When ‘jobless’ Nawazuddin Siddiqui became Kamal Haasan’s dialogue coach, failed in a task he got from the ‘Ulaganayagan’

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He said that he also took the opportunity to display his own skill in front of the star. “I got a lot of opportunities to interact with him during that time. He would come to an apartment at Yari Road, and I once performed a monologue from the play Tughlaq for him. It was the king’s monologue, and he gave me a task. He said that I must deliver the same speech, but in 10 different ways.” Asked if he managed to complete the task, Nawaz said, “No! How could I do it in 10 different ways. I was lost. I could do it in three, maybe four… But he could do it. He has such a strong control over his physical self, as a trained dancer, he could do it in 10 different ways.”

Nawaz said that he did a scene in Kamal Haasan’s epic historical film Hey Ram, but it was cut. Directed by Suresh Krissna, Abhay was released as Aalavandhan in Tamil. Kamal Haasan recently starred in Indian 2, which under-performed at the box office upon release.