Nawazuddin Confesses His Love Affair With The ‘Miss Lovely’ Actress Niharika Singh, She Reacts
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, much acclaimed and hailed as one of the India’s most versatile actors is well known for the eccentric roles he chooses all the way. Starting with ‘Manjhi-The Mountain Man’ he never left a stone unturned in justifying his role, he often leveled the story of the respective movie with his contemporary acting throughout the movie, irrespective of the length or the screen presence he gets.
Nawaz shines bright even if it is his life off-screen, his being bold and open persona is what everybody admires about him. Now after a while, this ‘Manjhi’ actor is once again on news for his shocking revelations in his autobiography. He scripted various incidents that took place in his personal life which also includes his love affair.
Earlier, there were circulations on media that Nawaz is dating his co-actor Niharika Singh, the duo worked together for “Miss Lovely”. On a brief note, director Anurag Kashyap who is one good friend of Nawaz also opened up about this in an interview.
Despite all those edgeless assumptions, Nawaz himself has revealed the clear details in his autobiography “An Ordinary Life: A Memoir”. There’s an excerpt in this book that conveyed the whole story from tip to toe. It read,
“One day, while we were shooting a dance scene, something happened to my co-star Niharika Singh. When the director said, ‘Cut!’, she quietly rushed to her vanity van and stayed there. Something seemed to have happened to her. She was suddenly cold, went out of her way to maintain a distance from me and began to keep mum. I was puzzled. What was wrong with her? What had happened? She used to be friendly, social and talk quite a bit. I thought it was best to ask her what had happened and so I did, not once, not twice, but several times, for several days. She responded that nothing had happened. I silenced my curiosity. I simply urged her to talk, be more social, that it was not healthy to be so quiet. After some days she began I invited her over for a home-cooked meal, a mutton dish which was my specialty. She politely agreed and came over. The dish I had made for her turned out to be absolutely terrible. But she was too well mannered to say so. Not only did she eat everything that was on her plate, but she praised it as well. ‘Now you come to my house, Nawaz. I will cook mutton for you,’ she said warmly.”
Added, “For the very first time, I went to Niharika’s house. I rang the doorbell, slightly nervous. When she opened the door, revealing a glimpse of the house, I was speechless with amazement. A hundred, or so it seemed, little candles flickered beautifully. She wore soft faux fur, looking devastatingly gorgeous, her beauty illuminated even more in the candlelight. And I, being the lusty village bumpkin that I am, scooped her up in my arms and headed straight for the bedroom. We made passionate love. And just like that, out of the blue, I began a relationship with Niharika Singh, a relationship which I did not know then would last for almost one and a half years.
Like all girls, Niharika obviously expected some of the sweet conversations that lovers have, to take place between us. But I was quite a selfish bastard. I had a plain aim: go to her house, make out and leave. I could not talk lovey-dovey too much. It finally struck her that I was a rascal who cared only for himself. (Actually, all the girls I have ever been with have had this same complaint about me. I would only come to them for my own needs. Otherwise, I might not even take their calls.) When I went to her place next, she was wearing a silk robe. I ran my hand over its coolness around her waist, grabbing her but she pushed me away. ‘No, Nawaz!’ she said. ‘I won’t meet you again. This is enough.’ I pleaded, I cried, I apologized. I said I wouldn’t repeat my mistakes again. I would be more thoughtful, a better lover. But she remained adamant. She had had enough. She had been hurt too many times. So that was that, we broke up cutting off all contact.”
While this news is currently in high swing, Niharika herself opened up on the issue. She dismissed the comments made by Nawaz, though accepted the affair thing.
She said, “Nawaz and I had a brief relationship in 2009 during the making of Miss Lovely that lasted less than a few months. So today, when he paints me as a woman in fur enticing him into her bedroom with candles, or desperately calling him and emailing other women on his behalf, I can only laugh. He obviously wants to sell his book and it would appear that he is willing to exploit and disrespect a woman just to do so.”
She described everything that is written in the book as fabricated contexts, added, “None of what he has written has been to my knowledge, let alone my consent. It is this very aspect of Nawaz that caused me to end my relationship with him in the first place. I have always maintained that he’s a brilliant actor.”
Concluded, “However, I had hoped these acting skills would have remained confined only to the screen. Still, I wish him well.”