One of the most versatile actors in Bollywood right now is Nawazuddin Siddiqui. In a struggle of more than 15 years to make it big in the filmdom, he has gone through a lot of turmoil and non-linear situations. Though, he had a brief stint in films like ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Shool’, ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, ‘Black Friday’ and ‘New York’ but he actually came in to limelight with 2012 flick ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. Now you can name him in the big league of actors as has proved his mettle with his acting craft. As today is Nawazuddin’s birthday, so we ensemble some quirky facts about the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ Actor. Top 13 Amazing Facts About Nawazuddin Siddiqui: Born in Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. His father was a farmer and he has nine siblings including him. Nawazuddin is married to Anjali and they have a daughter, Shora and a son who was born on the actor's 41st birthday. Siddiqui's first lead role in a feature film was in Prashant Bhargava's Patang, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, for which Nawazuddin's performance has been praised by the most renowned film critic Roger Ebert who gave 4 stars for the film. Nawazuddin charges Rs 12 lac for his public appearances, an amount charged by actors like Vivek Oberoi and Arjun Rampal. Nawazuddin had no theater in his hometown and the nearest possible theater was 45 kilometers away from his home. He worked as a watchman and a chemist after completing his graduation. Then, he moved to Delhi to work as a watchman. He saw only 5 films before coming to dream city Mumbai. He usually practice dream scenes in front of mirror as he didn’t have access to movies. While working as a Watchman, he joined Theatre group and eventually realised that he want to be an actor. Nawazuddin’s favourite actor and role-model is Ashish Vidyarthi. He wears the same suit twice at Cannes film festival as he just owns only one suit. For the first time, he smartly dressed for Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani. His first kiss was on-screen with Ms. Lovely co-star Niharika Singh and in real life he confessed that he never kissed his wife. Nawazuddin’s dream is to play the iconic role of Salim from ‘Mughal-E-Azam’, which was played by Dilip Kumar in the film.
