Nawazuddin Siddiqui Age, Movies, Biography, Family, Struggle

Biography

Few actors can match the calibre of Nawazuddin Siddiqui.The versatile actor has won numerous awards at regional, national and international film festivals.

Nawazuddin received an award for excellence in cinema from Vincent De Paul an American actor and producer who has won two Emmy Awards. This was done at the famous French Riviera Film Festival. It was a turning point in the actor's career because it gave his work international credibility.

Siddiqui made her debut in a feature film with Prashant Bhargava's Patang (2012). His performances in the films Black Friday (2007) Kahaani (2011) the Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Raman Raghav 2.0 earned him recognition on a global scale (2016). The actor has received numerous honors including two Filmfare Awards a National Film Award an IIFA Award and an International Emmy nomination. The parts Siddiqui played in The Lunchbox (2013), Manto (2018) and Raman Raghav 2.0 are the most well-known. The Cannes Film Festival officially selected and screened eight of his works making him the first actor in the world to accomplish this feat.

After recently attending the 75th Cannes Film Festival Nawazuddin Siddiqui will shortly start shooting for his upcoming international movie Laxman Lopez. The actor shared four photos on Instagram including shots of the movie's writer and director appearing ready to begin filming. Nawazuddin Siddiqui posted a picture on social media of him with the movie's Mexican writer Sammy Sarzoza and director Roberto Girault.

Age

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's date of birth is 19 May 1974. As of 2024 Nawazuddin Siddiqui's age is 49 years. The Zodiac Sign of Nawazuddin Siddiqui is Taurus.

Childhood

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born into a zamindari Muslim Lambardar family in the small town of Budhana Muzaffarnagar district Uttar Pradesh India. Of his eight siblings he is the oldest. He was raised primarily in Uttarakhand. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Father is Nawabbudin Siddique. Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Mother’s name is Mehroonisa Siddiqui.

Education Qualification

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has a degree in Chemistry from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya in Haridwar. After that he spent a year working as a pharmacist in Vadodara before moving to Delhi to look for employment. After seeing a play once in Delhi he was immediately drawn to acting. He performed in around ten plays with a group of friends in order to meet the requirements for admission to the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi including one in Dehradun.

Family

Siddiqui resides in Mumbai with his director's younger brother Shamas Nawab Siddiqui. Aaliya aka Anjana Kishor Pandey and Siddiqui were married; they have two children together: Shora a daughter and Yaani a son who was born on the actor's 41st birthday. Aaliya confirmed that she was divorcing Siddiqui in an interview with The Indian Express on May 19 2020.

Siddiqui still finds time to farm in Budhana his homeland in the Uttar Pradesh state in addition to his acting profession. His mission is to inform farmers about new methods that are accessible and how they might enhance their quality of life. In Budhana he has also put modern irrigation techniques into practice which has been big assistance to the local farmers. As of May 2021 while he is not filming for upcoming projects he spends a significant amount of time in Budhana.

Wife

Aaliya Siddiqui

Anjani Kishore Pandey and Nawazuddin Siddiqui had a relationship in the mid 2000s which ended. They later reconnected and got married. Anjani converted to Islam and changed her name to Aaliya Siddiqui. Together, they have two children.

In 2020, Aaliya Siddiqui has served him with a divorce petition. Though pair has been married for more than ten years and has two children, Aaliya still reportedly claimed that they have had problems in their marriage from the very beginning.

Girlfriends

Nikhara Singh

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's biography An Ordinary Life is generating a lot of hype. A passage from his book's chapter on relationships which included some personal information regarding Nawazuddin's frenzied romance with his co-star Niharika Singh. In an interview Niharika refuted all of the allegations and stated that their relationship had barely lasted a few months. Additionally she claimed that she had not known whether Nawaz was married while they were dating. She even admitted that she learned about his marriage and wife in the village only after they started dating.

Struggle

Nawazuddin Siddiqui personifies persevering towards your dreams no matter how long it takes. For him, it took 12 years! Most other people would have given up in less than five years but Nawazuddin Siddiqui kept going even after facing so many obstacles.

He was often in financial difficulty, borrowing from one friend to pay another. He held a variety of odd jobs including selling coriander and serving as a watchman. Even held acting classes himself! He attended 100 auditions and accepted every position no matter how little was offered. Twelve years passed before he finally experienced a breakthrough. It wasn't simple; the struggle was ugly, according to him.

Nawazuddin made his acting debut in the 1999 movie Sarfarosh in a single scene. His 2012 Gangs Of Wasseypur series helped Anurag Kashyap gain recognition and popularity which he quickly demonstrated through films like Kahaani and Miss Lovely. Nawazuddin is now regarded as one of Hindi cinema's best actors.

Best Movie List and Career

Siddiqui attended New Delhi's National School of Drama. He relocated to Mumbai in 1999 after earning his degree. He made his Bollywood debut in the 1999 film Sarfarosh starring Aamir Khan in a supporting role. He later had appearances in the movies Shool (Ram Gopal Varma 1999) Jungle (Rajkumar Hirani 2000) and Munnabhai MBBS (Rajkumar Hirani 1999). (2003). He attempted to work in television serials after going to Mumbai but he had little success. He costarred with Irrfan Khan in the 2003 short film The Bypass. In addition he was generally unemployed between 2002 and 2005. He shared a flat with four other individuals and made ends meet by holding sporadic acting workshops.

Siddiqui played a few small roles between 2004 and 2007 including one in the 2007 movie Black Friday which was nominated for the Golden Leopard. He played Rangila in a brief cameo appearance in the song Emotional Atyachar from the 2009 film Dev D. He sang in duet with Rasila (known together as Patna ke Presley). He made an appearance in New York the same year. But he first gained widespread acclaim for his acting in Anusha Rizvi's 2010 film Peepli Live in which he played a journalist. He had an appearance in Prashant Bhargava's Patang: The Kite in 2012 which had its world premieres at the Tribeca and Berlin International Film Festivals. Siddiqui's portrayal received appreciation.

Gangs of Wasseypur 2 (2012)

Gangs of Wasseypur a gangster epic by Anurag Kashyap came next boosting the actor's fame. In Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely which had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Siddiqui played Sonu Duggal his first lead part and the one he calls his most authentic performance to date. After that Siddiqui released the Gangs of Wasseypur sequel.

Anurag Kashyap produced and directed the two-part criminal drama Gangs of Wasseypur in 2012 and he also wrote the screenplay with Zeishan Quadri. The film has an ensemble cast with Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi and Tigmanshu Dhulia playing the main roles. It is centred on the coal mafia (Mafia Raj) of Dhanbad and the underlying power struggles politics and vengeance between three crime families. There are 68 years in the tale from 1941 to 2009.

The Lunch Box (2013)

Ritesh Batra wrote directed shot and edited the 2013 Hindi-language epistolary romance film titled The Lunchbox. It is produced by Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar, Guneet Monga and a number of other studios including NFDC DAR Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment (India). Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Bharti Achrekar, Nakul Vaid and Nawazuddin Siddiqui play the major and supporting roles respectively. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival the movie was shown during International Critics' Week and went on to win the Critics Week Viewers' Choice Award also known as the Grand Rail d'Or. The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival featured its screening. The movie opened in India on September 20 2013.

The movie did well at the box office. Up until Hindi Medium overtook it it was Khan's most successful Hindi film (2017). The Lunchbox received a nomination for the 2015 British Academy Film Awards' Best Film Not in the English Language category movie did well at the box office. Khan's highest-earning film to date.

Manjhi-The Mountain Man (2015)

Nawazuddin received appreciation for his performances in Manjhi - The Mountain Man which was released. At the 2012 National Film Awards he won the Special Jury Award and in 2013 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received the Fancine Malaga Award in Spain and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his work in Raman Raghav 2.0 in 2016 both in the category of Best Actor.

The life of Dashrath Manjhi is the subject of the 2015 Hindi-language biographical film Manjhi - The Mountain Man. Manjhi also referred to as the Mountain Man was an impoverished labourer from Gehlaur village in Bihar India. Using just a hammer and chisel he chiselled a route through a hill 7.6 metres (25 feet) high that was 110 metres (360 feet) long and 9.1 metres (30 feet) wide. Ketan Mehta is the director and NFDC India and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures produced the movie together.The movie was well-received by critics after its debut. Dashrath Manjhi was portrayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Manjhi's wife was portrayed by Radhika Apte. On July 30 2015 the Bihar State Government proclaimed the movie tax-free.

Manto (2018)

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His ground-breaking performance in the 2018 movie Manto earned him Best Actor at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The 2018 Indian biographical drama film Manto written and directed by Nandita Das is based on the life of renowned Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Indo-Pakistani author and writer Saadat Hasan Manto the protagonist of the movie. Bollywood icon Shyam Chadda from the 1940s is portrayed by Tahir Raj Bhasin. Manto's buddy confidant and the source of inspiration for some of his stories was Shyam. Safia the wife of Manto is portrayed by Rasika Dugal. Manto is set in post-Independence India in the 1940s. At the 64th Filmfare Awards Manto received seven nominations including Best Film Critics and Best Actor Critics for Siddiqui.

At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival the movie's poster was announced. On March 23 2017 Das published a short film called In Defense of Freedom on YouTube which also included Nawazuddin in the lead role. The movie had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was presented in theatres in India on September 21 2018.

Sacred Games

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Based on the 2006 book of the same name by Vikram Chandra the streaming television series Sacred Games is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller. It was the first Netflix original series created in India and it was helmed by Phantom Films' Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap. Varun Grover, Smita Singh and Vasant Nath adapted the book. Motwane Erik Barmack and Kelly Luegenbiehl served as the show's executive producers.

The series follows the events that occur after Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) a disturbed police officer in Mumbai receives a phone call from mobster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) telling him to save the city within 25 days.

On July 5 2018 eight episodes of the first season of Sacred Games were made available on Netflix in 191 different countries. More than 20 languages are used as subtitles for the series. Critics largely gave it excellent reviews praising the writing and acting in particular. The only Indian television series to make The New York Times' list of The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade is Sacred Games (Season 1). A third season is being thought about by the producers after the second season which debuted on August 15 2019 received a mixed reception. According to Siddiqui there won't be a third season because the finale of the show was left open-ended. The renowned author Paulo Coelho praised Nawazuddin's work.

Upcoming Movies

Sangeen

Sangeen is an upcoming Hindi film is titled Sangeen. Jaideep Chopra is directing the film which will have Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Elnaaz Norouzi in the key roles.

Noorani Chehra

Unreleased in Hindi is the film Noorani Chehra. Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Kriti Sanon’s Sister Nupur Sanon will play the key roles in the Navaniat Singh-directed film.

Jogira Sara Ra Ra

An upcoming romantic comedy movie in Hindi with the working title Jogira Sara Ra Ra was written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali directed by Kushan Nandy and co-produced by Kiran Shroff and Naeem Siddiqui. Nawazuddin Siddiqui Neha Sharma Sanjay Mishra and Mahaakshay Chakraborty all play major parts in the movie.

Career Timeline

Controversies

Spy on his Wife Aaliya

According to Reports the actor was reported to the police for allegedly spying on his wife. When Thane police detained 11 suspects mostly detectives for improperly obtaining call data records the actor's name was made public (CDR). Nawazuddin Siddiqui reportedly hired a private investigator to spy on his wife and retrieve her call logs. In 2020 Nawazuddin's wife Aaliya filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery. In her testimony his wife claimed that the star had maintained regular contact with three or four girls even when she was pregnant. Later Aaliya revoked the divorce saying it would be bad for the future of their kids.

Controversy on Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Book Launch

An Ordinary Life a biography of Nawazuddin Siddiqui had to be withdrawn after the actor exposed certain material from it. The actor talked about his romance with Sunita Rajwar and Niharika Singh his co-stars. The experiences that were included in the memoir however were not well received by the ladies who said the actor had altered the truth. Siddiqui claimed that their relationship lasted one and a half years but Niharika Singh called him out for fabricating the tale of their brief romance. The actor was criticized by Rajwar in a lengthy Facebook post that he titled An Ordinary Life of Extraordinary Lies.

Fight with Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor was outraged by Nawaz's comment that romantic performers only run about the trees and he criticized Nawaz for it saying it is straightforward to comment but unquestionably not easy to sing songs and romance the leading ladies. According to India Today he also referred to Nawaz as a mediocre actor who lacks the charisma or talent to master the art of dancing around trees like Rishi and many other actors.

Net Worth

Naweazuddin Siddiqui  is among the highest-paid performers in the world and is also referred to as the hit machine of Bollywood cinema.

According to estimates Nawazuddin Siddiqui has a net worth of about 13 million dollars or 96 billion rupees in Indian currency (i.e. Approx. Ninety-Six Crore INR). He charges astronomical sums for each endorsement which accounts for the majority of his income. He is also the busiest actor in the movie business working on numerous projects.

Additionally it has been noted that Nawazuddin's net worth has increased by 24% during the past several years. Mr. Siddiqui is one of the biggest taxpayers in the nation and ranks first when it comes to income tax payments.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui resides in Mumbai Maharashtra's Versova neighborhood. In 2017 Nawazuddin Siddiqui purchased this opulent residence. This real estate property is worth approximately Rs.12.8 crores. 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's car collection is average. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the owner of some of the finest luxury vehicles in existence. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an owner of the Mercedes Benz BMW and Audi car brands.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is one of the most well-liked performers in India and other nations due to his versatility. Nawazuddin is not just an actor but also a stage performer and a reality TV programme host. He has also made investments in a number of real estate ventures. Therefore it is extremely likely that Nawazuddin Sir's net worth will increase over time.

Awards and Achievements

• 2012-New York Indian Film Festival-Dekh Indian Circus-Best Actor-Won
• 2012-WonGQ Men of the Year Awards0Breakthrough Personality of the Year
• 2013-Won Asian Film Awards-Talaash-Best Supporting Actor
• 2013-Asia Pacific Film Festival-The Lunchbox-Best Supporting Actor-Won
• 2013-Won-Stardust Awards-Kahaani-Best Supporting Actor
• 2014-Chicago South Asian Film Festival-Outstanding Achievement in Cinema-Won
• 2016-Won Zee Cine Awards-Bajrangi Bhaijaan-Best Actor in a Comic Role
• 2016-Won Zee Cine Awards-Badlapur-Best Performance in a Negative Role
• 2017-New York Indian Film Festival-Haraamkhor-Best Actor-Won
• 2018-Won GQ Men of the Year Awards-Manto-Actor of the Year
• 2019-Asian Film Talent Award (SIFF)-Sacred Games-Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent-Won
• 2019-Cardiff International Film festival-Golden Dragon Award for Excellence in Cinema

10 Interesting Facts

• In the U.P. he was born in Budhana. He has 7 brothers and 2 sisters and his father was a farmer.
• His earliest memories are getting up at four in the morning to work on the farm with his father before starting school.
• He worked for nearly three years as the chief chemist at SCME Petrochemicals in Baroda while attending college to study science.
• He arrived in Delhi in 1992 due to job boredom. He was required to stand from 9 am to 6 pm as part of his watchman employment.
• He played a tree in Uljhan an adaptation of a story and had to hold his hands up in the air like branches for two hours. Because Manoj Bajpayee was the star he did it.
• He received 500 Rs. for his debut role as a dhobi in the Pepsi Sachin Ala Re ad.
• Despite his little parts he was unable to pay his rent in 2004 and moved in with a senior NSD on the understanding that he would cook for him.
• Later he appeared in the films Black Friday New York Firaaq and Peepli [Live]. However things really took off with Kahaani in which he played the stern commander Khan.
• His parents had to take two buses and go 40 kilometres to watch Kahaani when it was released.
• He battled for 12 years before Gangs of Wasseypur helped him achieve fame.

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