My Theatre Training Helps Me Get into Diverse Roles: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has received a lot of acclaim for his versatile acting be it in a commercial or an indie film. In the course of his career, we've seen him play diverse roles — from Faizal Khan in Gangs to Wasseypur to Sadaf Hasan Manto in Manto.

In latest film Heropanti 2 which got released on 29 April, we see the actor in a completely different role that of Laila who is a cyber-criminal.

But how does he manage to balance between his indie roles and high-entertainment commercial films?

"My training in theatre has been such that if I'm doing a Shakespearean play, at the same time I'm also doing a folk play or a Mohan Rakesh play which is on the lines of realism. If I'm doing a Sanskrit play, I'm also also acting in Persian plays. So, while I'm working on some films where my acting has to be no-nonsense and to-the-point, I'm simultaneously also acting in a fun film like Heropanti 2," he said in this episode of Itni Starry Baatein.

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