Updated On: 29 October, 2020 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR

Elnaaz Norouzi. Picture courtesy/ Instagram
Crying is hardly the reaction Nawazuddin Siddiqui would want to evoke in his leading ladies. But that's exactly what Iranian actor Elnaaz Norouzi did when she learnt that she had bagged a lead role opposite him in Sangeen. Days after director Jaideep Chopra announced the psychological thriller, Norouzi, talking to us from Germany, says, "I have always wanted to concentrate on acting instead of doing dance numbers. After Sacred Games, I wished to work with Nawaz sir again because I learnt a lot from him on the set. When I was chosen for Sangeen, I was so emotional that I started crying."
Working with Siddiqui in the web series was like going back to acting school for Norouzi, who played Bollywood actor Zoya Mirza. "I remember asking him how he pulled off humour so effortlessly. Often, when actors laugh in front of the camera, it sounds fake. Instead of replying, he began laughing. When he stopped laughing, I realised that he was acting all along, but his laugh was so natural that I couldn't tell the difference."