Nawazuddin Siddiqui calls himself ‘the ugliest actor’ in Bollywood, wonders why he chose to join film industry with such a ‘gandi shakal’

 

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“I am the ugliest actor – physically – in the film industry. Main toh yeh maanta hoon. Kyun ki main shuru se yeh sab sunte aa raha hoon aur abhi maanne bhi laga hoon (I have been hearing it for so long that I’ve started to believe it. I have no complaints about the film industry,” he added.

However, Nawazuddin also said that while there is discrimination in the industry, he has continued to get good work. He said, “Film industry say mujhe koi shikhayat nahin hai. I want to thank all the directors that have given me variety of characters. Agar aapke andar thora saa bhi talent hai toh industry bahut kuch deti hai. Society mein discrimination hai, industry mein nahi (If you have even a bit of talent, the industry offers you a lot. There’s discrimination in society, but not in the industry).”

In a recent interview, Nawaz’s Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap also spoke about the boxes that the industry puts actors like him and Manoj Bajpayee in. He told Janice Sequiera, “This industry doesn’t respect people. They think that Nawazuddin is dark-skinned, Pankaj Tripathi is normal, Manoj Bajpayee is a ‘gaonwala’… That’s how they view people.”

Nawazuddin’s Rautu Ka Raaz is streaming on Zee5.