Nawazuddin Siddiqui: Commercial Awards Don’t Affect Me Anymore

Although the film of National Award winning actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘Manjhi – The Mountain Man’  a story based on a man who cut a road through a hill to connect his village have earned a critical acclaim but the movie is not recognized at the commercial film awards this year. Moreover, the performance the actor was also not acknowledged. On the other hand, “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, “Piku” and “Bajirao Mastani” which won the top honours.

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Siddiqui, who appeared at the 22nd Lions Gold Awards said that “Commercial awards don’t affect me anymore. Those who get the awards, they feel happy and those who are not (getting any), feel upset. This award (Lions Gold Award) is important for me as they select only those actors whose performances have been really good, compared to other awards functions.”

“Nobody gave me an award for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ except Lions Gold Award for the character of Faisal Khan, which became iconic. Now, I am receiving an award for ‘Manjhi’, which went unnoticed in all award events even after audience liked the movie” he added.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

However, the ‘Manjhi, The Mountain Man’ was not commercially successful but the performance of Siddiqui and Radhika Apte which attracted the audience to the theatre.

Siddiqui said that “Stardom is something I do not think about. I am still trying to be an actor.” The upcoming films of this actor are “Raees” and “TE3N”.

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