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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that depression is an urban concept, a byproduct of money, and that it doesn’t exist for those who aren’t privileged. The actor, who was born in Budhana, a small town in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, said depression is more of a “city thing”, where people “glorify” even the smallest of their emotions.
In an interview with Mashable India, Nawazuddin said depression is such an alien thing for people from villages that if he would have told his father that he is “feeling depression”, he would have been slapped. “I come from a place where, if I would tell my father that I am feeling depressed, he would give me one tight slap… Depression waha nahi tha, kisi ko bhi nahi hota waha depression, sab khush hai (No one gets depression in villages, everyone is happy there). But I learnt about anxiety, depression, bipolar after coming to the city.”
He addded, “Ye shehro mein aake hoti hai, yaha pe har aadmi apne chhote emotions ko bhi bohot glorify karta hai (This is an urban concept, people in cities glorify their emotions).”
According to Nawazuddin, common, underprivileged people make the most of their lives and circumstances, unlike those with money, who usually contract such “diseases”. “If you ask a labourer, or someone who is sleeping on the footpath, then what is depression? When it rains, they dance even then, usko gh***a depression nahi pata hota (they don’t know what depression is). Jab aapke paas paise aajate hai toh iss tareeke ki beemariya aati jaati hai (You get such diseases when you get rich),” he added.
On the film front, Nawazuddin is currently awaiting the release of his romantic-comedy Jogira Sara Ra Ra, co-starring Neha Sharma. The film is gearing to release on May 26. This will be his second theatrical release in the month, after Sudhir Mishra’s socio-political drama Afwaah.
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