come a long way.?
Nawazuddin Siddiqui cannot forget the older days though. Talking about the apartment he shared with other budding actors, he said, "Woh kamra itna chhota tha ki agar main door kholu toh kisi ke pairon mein lag jata tha, because, we all used to lay our beds on the floor when we slept there. Dheere dheere, I started sharing my room with three people, then with two, and it is only from 2005 that I started living alone".?
"I remember when my father visited me in Mumbai a few years ago, he got very upset and said, 'Yeh kis tareeque ke kabootar khaane mein rehte ho tum log.' I was staying in a 3 BHK apartment then, which was really small compared to the huge place in our hometown, which dad loved. Unka mann Mumbai ke ghar mein nahi lagta tha. So, I always had this thing in my mind that I would get him to a bigger place in Mumbai one day, but he passed away before that. I wish my dad could see this bungalow'.
All his fans would know that he started his journey with National School of Drama in New Delhi. After graduating from the acting school in 1999, he moved to Mumbai with big dreams in his eyes. For a long time, he could only bag small cameo roles in films like Sarfarosh, Shool, Jungle, Munnabhai MBBS. Between 2002 and 2005, he was largely out of work and survived in a flat he shared with four others by conducting acting workshops. When he couldn't pay rent, he moved in with an NSD senior and cooked meals for him.?
People only took notice of him in Peepli Live, in which he essayed the role of a journalist. His claim to success was 2012 film Kahaani and Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur. From here, there was no looking back.
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