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Nawazuddin Siddiqui: “I think it’s important for an actor to try out characters”

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not your typical actor. He has proved that an actor does not have to be an leading hero to be recognized. His performances in the more recent films like ‘Raees’ (2017) and ‘Mom’ (2017) have won him much acclaim and recognition, but he feels that an actor cannot be typecast, and should try enacting characters who have different dimensions.

As according to TOI, Siddiqui said, “I think only the heroes can become stereotypical, not actors. It is the concept of hero in our films that you and I have been seeing for the last 60 years. The Bollywood hero who sings and dances with a heroine by his side, fights but still manages to look good after a beating– has become a stereotype. An actor can never become a typecast. I think it’s important for an actor to try out characters with different dimensions. I’ve done intense films but I have also done films like Freaky Ali and Lunchbox which were pretty light-hearted. It is not that parallel or content based films are a new thing in the industry. I don’t think much has changed here. Even earlier, there were great films made by directors like Tapan Sinha and Gautam Ghose. I do not find any massive improvement in terms of film making in Bollywood. I think we still have a long way to go. Cinema is an art seen by thousands of people. It is not just for a niche audience. So films should have such a quality that it can be enjoyed by everyone. It should be all-encompassing.”

Siddiqui last lead the film ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ (2017).