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Nawazuddin Siddiqui: ‘Ironic that no producer backs small films’
Updated On: 14 June, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
Nawaz, who fronts the small-sized Rautu Ka Raaz, calls out industry’s hypocrisy as it celebrates Payal Kapadia’s Cannes win while not supporting indie filmmakers
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Only a few years ago, Nawazuddin Siddiqui played a cop investigating a murder in Raat Akeli Hai (2020). For Rautu Ka Raaz, the actor dons the khaki uniform again and probes a murder case. What drew him to a cop character again? His character’s inner world. “This man suffers from PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] after he loses the woman he loves. But the investigation helps him fill the void in his life,” he elaborates.
Teaming up with director Anand Surapur, who previously directed The Fakir of Venice (2019), was another incentive to front the upcoming ZEE5 film. In his 25-year career, Siddiqui has repeatedly worked with filmmakers who tell unconventional stories—from Anurag Kashyap to Ritesh Batra, from Honey Trehan to Nandita Das. What ties them together, he says, is the desire to make honest films. “If an honest film is made, we will be honoured across the world like Payal Kapadia was. She made a film about what spoke to her. There is hope for cinema till there are people like Anurag Kashyap and her.”
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