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Nawazuddin Siddiqui is one of the finest Bollywood actors today. He is from NSD and struggled for 13 years to get noticed by the masses and the critics. After doing some small roles here and there, he finally got his due in the crime drama movie Gangs of Wasseypur directed by Anurag Kashyap. (Watch Anurag Kashyap Hit movies on Mzaalo for free. Download this free movie streaming app for your android or iOS)
While studying at NSD, Nawaz reveals that he was introduced to Satyajit Ray movies. He says, “We watched his films constantly. It was our way of becoming aware of the power of cinema. Sad to say, that power has not been realized by any other Indian filmmaker on the global platform.” An actor par excellence who has worked with some of the acclaimed directors was asked about his take on Anurag Kashyap (whose movies transformed Nawazuddin’s story in Bollywood) or any director whose work is exemplary. He replied that “Yes, Anurag Kashyap’s name does come up in the international cinema. Also, Ritesh Batra. Ritesh has the same quality as Ray Saab. He humanizes his plot, tells the story of an individual’s struggle for survival with dignity in the face of adversity, much in the same way as the best works of Satyajit Ray. I’ve had the privilege of working with both Anurag and Ritesh. What I wouldn’t have given to work with Ray Saab! Why only me? Any actor who is worth anything would give his right eye left arm and both legs to work with Ray Saab.” (Watch Satyajit Ray movies on Mzaalo in full HD and win exciting reward coins from Provogue, Lifestyle, The Man Company, etc.) So, what makes Satyajit Ray movies so special to his actors? The Munna Michael star Nawazuddin Siddiqui replied, “He makes actors look like non-actors. He strips them of all acting and lays bare the human being within. Soumitra Chatterjee was so brilliant in Ray’s cinema because he was not an actor. He was not playing any character. He was living a life. Sharmila Tagore Ji in Ray’s films was not a glamorous actress. She was an ordinary woman. It is this ordinariness that makes Ray Saab's characters so memorable. His cinema was always about an individual’s journey. He cared for the common man or woman’s needs desires and anxieties. He entered that mind space with much respect and compassion. For him, the individual was much larger than the cause.” (Watch Munna Michael - a Bollywood dance drama movie online on Mzaalo for free) This amazing Bollywood actor feels that Indian cinema has meandered far away from its roots. He says, “Where is the struggle of the rustic individual in our cinema? Even when we have a villager the story is all about the villager’s journey into the city. Ray Saab’s Pather Panchali which I’ve seen innumerable times is a deeply compassionate study of a rural family. Every time something new is revealed to me in Pather Panchali.” Coming from a humble background and learning the basics from NSD, one can gauge what exactly Nawazuddin Siddiqui means. Commenting more on the current situation of Indian Cinema, Nawazuddin said, “Today it’s all about posing. You design award-winning films. You make films to prove a point. You can’t escape a political ideology in your work. You are either for or against certain ideologies. Satyajit Ray’s cinema was liberated of all socio-political restrictions. He made the films that he wanted to, not for awards nor to please any political ideology.” May 2020 is the birth centenary year of Satyajit Ray who is a big name not only in Indian Cinema but World Cinema too. Don’t miss the chance to watch Pather Panchali online on Mzaalo for free.
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