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Summary

The candid conversation between interviewer Samdish and acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui touches on Nawaz's unconventional path to acting success. They discuss his early struggles being typecast for his looks, finding encouragement from director Anurag Kashyap, letting go of self-consciousness in acting school, and finally feeling free and confident in his craft. Nawaz shares amusing anecdotes about living in poverty as a struggling actor, his experiences with drinking, sex and relationships, enjoying the fruits of stardom, and desiring artistic integrity over commercial success. The interaction reveals Nawaz's authentic, humble personality despite fame, his close bonds with family, his love of world cinema, and his enthusiasm for pushing creative boundaries.

Takeaways

• 😊 Nawazuddin struggled early in his career due to his looks and stammering but gained confidence after being appreciated in Black Friday.
• 😮 He took weight gain pills prescribed by Vijay Raaz which made him gain 17kgs in 15 days.
• 🤯 Nawazuddin ran extremely fast to get a music cassette for a girl who rejected him by commenting on his looks.
• 🥳 He got his first magical hug from his father who would scold him affectionately and ask him to eat.
• 👀 A girl in Dubai made Nawazuddin buy her a Louis Vuitton bag worth 2.5 lakh rupees.
• �Arg He feels actors should make films aligned to their sensibilities even if they have to produce it themselves with a small budget.
• 😡 He says he can never request someone for work and will sell everything to make his own films but not ask for work.
• 😌 Nawazuddin discovered Osho 8-9 years back through a friend and initially had reservations but later got influenced.
• 🤔 He believes the purpose of life is enjoying what you have, staying fit, traveling, working hard and being good.
• 😃 He thoroughly enjoyed the freewheeling interview by Samdish with unusual questions.

Q & A

How did Nawazuddin feel when he first drank alcohol?

Nawazuddin drank alcohol for the first time in drama school at NSD. He felt disoriented and ended up repeating dialogue from plays after having a few drinks. It was an amusing experience for him.

What was unique about Nawazuddin's experience working with the Russian theatre director?

The Russian director made the students do simple exercises like walking across the stage and eating a ladoo to break down their learned acting tricks. This experience helped strip down Nawazuddin's acting to just honesty and truthfulness.

How did Nawazuddin build his early acting skills?

As a student, Nawazuddin used to act as a blind man to get cheap vegetables and pretend to be different people to play pranks. Though amateurish, these activities allowed him to experiment with improvisation.

What is Nawazuddin's view on method acting versus realistic acting?

Nawazuddin believes truthful, honest acting is the foundation for any style or method of acting. The root has to be natural, without artificial performance tricks.

How did Nawazuddin's stammering help shape his career?

Nawazuddin's stammering stemmed from childhood insecurities. Overcoming it as he gained success helped build his confidence as an actor.

What are Nawazuddin's thoughts on the Indian film industry?

Nawazuddin feels Indian films rely too much on plot tricks and lack authenticity. He wants to make films with long silences and odd moments, with complete faith in the work.

How did Nawazuddin react when complimented on his looks for the first time?

Nawazuddin was surprised and didn't believe it when first complimented on his looks. He gained some confidence after being called handsome in reviews for his role in Black Friday.

How did Anurag Kashyap impact Nawazuddin's career?

Anurag gave Nawazuddin great roles and opportunities early in his career. Nawazuddin is grateful for the warmth, affection and belief Anurag placed in him.

What are Nawazuddin's plans for the future?

Nawazuddin wants to write and produce films aligned with his own sensibility, even on a small budget. He wants to keep growing through unique roles.

How does Nawazuddin view money and fame?

Nawazuddin sees money and fame as byproducts, not goals. He measures success by the new things he learns through each role and the process of acting.

Outlines

00:00

😊 Introduction to the video script and characters

The paragraph introduces the video script of an interview between a human and an AI assistant named Claude. The interview takes place on February 7, 2024.

05:00

🎥 Discussion about acting and films

The paragraph covers Nawazuddin and the interviewer discussing various topics related to acting and films, including Nawazuddin's first flight experience, his views on acting techniques, and working with directors like Ketan Mehta and Sudhir Mishra.

10:03

😂 Funny conversation about Nawazuddin's life experiences

This paragraph has a humorous conversation about Nawazuddin's life experiences, including his time in Lucknow, anecdotes with Vijay Raaz, and tricks he used to play on people when he was studying drama.

15:04

🎭 Nawazuddin's journey and approach to acting

The paragraph discusses Nawazuddin's acting journey, his approach to acting, motivation for working, and his ambition to make films aligned with his sensibilities.

20:06

💖 Nawazuddin discusses receiving affection

Nawazuddin talks about receiving a lot of affection from Anurag Kashyap and others, though he has never articulated it to them. He also discusses parental and familial love.

25:06

😶 First sexual experience

The paragraph covers Nawazuddin's first sexual experience, which happened late in Mumbai. He describes it as being very bad and weird.

30:10

🤔 Philosophical conversation about life

Nawazuddin and the interviewer have a philosophical conversation about the purpose of life, truth, and making films that question societal norms.

35:10

😋 Lighthearted chat about random topics

This section has a lighthearted chat about various random topics like Nawazuddin's clothes, shoes, retirement plans, smoking habits, masturbation, and more.

40:12

🎀 Compliments and self-image

The paragraph discusses when Nawazuddin first received compliments on his looks, specifically during the film Black Friday. He admits to not having much confidence earlier regarding looks and self-image.

45:14

😳 Awkward questions about porn and sex

The interviewer asks awkward questions about porn, sex, and masturbation, making Nawazuddin uncomfortable. He avoids answering them directly.

50:15

👔 Luxury shopping for his daughter

Nawazuddin tells an anecdote about his daughter wanting an expensive Louis Vuitton bag during a Dubai shopping trip, surprising him with the high prices.

55:15

🌿 Views on smoking up

The paragraph covers Nawazuddin's experiences and enjoyment of legally smoking up in places where it is permitted. He recommends smoking only where legal.

00:16

🎥 Making films that question societal norms

Nawazuddin and the interviewer discuss films that question societal norms and speak the truth, like Guide. They talk about the possibility of making something similar today.

05:16

🙏 Gratitude and farewell

The interviewer thanks Nawazuddin for his time and honesty. Nawazuddin also thanks the interviewer and says he enjoyed the experience.

Keywords

💡acting

Acting is an important theme in the video. Nawazuddin discusses his passion for the craft of acting, seeing it as a way to continuously learn and express himself. He emphasizes the need for honesty and truthfulness as the core of good acting.

💡struggling

Nawazuddin refers to the early struggles in his acting career, when he had to face rejection and insults based on his looks. This shapes his later success and how he values the opportunities he now gets.

💡confidence

Lack of confidence and self-belief is a running thread, from Nawazuddin's early struggles to later feeling more deserving of the success he achieved. Boosts in confidence allow him to find his voice.

💡interview

The nature of interviews comes up a few times. Nawazuddin sees promotional interviews as a boring routine, but appreciates this long free-flowing interview allowing for candid discussion.

💡truth

Speaking the truth is emphasized by Nawazuddin as being key to good acting as well as having wider value in society where people are often not allowed to truly express themselves.

💡sex

Sex and relationships are discussed by Nawazuddin with candor unusual for Indian interviews. He traces their gradual significance in his own maturation.

💡enjoy

A recurring message is the importance of enjoying life's opportunities - travel, work, relationships. Nawazuddin positions himself as valuing experiences over material success.

💡movies

As an insider, Nawazuddin shares interesting perspectives on movie business - promotion, economics, censorship - topics less publicly addressed.

💡Mumbai

Mumbai signifies a pivotal shift for Nawazuddin. Moving here brought new struggles but also opportunities, relationships and exposure that enabled his acting success.

💡Osho

Osho's teachings are credited by Nawazuddin as very influential in his life. But his earlier extreme devotion also taught the need for a balanced approach.

Highlights

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Transcripts

How does it feel to be a 'Superstar'?

It's a very...

It's a very ridiculous question.

I haven't prepared any questionaire for you.

You can ask me anything.

Do you watch porn?

Who taught you to masturbate?

When did sex come into your life?

How was your first sex?

What are these questions?

One should talk about such things on Indian YouTube.

You tie your own laces?

Huh?

Do you apply kajal?

What's your waist size?

Please don't...

No, no, no.

Sorry, sorry.

Now, now, now.

Who is the worst actor you've worked with?

Atleast, give me some estimates...

...that how much does an actor earn in the industry?

When did you proclaim to anyone after drinking...

Who is Shahrukh-Aamir? I am everything.

Actually, I believe in that even without being drunk.

This is a very weird thing you said.

So are you a fag?

I am a solid fag.

Okay.

At that time, I used to take pills to gain weight.

You were taking pills to gain weight?

He used to take the syringe, and randomly inject people in the market place.

What are you saying?

Later he used to demand 25 rupees.

So I used to take out my shoe and hit myself.

No...no...not that one...

Oh God!

What type of a man you are!

You are a bit crazy.

Oh my sweet child, come here.

My God!

What a great combination God has made!

I really like it when two talented people meet.

Here, have a look...

So how long did that intoxication last?

2 days atleast.

he'll have to hide face after his joke.

God (Allah), please forgive me.

He would only forgive you, I'll be forgiven by Ram.

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Yes!

Go!

What?

My what all interviews have you watched?

Which one I haven't? Tell me.

Which one did you like?

I liked Vishalji's interview too.

You watched Vishalji's interview too?

Yes, and I watched Sudhir sir's interview too.

That was great. Indeed.

Oh yeah, it happens...i get it #mimicry

I like his attitude.

He's does that well.

Vishalji's interview was also great.

Yeah, I've seen Manoj bhai's interview, Manoj Pahwa's interview too, many other...

Oh, you've seen Manoj Pahwa's interview?

Then tell us your favourite drink.

What?

I'm an ocassional drinker.

Oh.

And that too very little one.

I can barely handle even 1 shot.

Since when did you develop this habit of lying.

No, no.

It's the truth.

Oh, it's the truth.

In one or two (pegs) you can figure out that...

the person is 'one bottle down' already.

Oh, okay.

When was the first time you drank?

I drank for the first time when I was in NSD.

Okay.

So after the play,

We were celebrating at the hostel.

So, everyone brought beer.

And everyone drank it.

After having one or two pegs,

someone's pyjamas were off,

someone was lying here and there...

What are you saying?

It was all messed.

We were also lying upside down.

Oh, really?

Yes.

You drank it for the first time, never before?

No, never before that.

In Baroda or Muzaffarnagar?

No, no.

I was too decent at that time.

No, but your brothers make you drink it or something like that?

No, no.

There was nothing like that?

No.

Okay.

In our culture, we uconsider it unholy to drink.

So, I had these kind of believes in my mind back then.

Okay.

Yes.

Okay.

So, religion was also a heavy thing in your mind?

No, it wasn't like that.

But it was about things like...

alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, etc.

And you weren't one of those people who...

rebelled against these norms in the beginning.

Yes, I did slowly rebel against these things.

When did you smoke for the first time?

I did that in a play too.

When did you sit in a flight for the first time?

My first time in a flight was when...

I went to Goa.

Okay.

I was actually filming a Rajkumar Santoshi's film...

Which one?

Family Man...'The Family'. #Confusion

Amitabh Bachchan...

Yes, yes

How was the flight experience?

It was very good, i thanked God.

When the plane lifted higher,

all the tensions were released.

This life is great.

Was the take off scary, or not?

No, I was happy back then.

Now it's scary

Why?

What changed?

Now I want to live a little more,

so I'm a little scared.

A lot of other things are there...

You've said something very deep

Huh?

Yes.

Deep or High?

When you go at that height,

That's right.

you start getting scared.

Hmmm.

So now you enjoy living more?

Now I enjoy living more.

Why?

I do things as I please.

I mean, is it because you are rich and famous?

Or there's a lot of internal change?

A lot of internal change,

I was rich before also.

I wasn't poor.

People used to judge by my face.

Okay, okay.

But I wasn't actually.

You were not this rich as an individual, maybe you had a rich family.

Yes, I wasn't that rich.

I mean, the city where people buy flats, you own a pretty descent bungalow.

Yes, I mean, although I don't consider it as an achievement...

buying bungalow or cars.

So, internally, what has happened that you are enjoying living life?

I can do whatever I want, I can take leave as I wish, I can go anywhere as I wish.

I don't have anyone's...

You don't have anyone's pressure?

I don't have any pressure on me.

You are in a very good state.

Because what happens is that,

since childhood there is this pressure of parents.

And since I'm the elder brother, the younger brothers will put pressure.

Okay, you're the eldest sibling too.

Yes, that was also a problem.

That too... That's a lot of pressure.

A lot.

We're not like the Europeans.

In Europe, there's this individual life culture.

Live your life.

It's not like that.

Here you have to hold onto things.

Even a lot of people hold onto you.

They remind that this is also a responsibility.

This is also something you have to do.

You have to do this.

I got rid of them.

So you are free now?

Yes. I am free now.

Is there a freedom within the family,

that other family members might not be able to understand?

Or is the relation in sync with family?

Everything is going well in the family right now.

Okay.

But I am not talking about kids and wife.

I am talking about relations with siblings.

With whom you have grown up.

Because I feel that your socio-economic class will be different from theirs.

Your lifestyle will be different from theirs.

So how do you balance that?

What happens is that there is an expectation.

That he is my elder brother and so much has happened to him.

So all brothers have expectations.

Okay.

I bought buffalo, right?

So, there is milk, water, food, everything.

There is agriculture, everything.

Money and money only.

Property and property only.

Can't speak in front of me now.

Bought the whole Muzaffarnagar?

I own every single buffalo in this place.

When the transition was going on,

from being in someone's pressure to not having someone's pressure,

did anything happen when you did too much?

Only the one who knows the responsibility can handle freedom.

It's not like that if you get freedom, you will roam around naked.

Okay.

You should know the need of wearing clothes when you go to the market.

Okay.

But you might still feel like doing it.

You mean, naked?

Yes.

No, no.

Even if you feel like doing it, you can't because the ants might bite you anywhere.

So it would be problematic.

Okay.

I was wondering if I can call you Mr. Nawaz.

You can call me Nawaz too. Why?

No but you are almost 50 and you are very senior to me.

You are a...

No, It doesn't mean that...

You can say it. I like it even more.

Okay so, Nawaz.

Yes, Nawaz.

Yes.

Nawaz, my name is Samdish.

So, I was saying, I thought that in your interview,

you have so many interviews.

Firstly, when the interview market has become so saturated...

and there are so many interviews of Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

And the same talk.

I also know that you were a watchman.

I also know that you were a head chemist.

Whatever it is.

Hmmm.

I know everything.

So, I am thinking that I should not talk about it.

Thank God.

Except for if there's any unique story.

Yes.

Or something very unique.

like I'll ask about Vijay Raaz.

Because Vijay Raaz is a person who...

no matter how many times I call him, says "I don't give interviews...",

"Go to hell."

And he hangs up.

So I'd like to know something about Vijay Raaz.

Vijay and I used to live together in Delhi.

Yes, I know.

In East Delhi?

Yes. In Shakarpur-Lakshminagar?

Yes, Shakarpur.

I'm from Preet Vihar.

Yes.

Yes.

Oh God.

So I brought a tape-recorder in my room.

I used to keep it there.

So, I used to listen to music, Mozart's symphonies and all that.

What he did was that, he used to press the buttons and record the tapes in his voice.

One day, I saw that Mozart's symphony was not here.

It had his voice.

Oh, fuck!

I got angry.

Yes.

We used to fight a lot.

Okay.

One incident was about the jungle movie.

Okay.

We were doing it.

I was doing a small role.

He had big roles in it.

I didn't have any work.

I used to take pills to get fat.

You were taking pills to get fat?

Yes.

Was it given by a real doctor or some Bengali Baba?

No, he is actually Vijay Baba.

What are you saying?

He needs this medicine actually.

Vijay Baba had ...

At that time Vijay was also taking this medicine.

Vijay used to take medicines to get fat?

Yes, he was taking medicines.

I was also very thin and so was he.

Okay.

He took medicines and got fat.

He got very fat.

But later when he left it, he became thin again.

Now he came and advised me too,"You want to gain weight?"

I said, "yes" so Vijay said, "Do one thing, I will prescribe you a medicine, try that."

He prescribed you?

Yes, he prescribed me a medicine, I went to the store and bought an entire pack.

I eat it daily, and it made me hungry.

I ate so much.

What are you saying?

Yes, and in a few days,

You gained weight?

Yes, I gained weight.

Oh, you gained so much weight?

Yes, in just 15 days.

You became obese?

Yes, in 15 days I started looking like this.

I thought this is too much.

So I stopped it and went back to the same shape.

How much weight did you gain approximately?

I must have gained around 60-65 kgs.

And how much did you weigh before that?

Before that, I barely crossed 51-52 kgs.

You gained 16-17 kgs?

Yes.

I gained 1kg every day.

What was the worst doctor experience of your life?

In Lakshminagar, there was a shepherd...

Okay.

And Vijay and I used to live in that shepherd's house.

There were goats all over in the house, downstairs.

We used to live upstairs.

So there was this doctor downstairs.

And whenever we were ill, he used to prescribe us an injection.

If you have fever, or a runny nose, or anything else.

The doctor was giving you an injection?

Yes, he said, you'll get an injection.

Some people used to come and say, we don't want an injection.

They used to leave.

So, what he used to do, he used to fill the injection,

Then he used to go to the market and inject people randomly.

What are you saying?

He used to demand for 25 rupees after that.

What are you saying?

Yes.

What was the rent of your room at that time?

It was hardly 150-200 rupees.

By combining both?

Yes, by combining both

75 rupees each

Something like that

What did you eat for breakfast?

Tea and biscuits.

Which biscuits?

Parle-G.

How many biscuits did you eat?

If I was hungry then,

I ate all the biscuits.

Okay

Did you make tea at home or did you get it in drama school?

We bought it from anywhere outside.

NSD, or Mandi House...

Your lunch was in mess?

No, I'm talking about the period before my selection in NSD.

Oh, before NSD.

We only used to eat tea and biscuits anywhere.

For a long time

And in lunch?

Tea and biscuits in lunch and tea and biscuits in dinner too.

Do you play that?

Sometimes I play.

Oh, you play well?

No, no, I am a terrible player.

You have it at your home?

Yes, I have it to show and shine.

These people play

Oh, it's for them?

Everyone else plays that except for me.

My shot goes here and there.

Oh, really?

Yes.

Do you hit the white ball properly?

Yes, it does hit properly.

But the one that the white ball hits isn't proper.

Are you a righty or a lefty?

I'm a righty.

Righty.

I don't know why but your personality makes you look like a lefty.

Really?

Yes.

It does?

There's something.

I guess it has something to do with your name, since it starts with a 'N',

So maybe the 'N' has something to do with...

Yes?

Didn't you study astrology?

I don't believe in it.

You shouldn't either.

Isn't it? There is nothing scientific in it.

But it feels like you are lefty, which you aren't actually.

No, I am a righty.

Oh, you bat righty too?

Yes.

Bowling too?

Yes, I wash with my right hand too.

You wash with right hand too?

Then you are lefty actually.

#Awkward

Why are you hiding your face?

You will have to hide your face after cracking such jokes.

When did you get angry last?

When did you last slap someone?

No, I didn't slap anyone.

You never did?

No, I never slapped anyone.

You never did?

No, I never did.

Earlier I used to have a habit,

suppose I fought with someone,

and there was a strong person against me,

Then I used to take off my shoes and start hitting myself.

Since I can't hit him...right?

So, I used to hit myself.

And he would get scared.

What are you doing?

Hey. What are you doing?

He would start saving me.

Man!

Are you serious?

Yes.

I have done this experiment twice.

You are a crazy type of guy.

No, no. I didn't do it on purpose.

I mean you are a unique type of guy.

Yes, unique. By 'crazy' I mean 'unique' type.

Yes.

It's a very good thing actually...

Yes.

To do something different from people's set conditioning.

They get scared and confused like, what is this!

Exactly.

They would wonder why someone is hitting himself.

Yes.

When I was in Lucknow, I was studying there.

I was in BNA.

So,

I used to go to buy vegetables.

No.

There was only one vegetable shop.

So I used to go to the vegetable shop.

Okay.

I used to go to him as a blind man.

And for two years he used to believe that I was blind.

So he used to give me vegetables for cheap.

Improv is going on.

Yes.

I am stammering in front of one,

blind in front of second,

and lame in front of another.

This is the life of an actor.

Actually...

It was very amateurish.

But we used to experiment like this.

Are you not at all attached to any material.

With whom?

With your material.

What value does these have?

I shall sell all of this any day.

Should we break a tube light?

Yes, break it.

No, no. I was just kidding.

No, what are you doing man?

What kind of person are you, my friend?

Come, let's break one.

Tell me honestly, shall we?

Okay fine, come let's do it.

Just a minute.

No, not that one.

Oh my god.

I gave such a hard blow, but it didn't break.

What is it made of?

Is it made of iron?

Do you know what I was saying?

You should have tried breaking the other one.

Oh, we are using this light for the set.

You should have sense of the set.

Oh my god.

Oh man.

Freaky Ali, is one of my favourite Nawazuddin film.

I'll tell this to you first that I've seen it in the hall.

Because I'm a big fan of Sohail Khan's School of Cinema.

And when you were fit in, it was great experience for me.

It's really a sad thing that nobody talks about it much.

Yes, it's a sad thing that it doesn't get talked about much.

Have you seen Happy Gilmore? Tell me this first.

I saw it later when i had already done Freaky Ali.

Okay.

Neither you were a producer nor a writer.

So you shouldn't be blamed for that.

You shouldn't be blamed for any plagiarism.

Because you are a better actor than Adam Sandler.

There is no doubt about it in the world.

Adam Sandler is one of my favourite actors.

But Adam Sandler doesn't fit in Freaky Ali.

I think I did a comedy role for the first time in that film.

Yes, you did a good job.

It's fun.

No one ever thought that I can do comedy by looking at my face.

Whereas, I usually did all the comedy plays in theatre.

Vijay Raaz and me, we used to do it.

Mostly, Rajpal and others,

we worked with everyone during the theatre.

So, we mostly did comedy there.

Which was the first acting exercise,

that made you move?

A director had come from Moscow.

Okay.

He was a Russian director.

So, he made us do an exercise,

to go from here to there, have a seat and eat a laddoo.

And there were 20-25 people sitting in front of us,

and you are sitting here on the stage eating a laddoo.

You don't have to do anything else.

That was the condition.

That exercise shook us.

Because we were acting while eating ladoo.

Wow! What a test!

I mean, in our mind.

So, we were making a lot of faces and expressions.

So, he scolded us alot.

That I only asked you to eat laddoos, not to make expressions.

There were a lot of other exercises,

because of which he made me lose all the things I had learnt.

It was meant for checking if your reasons and logic were honest,

If you're doing it honestly, everything will be correct.

But if you're doing it to perform,

then he would have caught you.

So, later on, I felt that I had to be nude in front of him.

I mean, mentally. Otherwise this couldn't work in front of him.

All our tricks,

Yes, the tricks and tips...

Yes, all of them failed.

Which year was it?

It was in 1996.

No, which year was it in your NSD?

It was the third year. -Okay.

So, I had to zero out what I had learnt in past 2 years.

So, you have unlearned so much in the 3rd year?

Yes.

So, is this the only way?

Because, as far as I know, I don't have much knowledge.

But, acting also has different schools of thought.

Is this one of the many ways you can approach acting?

Or is it the only way?

No, no. It's the only way.

It's the only way?

Because, if you are honest and truthful,

then you can do any kind of performance.

But, your base is from there.

Okay.

It starts from there.

So, the root has to be like this?

You see, there are so many forms, right?

Be it Parsi theatre, be it realistic, be it naturalism, be it any kind of isms,

or in acting be it slapstick, be it whatever they call it.

I mean, be it any kind of physical comedy, whatever it is.

It starts with your honesty and truthfulness.

You have to know yourself actually.

Okay.

And what keeps you motivated right now at work?

I mean, why are you still working?

Do you work every day? Like you just came back from a shoot, right?

I like working.

Okay. Yes, because I know that I get to know new things in acting.

I'm not talking about the box office.

I get to know new things in acting.

That's my life, that's what I'm interested in.

That's everything for me.

Okay.

Yes, in every performance, with every new person,

they bring their thoughts, their scripts.

So, that thing, I get introduced to their new thoughts.

So, I like that.

That's a very good thing.

There is no external pressure.

You are getting new work.

You are getting a chance to express yourself.

Yes, I am getting a chance.

And you don't have fear of failure now, I guess.

No, I don't have that.

I never had that.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have done so many experiments.

What is your ambition now?

What is your ambition for your career?

This is a general thing that you want to do new work.

But, is there any specific ambition?

I am not very clear in this, I am also confused.

Because they will keep making me work, I will keep working.

But actually, now finally I have realized that...sometimes it happens...

that whatever IQ you have, whatever brain you have, whatever sensitivity/sensibility you have,

whatever it is, you have to work a lot by below from that.

I think I have to write a script according to my sensibility.

Which I am getting written and will probably do.

Even if I have to produce it.

Or whatever is there in it.

So, it would be a very small budget film.

I had done a film in Frankfurt.

Can you believe that there were 10 people in the unit.

Total.

Where can we watch that film?

It is being made now.

Total 10 people in a unit?

Total 10 people in a unit.

Fewer people in the crew of that film than this interview.

Yes.

I mean...

There are more than 10 people in this crew.

There are 3 people from your team too.

We made the film in hardly Rs.1.5 crores or 1.75 crores.

Did you charge your usual fee, that you take here?

No I didn't take it because I am also its producer.

When we get some profit,

we will take our share from it.

And we made the film with so much honesty.

Oh, so you still have that passion for this craft?

Of course I do.

But it was worth it.

The script was worth it.

This is a very good thing

Tell us something about this film.

What is the subject? Tell us as much as you can.

The name of the film is 'I am Not an Actor'.

There is a retired banker.

He has anxiety and some other problems.

What to do now?

He has retired.

His daughter suggests him to give an audition.

He gives an audition to help him get busy.

How does he get engaged in this process?

Are you playing the character?

Yes, I am playing the banker.

Okay. How big is the TV?

TV is just a 'TV'.

Why are you feeling shy in this?

This is not something to feel shy about.

You won't get an income tax raid for answering this.

So tell us.

I mean I have seen in the TV.

How much?

I was able to watch the film on it.

Oh my god!

Is it 4K or 8K?

I don't know.

Is there a 4K?

such a big actor doesn't know.

No, I don't know.

You are producing a film and you don't know what 4K is.

I mean, is it necessary for me to know?

No, it's not necessary but I think that a smart person like you...

I am telling you the truth, even today,

which lens is there in the camera,

a lot of people say that it's 50(mm).

So, what will I change?

There are a lot of actors.

You must know.

I am telling you the truth.

You don't know the lens!

I swear on water, I don't know which lens it is.

And do I have to act according to that lens?

I still don't know.

You don't know that if there's a telephoto lens,

then it's your close-up.

Come on, Nawaz.

What are you saying?

What?

Oh, okay.

This is close. I know this much.

I don't know which lens it is.

Okay, you don't know its technicality.

I don't know that.

But you know it's close.

Yes, it's close.

I mean, your face is in close-up and you're moving your legs.

It's not like that, right?

If it's close, I'll move anything.

Oh man!

Do you play dumb charades?

No. -Never? Never.

Who are the 4-5 best friends of yours in Mumbai?

Who you can have fun with?

I have two of my old friends.

but I am bored of them too.

Who are they?

There a couple of them.

Tell me.

Why are you bored?

Because they are always doing the same talk.

Are they not growing?

No, they are not growing.

This is very irritating when people around you don't grow.

That's what I'm saying that they started irritating me.

The things he said 2 days ago, he says it 4 days later again.

You've already told me this.

Tell me something new.

He doesn't have anything new, how will he tell me?

What does he do? What's his profession?

He's an actor.

Do you have a friend richer than you?

No, I don't have a friend richer than me.

I'm the richest among my friends.

That's the thing.

How does it feel to be a superstar?

This is such a ridiculous question.

Are you flattering me or what?

No, no. I was thinking that this is actually a ridiculous question.

No, it's a very ridiculous question.

Sorry.

I didn't expect that you would ask such a question even after becoming so famous.

Wow, chemistry is going well.

What is your favourite festival?

It's Holi.

Why?

We get to drink.

What? Water?

Huh?

Cold drink?

No, no. Cold drink, yes.

Okay.

The one that hits.

So when did you drink 'Thandai' for the first time?

I had that in school, in NSD.

Oh, in NSD.

They took me outside and made me drink it.

There was a Swanand Kirkere.

Yeah.

My batchmate.

Who is Swanand Kirkere?

Swanand Kirkere is my batchmate.

Of course.

So he made me drink it. I kept drinking.

After a while, nothing happened.

Nothing really happened.

Then they made me drink more.

After half an hour, what started happening,

I was repeating Ashwathama's speech,

sometimes Sudhir Shah's speech.

There's this famous Ashwathama's speech,

"This is my bow,

Ashwathama's bow,

which was made by Dronacharya himself."

I was alone on that whole stage,

half of Delhi was mine,

and wherever I was going,

Be it ITO or Cannaught place, wherever,

I was carrying the stage along with me.

Oh man!

So how long did that addiction last?

I've heard it lasts for a day or two.

Yes, it lasted for a day or two.

I've never had that addiction.

How did you feel when you got normal?

I was in my limits then.

Okay.

Did you think you would become the greatest actor in the world at that time?

I still think so after drinking, even today.

Okay.

When did you proclaim to anyone after drinking that, Who are Shahrukh-Aamir?

I am the only one.

I feel those kind of things even without drinking.

The Shahrukh-Amir one?

No, no, not Shahrukh. I don't want to compete with them.

I just have a feel that I am the greatest actor in the world.

This is very beautiful.

I always feel this. Of course, no one can be like this.

Even I know that I can't be like that ever.

But a person always keeps trying.

Yes.

Right? He keeps trying to find out.

But are you the most hardworking actor that you know?

I am not hardworking, frankly speaking, I have spread a misconception that I am hardworking.

So are you a fag?

Absolutely, I am a hardcore fag.

Okay.

I won't work all my life.

Sometimes I get the feeling that I have got the job.

You are a carpenter, you learn in the beginning and then you get the job.

Later it's just a finishing touch.

Oh wow!

So now you're giving a finishing touch to acting.

Yes, it's a finishing touch.

Now, there must be some work,

that the big boss has asked the carpenter,

to make a special chair for me.

So, there must be some acting...

that I'll work hard on this project.

Yes, but it's very rare.

Which was that last project?

I think 'Thakrey' was that last project.

I got an order.

And you made a chair in Hindi and Marathi both.

You did well.

Yes.

You did very well.

Do you watch your films?

I don't watch too much.

I watch the first cut.

That's enough.

After releasing, going to the hall and sitting in the Maratha Mandir where people are celebrating the film?

No, no.

Seeing your own praise?

No, no.

Are you not a Bobby Deol?

Who is your favourite Punjabi?

Till date, favourite Punjabi.

I think it's Gurdaas Maan.

Oh wow, that's how you do it, that's how you take names.

Of course.

Okay.

What was his best song?

He worked with us in Manto.

Oh, right.

So, you didn't like Punjabi people before that?

No, why not? When did I say I didn't like them?

Okay.

You asked the favourite...

Have you ever played a Punjabi character?

Have you ever been a Sardar?

Sorry.

I haven't played one yet, but I want to.

It will be fun to hear your Punjabi accent.

Yes, I feel like it.

Who is your favourite singer?

Vishal Bhardwaj is my favourite singer.

When I hear his voice,

I just go like this.

Like this.

Rekha Bhardwaj.

Both are such talented people.

My God!

God has made such a great combination.

I really like it when two talented people meet each other,

and get married.

I mean, how would do they spend their evenings?

It must be so much fun. Both are talented in their respective fields.

Drinking coffee, tea, what all things they must talk about.

What type of lover are you?

In my department, it was never...

It's not mine.

Oh, really?

I am a very dry person.

But, you are a talented person.

You play with the craft of acting.

So, it's not like... You too have a speciality.

You... Leave it.

Okay. Okay. #DhukhtiRagParHaathMatRakh

Let's move ahead.

Okay.

Leave this topic, right?

Okay, okay. Let's leave it.

Thu, thu.

Thu, thu, thu, thu.

Favourite romantic film?

Allah forgive us.

He should forgive you.

In our case, Ram will forgive us.

Today is 6th December.

Where were you in 1992?

Do you have any memories?

Because you are a Muslim from UP.

I was in Lucknow.

Okay.

What was the atmosphere like?

It was quiet everywhere.

It was quiet?

It was quiet.

What were people talking about?

What memories do you have?

I remember I was sitting in the room and listening to music.

I was listening to Mozart's symphony.

On the radio or?

It was on tape recorder.

Oh, on tape recorder.

The small tape recorder that had switches.

You press it.

I understand.

Yes. That's...

Cassette.

Yes.

The small cassette.

Which symphony were you listening to?

I was listening to Mozart's 5C. Name is something like that.

Yes.

I was listening to that.

And coincidentally, I used that symphony in my play.

And recently, four years ago, I went to Vienna.

Anoop and I went to Vienna.

We went to Mozart's house.

There was a show there.

And I heard the same symphony.

And I recalled that I used this symphony in my play.

And I used to listen to it, the same symphony.

C5 or something like that.

So, Anoop told him that he used the same symphony in his play and he repeated it for me.

Oh man!

What's your favourite food?

Nothing special.

You like tinde (apple gourd), bottle gourd as much as you like biryani?

I've never liked apple gourd. I don't know why I don't like it.

You don't even have to like it.

What?

It's not something that one can like.

Even after eating it, it feels like someone made fun of me.

My question Nawaz,

how is there still so much innocence in your laughter?

It seems so?

There is consistently innocence in your laughter.

In your every interview and interaction.

I am surprised that there is still so much innocence in laughter.

I didn't do anything on purpose.

But you must have gained a lot of smartness and clerverness in your personality.

You live in Mumbai and earn a lot of money.

You have to take care of the worldliness.

You are not as naive as you were 20 years ago.

Or maybe even 10 years ago.

But it's not in your smile.

I think I have become more stupid after coming here.

I feel like that sometimes.

Okay.

I was very smart before.

Okay.

Now I have become stupid.

Because all the decisions I have made were proven wrong.

Like what?

I have made a lot of decisions.

Still, you can't just say it and move on.

Tell us.

We should also learn something from your life.

Why should you make all the mistakes?

What do you want me to say?

Tell me.

No, I...

I really...

Do I look like Rajat Sharma to you? #KyaYaarTumBhi

What do you want me to say?

Oh, so that's what you said that day.

Nawazuddin, you look confused.

You flew a kite to impress people.

Oh man!

How does it feel on the set of Aap Ki Adalat?

It feels good. A lot of study is done there.

Do they tell the audience when to clap or they do it organically?

No, no. I think, I don't know, what used to happen before but

when I was there, I didn't feel that much.

Do you get paid for it or do you have to do it for free?

No, no.

Do you have to do it for free?

Yes, yes.

Then why did you take so much money from us?

Did we take money from you?

We had a talk about money. Your assistant took money from us.

What!

#dramaticexit

Boss, what's going on behind my back?

Give us an estimate, how much does an actor earn in the industry?

Of ad? No, no, no.

What else? Ad or film?

Of film?

For a film, it's a lot.

How much?

I mean 10 crores or above?

Somewhere around that

Around 10 crores.

Ok, ok

This is what I thought

I thought it was 10 crores

Yes, somewhere around that

Sometimes a little down, sometimes up.

Sometimes it goes up too?

Yes.

Do you ever negotiate?

No, not much. Or there are your guys for this?

But do you even have that conversation?

See, the industry gives you what you deserve.

It pays.

If you negotiate, it will ask you if you deserve it.

Then what will be your answer?

Your eyes will roll down.

Because here, it's all about your films.

Here, there is merit.

There is merit after one point.

Yes. They are not letting you come up.

That's a different thing.

But once you come up.

Yes.

Once you come up,

then in the industry,

where there are production houses,

there are not many actors like us.

They know.

They already know.

There are some films that you do only for money.

Yes, of course.

And I say that I am doing this for money.

So that I can do a film like Manto for free.

Do you even tell the director that

yes, I enjoyed it but I am doing it for money.

Do you keep that crew aware of this?

No, no. The crew is made a little fool.

Not like this. He won't give money.

You are making me a fool.

Even after saying it.

He is taking money from me.

That you are a big fool.

Give me so much money.

Who will give money like this?

Sir, what a film you have.

My God.

#Cult

Next Wasseypur

It is a cult.

This is a cult.

Every person is calling their movie a cult.

Cult, cult, cult, classic, classic, classic.

They are throwing the words like this.

I am enjoying it.

I did an amazing performance in it.

Mind-blowing performance.

I did in that?

Sir, people have started praising themselves.

Such a time has come.

#GhorKalyug

Have you seen my that performance?

Who has said that?

Have you seen my this performance?

You haven't seen anything.

Who is the worst actor you've worked with?

See, I think that even if someone is bad,

How good I am,

First, I have to do that.

You know? Ok.

Then I can take the name of the other person.

Sometimes, when you work with a non-actor,

He/She has a very unconventional way of delivering a dialogue. He/She has a way of doing it.

And I feel I'm doing a good job.

But when I finally see it on camera, His/Her job looks even better.

I'm scared of a couple of people.... things.

I'm scared of acting in front of them.

First, the non-actors.

Okay.

Another, a dog, a cat, a cow, a buffalo.

Okay.

Because they'll look cute.

If you take a shot of a cow from any angle, it'll look cute.

And the second one is in front of kids.

No matter how much you try to act cute, people will say,

how cute is this kid.

I have levelled up my acting there but no one is bothering about me.

So it's better not to act in front of these people.

Deliver your lines flat and run away. Save your life.

Really?

Yes.

Because no one will see you, they will see them.

They will see non-actor because it's very unconventional, his/her dialouge delivery.

It's unpredictable.

You have Ketan, Sudhir, they are legends.

who made a great film before I was born.

So, if you could tell us about these two,

their process, their differentiating, anything.

Sudhir sir has so much competence.

He has such a great vision of life.

Half of his work is done there.

Ketan sir is very passionate.

Okay.

And the way he tells the story is amazing visually.

Like in Majhi, he showed the mountain as a character.

That's very fascinating.

It's very fascinating.

And visually it's so beautiful.

Like he made me talk to the mountain.

Because Ketan sir has done theatre as well.

If I had to talk to the mountain, it can be possible in theatre.

It can't be possible in films.

What the hell are you doing in films?

But he actually shot that thing and made it believable.

What irritates you about these two?

Oh, one thing... Or say that I can't tell you.

There is one thing about Sudhir sir.

Ask me anything.

Where did you get this cloth stitched from?

Cloth? What about it? I got this cloth when I made Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.

It's still there.

When I made Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.... Now the stories about Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi goes on and on...

Ask me anything else.

Today, the weather in Bombay is good.

Weather? Weather?

Nothing, weather was good.

When I was making Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi....

the weather was very good.

So people did their work very well.

It's okay.

#SudhirMishraSupremacy

Sir, please forgive me.

Samdish is making me do this.

No, he loves me.

Do you watch porn?

#Bouncer

What kind of question is this?

Which is the latest car you bought?

Don't tell me if you don't want to.

What do I tell you?

You don't tell me about porn and cars.

What's the connection between porn and cars?

Exactly!

And TV?

Exactly!

You didn't answer all three questions.

There's no connection between the three.

And yet you got awkward in all three.

Bro, it's like that.

Sorry, sorry. Now, now, now.

I will tread lightly.

Sorry, sorry.

Now, I will tread lightly.

I don't have a business. I just ask funny questions.

Audience watches and views come. Even I don't know what I'm doing.

This is a very good licking.

I am telling the truth. I devise a new way for every interview.

I didn't make questions for you.

I made broad 16-17 points.

I'll talk about whatever I feel like on these.

So I'm doing just that.

With everyone, there is a new process being devised.

Now I feel like I should test every person.

Watch all his interviews and movies

and then understand how much he can gel with you.

And then I go into a trance state and think about that person for 3-4 hours.

I write whatever comes to my mind.

My God, this is a very good process.

I do this in every interview.

It's fun.

I do this in scenes.

Really?

Yes.

Seriously.

I'm telling you the truth. I do this in scenes. I go into a trance.

You close your eyes and think about that person.

I mean, I've been with you for the last three days.

And the pain I'll feel after these two hours,

I had to ask you all this.

Oh, wow.

Because I have to spend those three days in these two hours.

Why do you do interviews?

Yes, this is a good question.

This is the best question.

This is the best question.

You should have asked this first.

This is a very good question.

You must get bored in interviews.

You must have got bored in it four times.

No, not in this.

But in that, when you do it at the time of film release,

How did you feel doing this role?

That's a terrible thing to do.

Regular things (questions) bore me.

At least, thank God, you're shooting even a pause.

In our film industry,

our films are very verbose films.

So, in that speak, if we take a pause,

it gets cut on the editing table. The silence gets edited out.

People are afraid that the audience might get bored.

People get scared.

So, there is so much insecurity that we can't even keep a minute's silence in the film.

It's such a beautiful moment.

But if one has faith in his work, he/she will keep it.

Because the one who is making it is also insecure.

He is scared.

He doesn't know about his craft.

He doesn't know about his audience.

That's why we have 5-5 songs, fighting, killing.

I mean, the whole circus goes on.

It has everything.

Yes, everything.

Give it a shock value

So that the audience

I mean

doesn't get loose

Keep the audience on edge

Blow the ship

Sink the ship/aircraft

I mean, keep doing something

So that

The audience is like

Oh my god

This used to happen in circuses

That's true

I like fumble too

Yes

I like the overlapping between two people

Okay

And the ones when we forget

we forget and then remember

I like that too

It's so natural

And the odd situation

People run from odd scenes

Yes

I say, wait there

If there is a pause, let it be there

Get aside

The real fun is in that situation

Yes, this is it.

There's conflict in the situation

Exactly

Yes

So why do they run?

Sit down

If it's looking odd, it's okay

It's okay

Right?

Like for example, if I'm looking at you

You're looking at me

Yes

We're quiet

So let's see

Why are you running?

Now ask the question quickly.

This is the fun.

This?

This is the fun.

Sometimes you look at me and I'm a little here-there.

No, I'm saying if you're looking, then you're looking. What happened?

Do you get the respect you deserve?

I think I got more respect than my worth.

More than your worth is one thing,

but the amount you should get because of how much you've worked for your craft.

Is it more than that?

Is it more hyped than that?

Are you saying this?

No, no, no.

It's not hype.

But the place where I'm from, Western UP,

It wasn't there at all.

It was...

It was like...

I never thought

that I would be able to do this kind of thing.

Because I was a little

laid back.

I was a tube light.

I used to...

I used to do that a lot.

Stammer?

Yes.

And I could understand things after a long time.

When did you go stammer?

I'm asking you as a fellow stammerer.

Because I've gone through a lot of stammering.

It still happens.

And it's not...it doesn't ever go away.

Does it ever go away?

No, no.

When I'm really angry, it happens.

So, around 2000...

I went around 2005 or 2006.

Okay.

Did it happen because of confidence?

Or is it a practice of the mouth or the tongue?

or is it more internal than that? What do you think it is?

Whatever I have achieved, it started because of that.

I am like, I am okay now.

Got it.

Yes.

Maybe it was because of insecurity earlier.

Yes.

After that it went away.

Maybe I got some things.

Right?

Has it ever happened in your life that a person has come to you who has shown a lot of affection?

Have you ever received a lot of love from a person?

Will you be able to tell or not?

Yes, I received a lot of love from Anurag.

Have you ever articulated this in front of them? No, no.

I have never. Neither him nor me.

Or even after him, there were many who came. But there was no articulation of that.

Okay.

When it comes to saying it, I say it, you hear it, you say it.

I don't believe in that.

If I don't have work to do tomorrow, I don't even have the strength to go and ask for work.

I can't come and ask you to give me work.

Nawaz, one second. It's good that you're being so frank.

But the way you're describing this, I feel you're feeling a little demeaning about it.

No, I'm not feeling demeaning.

I'm saying that I won't go and ask for work. I'll sell my house, sell everything and make a film.

I will sell my shoes and make films.

I will sell everything if I have to make a film.

I am so confident that I will make my films.

But I won't go to ask for work.

Asking someone that I don't have work, please give me work.

I can't do that in my life.

Sorry.

Acting is important.

It's not necessary to do it in films.

I will do it on the road.

I will do it in a train or on a bus.

Have you ever been hugged lovingly?

Hein? Have you ever been hugged lovingly?

What do you mean by hugging?

I mean have someone hugged you with love?

That Nawaz, don't worry. It happens.

No, not like that.

No one has hugged me like that.

Like in the Rajkumar Hirani film,

has someone given you #JaadoKiJhappi (magical hug)

No, I didn't get #JaadoKiJhappi (magical hug).

That life is going well.

No, life is going well.

But a #JaadoKiJhappi (magical hug)...

Don't you have any such friend?

No, I don't have any such friend.

My father...

My father... We have a magic stick.

Yes, that was it.

Come here, come and eat.

This is the love of a father.

In our side, if you go to someone's house today,

this is their love.

Come here, cussed a little and come and eat.

This is it.

Oh my child, come here.

This has never happened.

When did you last put your head on someone's lap?

On my daughter's.

Wow.

This is great. Now I'm here.

What do you want for her?

Everything for that.

In Dubai,

what happened was, she took me a few days back.

She said, Papa I need a small bag.

I said, okay, take it.

So she took me and I followed her.

As I moved ahead,

straight to

Louis Vuitton. LV? Straight?

Yes. She went to straight to LV.

She took the bag, small one.

I thought....#KitneKaHiHoga. But when he told me the rate,

I was shocked.

How much was it?

It was very expensive

How much does it cost? I don't know

2 lakhs

2 lakhs?

How much was it?

2.5 lakhs

I said hello!!!!

I said how much is this?

I thought it would be 20-25 thousand

It's a small bag #IttaSaTohSizeHai

Later when I got to know the price

I was like #Aaein!

#Hein!

You were like #Hein!

#NoBachhanSahabWasHurtInThisMimicry

So then

You got her? I bought and gave it to her

But I didn't know

You are spoiling the kids

I know it now. I am not spoiling them

It's your money, spend wherever you like.

No, no. I wouldn't spend like that.

That I will

But she wanted it for a long time

I was like. Ok, buy it.

I didn't know such expensive things exist

When did sex come into your life?

It came very late

How late? #VeryVeryLate

When I came here to Mumbai

Oh!

I was in Mumbai in 2000

Did you get anything in NSD?

No, no, no

#MasturbationHiGuzarBasarHai

Who taught you to masturbate?

Or you got to know by yourself?

I had senior friends.

I have 6 friends.

Did you teach them in the village?

No, I came to the city and taught them.

Got it.

So you got sex in Bombay.

Yes.

How was your first sex?

Very bad.

Oh my God!

Indian YouTube should have such things.

It was very weird.

If you want to experiment in films, even I want to cross the boundary in interviews.

It was bad.

Huh?

The first one is always bad.

Yes, it was weird.

The first one is the worst for most people.

How was yours?

Mine was also bad.

Was it really bad?

No, it wasn't even that bad that you put it like this.

What was good?

What was good?

Yes, what was good?

The intimacy was very good.

The comfort that that person showed me and I showed them.

I mean, for the first time I was naked in front of someone.

For the first time.

So, that was a beautiful thing.

I want to talk to you about self-image.

Hmm.

Self-image.

When was the first time someone complimented you outside your family?

That you're good looking.

It happened during Black Friday.

Okay.

About your eyes.

All the ladies were happy.

A girl did it.

Okay.

Did no one compliment you before that?

I didn't even believe when she did it.

Because I was so shaken up.

Hmm.

That I never had any belief.

It happened there, and then outside in Kanwan.

There, people are away from the restrictions.

Yes.

I got a lot of compliments there.

And in the review, it was written,

Handsome Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

I was like, am I really?

I got a little confidence then.

Otherwise, I didn't have any confidence

about this thing.

About face and looks.

And it must have had a lot of impact.

It has a lot of impact.

Earlier, when I came here in 2000, I used to go to various offices and they used to ask me,

Where do you look like an actor from?

It used to be like that.

So I took it very seriously.

Okay, in the profession, it's fine.

We have heard these things happening with casting directors.

In personal life, if we compartmentalize it.

There wasn't much encouraging in personal life.

Did you face anything demeaning or insulting with regards to looks?

Yes, with regards to looks, it did happen.

Okay. Tell us an incident that you remember.

A girl used to like a boy.

And he used to ask me to write a letter for her on his behalf.

Okay.

So I used to write a letter for her.

From his side?

Yes. I only used to go to give it to her.

Okay.

And I remember that she used to give her letter to me

and I used to give that to him.

Okay.

He used to read it and again get it written by me.

Then one day I thought of doing a mischief.

Corruption.

Yes.

So I wrote a letter on my own and then thought of writing my name.

So I wrote my name on the letter.

And I gave it to her.

She asked, why did you write your name?

Why didn't you write his name?

I said, I am also in the line.

Even I am there.

So she said, what can you do for me?

Okay, when did this happen? Give some context.

I was in college at that time.

Nakhlau?

No, in Budhana.

Okay, Budhana.

So she asked, can you do anything for me?

I said, yes, I can.

Anything?

I said, yes, I can.

So she said, do one thing.

Bring a cassette of songs for me.

Sanam Bewafa, songs of such films,

which were popular,

Aashiqui and all.

She asked me to bring a cassette of Sanam Bewafa.

I said, yes, I will bring it.

She said, bring it now.

I said, it's too far.

She said, how long will it take?

I said, it will take half an hour to reach.

and half an hour to come back.

She said, can you bring it in 10 minutes?

It's like Paan Singh Tomar is happening with you.

Yes.

Ice cream shoud not melt.

I said, I can get it.

Sir, I ran from there.

Her house was like this.

It was till here.

Then the lane turns from here.

I walked normally and then I ran from there.

And I ran in such a way that I might not have run till now.

I ran and took the cassette from there.

And I came back running.

And as soon as I came on her street, I walked normally again.

I started walking comfortably, and gave her the cassette.

Then she said, it's been 15 minutes.

She was cruel.

Yes.

So, it didn't work out?

No, it didn't work out.

But she got the cassette.

Yes, I gave her the cassette but it didn't work out.

She said, have you seen yourself in the mirror?

Not directly, but on those lines.

I never wrote a letter for that guy again and neither did I write one myself.

Do you lift weights?

I don't lift a lot of weights.

How much?

I don't lift a lot of weights.

Tell me.

I lift a little.

Show me your hand.

Do it like this.

Show me your forearm.

Show me your forearm.

Show me your forearm.

Tighten it.

This?

Yes.

You're awesome.

What awesome?

You're awesome.

Ton ton ton.

Ton.

How much do you weigh?

Mine would be around 56.

How much is your waist?

I don't know.

How much is your waist?

How much is your waist?

30.

30?

Yes.

Oh wow.

Very good.

Do you know the size of your ankle?

This is 6.

Oh.

The size of your feet is 6.

Which company?

Do you like shopping?

No no no.

Do you have a hobby?

Not at all.

Do you read any newspaper?

No, not at all.

I don't watch news channels

Do you have any friend group in which you discuss politics?

I don't watch any sports show

You don't watch cricket?

I don't watch it at all

Football?

I don't watch it

Olympics?

I did watch the football match of the Olympics

Oh, you watched the football match of the Olympics?

Yes That's a very weird thing to say

You didn't watch the football World Cup?

World Cup, sorry

Yes, World Cup

Football World Cup

Yes, that's right

Messi won this time

Yes

He finally won

Who do you want to meet?

Any actor or director?

With whom you want to meet?

Actors, actors

I want to meet some actors

Like?

Like I want to meet Anthony Hopkins

You haven't met him yet?

No

Favorite Anthony Hopkins performance?

Or any?

Which our audience might not know.

There are many.

There are many performances.

Still for the audience.

The Father - latest, Two Popes.

Okay.

Yes, this is the latest.

Correct. Correct.

Yes.

Okay.

And who else?

Anthony Hawkins is very good.

I feel like meeting Denzel Washington.

Oh wow!

If I meet him, I'll kiss him.

Like this.

Worship his feet.

Yes.

When you were struggling,

did you follow any superstition?

Did you go to a palm-reader?

Sir, my belief...

Look at me.

There is nothing around my neck or on my fingers

I don't have anything.

Don't call me sir.

I'm telling you.

Call me Samu.

Sam?

Samu.

Okay, Samu.

Samu.

Samu, are you seeing this?

Is there anything?

No, there's nothing.

Look at my posters.

They look like theatre posters.

They're all Shakespearean.

They're all Victorian.

I haven't seen any Indian.

There are Indians too.

There's Tughlaq.

Oh.

Yes.

And there's one here.

Tughlaq, the traitor.

I'm kidding.

We'll show all their shots.

If you allow me.

Yes.

We'll take their shots.

We have to take individual shots.

Show me this shot too.

This shot?

Powered by Woodland.

He's our sponsor.

Woodland 'bhaisahab' is our sponsor.

Look at this.

Yes.

Do you apply kohl?

No.

What were you going to say?

Are you done?

Are you tired?

No.

I thought you were just looking there.

Finish this and send them out.

They broke a bulb too.

Where did it break?

It didn't break.

My God.

The stick broke, not the bulb.

You tie the laces yourself?

Huh?

You tie the laces yourself?

Why would I ask anyone to tie them?

I tie them myself.

My job is to ask questions

This is like...

There was a Nawab of Lucknow.

Yes.

So when the British army came...

Okay.

They couldn't run away.

Everyone else ran away.

His servants went and said,

Run sir, the army is here.

The army is here.

So everyone ran away.

The Nawab was left behind.

So they caught him.

The British caught him.

So he said, why didn't you run away?

He said, there was no one to put shoes on me.

How many shoes do you have in your life?

I can't tell you by counting.

This many?

No, not this many.

I don't know how many I have.

He's a very oblivious man.

He doesn't know the size of his TV.

If I wear a shoe, and I like it.

So, you can see me anywhere. I wear it for a long time.

This one?

No, not this.

We said black, that's why.

This is not a shoe.

What are you wearing?

I wore it like this.

If it's a shoe, it should be like this.

Like Woodland.

What is the purpose of life, Nawaz?

Or you don't think about it? It's nonsense?

Why do you have to think?

I feel that the purpose of life and this and that, ultimately,

how much you can travel, how much you can be happy, how much you can enjoy,

how much you can work, how fit you can be,

these are the things that everyone is talking about.

In today's date.

This is a business.

Exactly, it's a business.

It's a very sad thing.

And we are glorifying ourselves so much,

and our status is not more than insects and flies.

And we have made ourselves like something that if you do this, this will happen, if you do that, that will happen,

this is the philosophy of life and this and that.

I mean, I am tired of listening to it, sir.

So it's better to eat good food, keep good health, stay fit, travel,

enjoy the wealth and properity you get, of nature

It's a pleasure.

It's that much fun.

And work hard, be good, be positive.

Do you think about retirement?

Yes.

It's not like it's just started?

No, no, no. I'm just going to leave all this and go somewhere else.

Outside India?

Yes.

That's good. I think you enjoy that society more.

Yes, I'm a very European type of person.

I think so.

If I'm at one place, I'll stay like that

I...

Where it's legal,

have you smoked up there?

Wherever it's legal,

have you smoked up there?

After going to those places.

How does it feel?

It feels good.

It feels really good.

I enjoy it.

And when I start music,

I become something else.

You're a music type of a guy.

Learn to play something.

No, no.

It'll take a lot of time.

I don't have that much time.

Why? Where is the train going? You are still young.

Let's see if I get a chance, I will learn to play the piano.

You are a Nawabi.

I had a piano here. I had told them that I will learn to play the piano.

And it looks good too.

It will look very nice.

It will look very nice.

Anoop has messed up.

They have bought this for themselves

Not for me. Because they know that I don't play.

They work for you or you work for them?

Sometimes I feel that I work for these people.

Sometimes I feel he's the god. Yes.

Sometimes I feel he's the god. Yes.

Osho?

Osho, of course

Of course? Osho? I love Osho.

Tell me more.

What?

What do you like about Osho?

I like all his thoughts.

I like everything about him.

How often do you listen to him?

I listen to him often.

When did Osho come into your life?

in your life?

He came a long time ago.

When?

8-9 years ago.

Who brought it?

Or did you bring it yourself?

A friend of mine used to listen to him.

He used to tell me about him.

I didn't listen to him then.

Then suddenly I...

I didn't listen to him because my friend was completely out of control.

I thought I would listen to Osho but I wouldn't be able to do this.

Blind devotion?

No.

He was completely out of control.

It was out of control.

Even I had a phase like that

Really? Yes, if you would have seen me before

Gangs of Wasseypur

I had 3-4 garlands in my hand

You were also like that

Kurta, Pajama, Kurta, Pant

Like this, a little beard

And garlands

So slowly

I took out one by one

You don't tie with these things

Osho himself is saying not to tie yourself to these

Yes, don't tie

Gautam Buddha also said the same

You are making a religion in his name. It's a very sad thing.

We won't go into that much otherwise we'll get backlash

Then we have to withdraw the book

Sorry, sorry. Joking, joking. Sorry.

Yes, I made a mistake of writing the book.

Oh, writing the book is a mistake?

It's a mistake.

Okay.

Why are you calling it a mistake?

No, it was a big mistake.

I was in a very premature age.

I shouldn't have written.

You have written many things that people don't share.

Of course, I had come from a small village.

I didn't know many things.

There is a saying,

Speak the truth in a place where people are going to listen.

Right?

Otherwise, it will be a mess.

So, keep your truth to yourself.

It's very important.

Even though I withdrew the book.

Right.

You withdrew it.

But, mostly, when we write about ourselves,

whether it's through a memoir or a biography,

autobiography, whatever it is,

when we write about ourselves,

I don't understand that

everything is written well about us.

And they want to tell the same things that people in this society think are appropriate.

That if I tell this, I will...

I mean, you want to remain a hero till the end.

And then, with such things, such movies, such books,

this lie keeps spreading.

This lie keeps spreading. What happens with that is,

we don't know the details about a person.

You know, if you tell me the truth about yourself,

then I will know that a person can be like this too.

Then my knowledge will increase.

And the same drama that is shown in movies,

the same drama goes on in our families as well.

Exactly.

Always the same.

The same drama goes on in our politics.

The same.

The same drama goes on everywhere.

The same drama will be there in the society.

Everything is good.

Wow, wow, wow, wow.

I feel that sometimes,

there are many people who want to speak the truth.

Every person wants to speak the truth.

But he doesn't get anyone to listen to him.

That might happen too.

That might happen too.

Yes, this too.

I had seen a film.

In that, there is a guy

who spreads lies that

I am making a film and I am auditioning everyone.

Okay.

So he auditions everyone.

But there is a condition.

You have to speak the truth in front of the camera.

Okay.

So you won't believe that the whole village speaks the truth.

And he...

And that man is a liar who is auditioning.

Right?

And he was a liar from the beginning.

He lies there too.

If you speak the truth, I will audition you.

and every village, every person speaks the truth.

Which film is this?

I don't know, it was named Makeover or something.

It's a European film.

So he goes.

Some dacoits catch him.

They catch him.

They make him a prisoner.

He asks, who are you?

He says, I'm a filmmaker.

What do you do? He says, I am auditioning for a film.

What are you talking about?

Will you take ours? He says, yes but you have to speak the truth.

So all dacoits end up saying the truth

So anyway, they release him and he leaves.

Now he sits somewhere and watches the auditions.

He watches and thinks, oh my god, how beautiful it is to tell the truth.

And I'm lying.

And from there his transformation starts.

It was like that.

It was a film like that.

I don't know why it came to my mind and I said it.

Make something like that showing the duplicity of the society.

Guide was such a film?

It was the greatest film at that time.

Our...

Guide was a film that

had raised questions about these things.

Can we make a Guide today?

I am asking you.

You are the industry's superstar.

No, no.

I think we should make one.

We should make one.

I am not at the level where I know what is allowed and what is not.

I do whatever I want to do on YouTube.

Okay, where do you get your hair cut done?

Hair...

Does anyone come to cut your hair?

Tashi does. Tashi had cut it.

Oh, Tashi.

Is Tashi here?

Oh, she's your hair person.

Yes.

Hair, make-up

Sorry, sorry.

I forget that I'm talking to you.

I'm sorry.

I thought I was talking to Sudhir Mishra.

Someone cut his hair.

Yes, Sudhir sir's hair is growing a little from here.

Oh, his hair.

But he looks sexy nowadays.

What?

I haven't seen such a sexy 75 year old person.

No doubt.

He's the only one

What's your next film?

Which movie will we watch?

Watch the next movie.

Don't you know?

We will tell you when it's done.

Why should I do marketing?

Okay.

Do you want to say something

that I didn't ask?

No.

It was fun.

I enjoyed a lot.

Even I enjoyed a lot.

I had more fun than I thought

Because I hadn't thought of it

Okay fine

Thank you Nawaz Bhai

On a serious note, thank you for being so honest

and respectful

I won't bore you anymore, I've praised you a lot

You know you're a great actor

You already know that, but you're a great person

Thank you

I knew that you

Thank you, I knew that you'd be so genuine

But actually you turned out to be so genuine

Really? I've never met you

Yes, never.

If I praise you more, people will say I have taken money from you.

So how much money did I take?

Do tell us in the comment section.

So, Nawaz bhai, tell us about your experience.

And tell people to subscribe to Unfiltered by Samdish.

Yes, so subscribe to Unfiltered by Samdish.

And watch our interview.

If there is a problem, I am not responsible for it.

He is. Because he asked questions like this.

Yes, okay. It is fine.

It's fine.

Okay?

Only smoke up where it is legal

Yes, smoke up only where it is legal

Where it's legal, right?

Yes, smoke up only where it is legal

This is absolutely right.

This is the main tagline.

Yes, smoke up only where it is legal

Yes.

Right?

Thank you, Namaz bhai.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.