‘Ghoomketu’ reminded me of my struggle days in Bollywood, says Nawazuddin Siddiqui

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays a small-town writer who is struggling to get a break in Bollywood in his next “Ghoomketu” and he says the role reminded him of his own time as an aspiring actor in the film industry.

A National School of Drama graduate, the actor hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Budhana started working in films from 1999 in minor roles. In 2012, the tide turned for him with films like “Kahaani” and “Gangs of Wasseypur” which put him in the mainstream cinema space.

His credits across films and web include “Badlapur”, “Kick”, “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, “Manto” and “Sacred Games”. “I had also come from a small town to Mumbai and I felt people here are ‘to the point’. It took time for me to adjust. Mumbai is advanced, fast paced and for people like us, it takes time to get into this groove.