Nawazuddin Siddiqui Archives

Transitioning from theatre to films taught me that to truly love any art, especially cinema – Nawazuddin Siddiqui

July 18, 2024 Editorial

The National Film Award winner, widely popular for his roles in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), The Lunchbox (2013), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016),and Manto (2018), among others has bagged a Filmfare Award and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Speaking in candid conversations with ‘In the Ring with Filmfare’ Nawazuddin Siddiqui recalls the tough times of his early days saying, “Before my…

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi’s Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa is an emotional drama

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Editorial

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Niharika Singh,feature in Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa

With moments of happiness, sadness, drama and thrills, Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa is a web feature film that streams on Eros Now platform November 20 onwards. Based on a rural background a small city clumsy private detective gets the most complicated case assigned to him. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the private detective while Pankaj Tripathi and Niharika Singh also play pivotal…

Peepli Live is an experimental film yet a thought provoking satire produced by Aamir Khan - that depicts the story of thousands of debt ridden poor Indian farmers who commit suicide as they are not thick skinned as other wily businessmen or the politicians. Peepli [Live] movie review... Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid government loan. A quick fix to the problem is the very same government’s program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed suicide. As a means of survival Farmer Natha can choose to die!!! Natha’s brother is happy to push him towards this unique ‘honor’ but Natha is reluctant. Local elections are around the corner and what might’ve been another unnoticed event turns into a ‘cause celebré’ with everyone wanting a piece of the action. Political b ....
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Raman Raghav 2.0 – Movie review

Nawazuddin Siddiqui stands out in this dark Psychological Thriller with his brilliant portrayal of the psychotic killer of 1960s-70s. It is generally said that evil exists in each individual on this earth with the percentage of wickedness varying from almost zero to maximum in rarest of the people. This story is inspired by the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav (an individual) and a fictionalized version of the depiction of the gory, cold blooded murders he committed. Set in present day Mumbai Raman Raghav 2.0 is a fictionalised version of the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s Raman Raghav. Its different this time, as Ramanna (Nawazuddin) has a strange obsession with Raghavan (Vicky Kaushal), a young Cop and the bond keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of the ....
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Salman, Nawazuddin – Foes turned Friends

June 29, 2015 Editorial

Salman Khan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Foes turned Friends With Bajrangi Bhaijaan Nawazuddin Siddiqui will mark his return with Salman Khan for the second time on his Eid release. Last Eid Salman and Nawazuddin celebrated the success of their film Kick where Nawaz was seen playing the villain. And now after playing the bad guy in Kick, Nawazuddin reunites…

A dark thriller with its unique story telling approach gathering momentum with its pace, BADLAPUR has its magnificent camera work and superlative performances from Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Huma Qureshi. Yet another spine-chiller from Sriram Raghavan who earlier made a notable revenge drama - Ek Hasina Thi (2004) and an out-and-out thriller - Johnny Gaddaar (2007). Badlapur doesn't preach, has no message, it is just a plain thriller which has an unpredictable ending. Raghu's (Varun Dhawan) turns upside down when his wife Misha (Yami Gautam) and son Robin are shot dead (un-intentionally) by the thieves during a bank heist and who ultimately escape. One of them Liak (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is apprehended by the police, but doesn't reveal the identity of his fellow mate, mentioning that it was the other person who shot the innocent at the bank. Liak claims that he hardly ....
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Nawazuddin to be seen in Kick with Salman

November 25, 2013 Editorial

Sajid Nadiadwala has roped in the talented actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, of Gangs of Wasseypur fame, for his upcoming film with Salman Khan, Kick. For the first time, Nawaz would play a powerful role in a out and out commercial film, Kick. Sajid was keen to cast someone who will be able to perform dramatically. While details are kept under wrap…

The Lunchbox is the story of two strangers who fall in love over a lunchbox of letters. What is interesting to watch in this film is that do they ever meet? This one has Irrfan’s one of the career best performances playing a middle-aged man Saajan Fernandes. Saajan’s wife having died, having no children, he is a typical single man sort of character who is avoided by all around him. One day, it so happens that a lunchbox prepared by Ila (Nimrat Kaur) for her husband, by some error, reaches Saajan who shamelessly devours the food and leaves nothing in the empty lunch box which makes Ila realize about the slip-up. The least one would expect is a thank you atleast, this irked Ila, who sends sends him another lunchbox with a sarcastic note. This single fellow, shunned by others – responds and suddenly finds him sharing jokes, passion for food. Over a period of time, this giv ....
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Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nimrat Kaur feature in ‘The Lunch Box’

September 11, 2013 Editorial

After achieving rave reviews and accolades at Cannes, ‘The LunchBox’ takes it one step forward by holding a screening for Asia Society on the 15th of September in Mumbai. The screening would be held at 12 noon and would be followed by Q&A and lunch. With ace actors like Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nimrat Kaur featuring in the movie, ‘The…

Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar & Dibakar Banerjee - four of the finest directors come together to redefine Indian Cinema and celebrate the 100 years of Indian Cinema with the film Bombay Talkies. Bombay Talkies is a collection of four films, each of them narrates stories about the problems of our society. The stories are very realistic and depict real life like situations and characters. The first one titled as Ajeeb Dastaan Hain Yeh is directed by Karan Johar. It is a love triangle between a journalist Gayatri (Rani Mukerji) and her husband Dev (Randeep Hooda). An intern Avinash (Saqib Saleem) is working in Gayatri’s office. She realizes that Avinash is a gay, and doesn’t have any problems with that. But when Avinash grows closer to her husband, for who may have feelings for him, things get complicated. In the second story directed by Dibakar Banerjee, there i ....
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