When asked if he ever thought of giving up, he says, "So many times I felt I was wasting my time because things were just not working out. When I go back now they say ‘ isne toh karke dikhaya (he has done it)’. All of them said ‘ kya hero banega (how will he become a hero)’ when I set out. He said, "It’s a sense of satisfaction because I proved all of them wrong. In an interview with DNA India, he talks about the reactions from his friends and relatives upon his stardom. He went on to act in big movies like Talaash, Badlapur, Lunchbox, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Raees, and also the Oscar-nominated Lion. The year 2012 was the turning point for him with films like Kahaani and Gangs of Wasseypur doing so well at the box office and that was when the world got to identify the real potential of this wonderful actor.
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However, he got real recognition from the movie Peepli Live, where he played a journalist. His first major lead role was as a wedding singer in Patang, which made it to the Berlin International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. He even acted in television serials and a few short films but his big break was Black Friday (2007) by Anurag Kashyap. This was followed by small roles over the next few years and his poverty still continued during this period of time. He made his film debut with Aamir Khan's Sarfarosh in 1999, where he played a terrorist. He approached an NSD senior asking if he could stay at his place, who agreed to it under the condition that Nawaz cooked twice a day. He walked from studio to studio, set to set, all day, finding himself doing only petty roles or the ones where he was just a part of a crowd. Having acquired a relevant degree, he moved to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood, but he didn't even have enough money to pay rent. It all started going uphill for him after this step, and the versatile Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the personification of how success comes from never giving up. He went on to join the National School of Drama (NSD) and graduated from it in 1996. In this process, he frequently visited theatres and plays and started to participate in them.
Unable to cope, he moved to Delhi and worked as a watchman at various places.
‘Irul’s director Naseef has earlier assisted on Bollywood films including, ‘Happy New Year’, ‘Raees’, ‘Newton’ and ‘Tumbbad’.While the family continued to have a decent living after the move, this boy completed his graduation from a university in Haridwar and then worked as a chemist at a petrochemical company in Baroda. Reportedly, the film was shot in a month’s time, and was Fahadh Faasil’s second OTT release after ‘CU Soon’. ‘Irul’ released in April 2021, and it’s shooting had begun in September 2020. Meanwhile, preliminary work on the Hindi script has already begun,” informs a source close to the development. The conversation between Nawaz and the makers of ‘Irul’ is at the nascent stage as of now, but they will take the discussions forward soon. They have approached Nawazuddin Siddiqui to play the lead in the Hindi version. “The makers feel that the story of ‘Irul’ can appeal to a wider audience, and have decided to remake it in Hindi as well. The popular Malayalam film ‘Irul’, starring Fahadh Faasil, Subin Shaahir and Darshana Rajendran, will reportedly get a Hindi adaptation, after reports surfaced that the makers are in talks with ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ star Nawazuddin Siddiqui to star in the film.