Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he feels he is presently the highest paid actor in Bollywood in terms of acting.
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Should feel proud of Bollywood:
- In an appearance in “Aap Ki Adalat”, to be telecast on India TV on Saturday, the critically acclaimed actor, known for portraying complex characters with ease, said:
- “I am the highest paid actor in industry as far as acting is concerned.
- I did not have to ask. They (filmmakers) themselves started paying me this.”
- The actor, popular for films like “Gangs Of Wasseypur”, “The Lunchbox” and “Raman Raghav 2.0”,
- wonders why the Indian film industry is obsessed with Hollywood.
- “I do not know why there is an inferiority complex among us… Everybody here wants to work in Hollywood and become big.
- I can’t understand why we have this complex. When we watch films from a powerful country, we feel somewhat inferior.
- We think our films are not up to their level, but at present, we should feel proud of our films.
- We are making films with very good content here.”
When Huma called Nawaz ‘Bhai’
- Nawazuddin will next be seen in “Babumoshai Bandookbaaz”, in which he has some intimate scenes with actress Bidita Bag.
- Earlier, actress Chitrangada Singh was a part of the movie, but she had walked out it.
- Commenting on that, Nawazuddin said:
- “She left when half of the shooting was over. Actually our director (Kushan Nandy) wanted some more kissing scenes, and she said, ‘Enough is enough, I won’t be able to do any more scenes, and left’.”
- He said he felt “uncomfortable” initially while doing kissing scenes, but became used to it.
- Narrating an incident with Huma Qureshi during the shoot of “Gangs of Wasseypur”, he said:
- “We had to do a romantic scene, and she started addressing me as Nawaz bhai.
- I went to the director Anurag Kashyap and said, ‘She is calling me bhai, how can I do the scene?'”