Nawazuddin Siddiqui On Box Office Failure: “We Always Blame The Actors And Not Directors”

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New Delhi:

Nawazuddin Siddiqui opened up in regards to the field workplace failure of his movies – Photograph, Motichoor Chaknachoor and Heropanti 2. Speaking to News 18, the actor revealed that he’s nonetheless related regardless of his movies not performing properly on the field workplace due to his “hard work”. He cited Shah Rukh Khan’s instance and added that he is not “really bothered” by the poor performances of his movies. “Picture (movie) chale na chale, lekin Nawazuddin Siddiqui toh chalega. (The film might not work, but Nawazuddin Siddiqui will always work),” Nawazuddin informed News18 Showsha throughout an occasion on the sidelines of Kathakar 2022. 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui added, “I never give up. I never shy away from working hard. The rest also depends on whether or not I’m doing my work with honesty. More often than not, there are so many reasons that the film doesn’t work at the box office. Maybe the direction is not so good. We never blame any director when the film flops at the box office. We always put the blame on actors, saying, ‘Iss actor ki film flop ho gayi’ (This actor’s film flopped).” 

Citing the instance of Shah Rukh Khan, the actor stated, “For example, when a star like Shah Rukh Khan, who has a massive fan following around the world, comes on board the film, he literally serves those fans on a platter to the director. If the film still doesn’t work despite all of that then it’s not Shah Rukh Khan’s fault because wo toh thaali mein itni saari audience de raha hai na director ko. (He’s serving such a large audience to director). This clearly means that either the director or the story is at fault. Nobody blames them. So, I’m not really bothered about all these things.”

Meanwhile, on the work entrance, Nawazuddin will probably be subsequent seen in a noir revenge drama Haddi. He additionally has Noorani Chehre, Tiku Weds Sheru and Jogira Sara Ra Ra in his kitty.