Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a very talented actor and that has never been a question. He has always proved to be hardworking and down-to-earth! Now, his talent was reflected in Sudhir Mishra’s Serious Men. His unforgettable performance in Sudhir Mishra’s Serious Men has earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the International Emmy awards.
Nawazuddin talked about his nomination with joy but had a cautious edge to it. “Of course it means that we’re doing something right. An Emmy, even in the international section, is a huge endorsement of excellence. But we don’t have to look westward for approval all the time. Everything we do, we need a pat on the back from the West. This is wrong. To me, an acknowledgement of my hard work is just as important from home as it is from abroad.”
Not only that, he has been in the eye of International awards before. “I was in Cannes with Geetu Mohandas’ Liars Dice, Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav and Nandita Das’ Manto. Manto was the 9th film of mine that I was in Cannes with. In 2018 Hollywood Reporter called me the Indian Marcello Mastroianni. I couldn’t sleep for days. Marcello Mastroianni is one of my favourite actors. But then so is Dilip Kumar. I’d be just as happy to be compared with him.”
