Monday Motivation: Get up in the morning and go to work. Then come back and get ready to go to work again the next day… and then keep working, working, working. This question comes to mind many times and then one starts feeling uneasy. Anxiety wondering what we are doing? Uneasiness wondering why are we doing all this? This question becomes more painful when we do not get everything for which we are working day and night. So let us try to find the answers to these questions in Nawazuddin’s struggle story.
The answers to these will definitely be found in the motivational story of Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Who came from a very small village and made his place in Bollywood. He also did everything that you and I are doing in our life to make it better, to beautify it and to achieve our destination.
Nawaz who avenges his father and grandfather
Nawaz comes from Bhuwana, a small village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. It may have taken Nawaz only a few hours to cover the distance from Bhuwana to Mayanagari Mumbai, but it took him more than a decade to cover the distance where he is today. But the dialogue spoken by him in one of his films, ‘Baap ka dada ka sabka badla lega tera faizu’ fits him perfectly.
Anurag Kashyap, whether unknowingly or not, had narrated his journey in a few words by placing this dialogue in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. This means that whatever struggles Nawaz did, he got the results and today, although he may not meet the standard requirements (like complexion, height and physique) like a big Bollywood star, but his fan following speaks volumes of his stardom. Are.
Started with small roles
Born in a farmer family, Nawaz started theater after studying in Muzaffarnagar itself. His craze for acting was such that he took admission in the National School of Drama in Delhi and also worked as a security guard to meet his expenses. After this he moved to Mumbai, so that he could try his hand in acting. But neither did he get any big role nor any recognition. Nawaz was one of the goons beaten by the police in Aamir Khan’s Sarfarosh in 1999. But no one would have guessed after seeing this beaten person that he would ever create his own empire in Bollywood.
Soon after this, he was seen in Manoj Bajpayee’s film Shool in the year 1999. In which he was seen in the role of a waiter for a few seconds. This story did not stop here. The scene in Munnabhai MBBS in which a thief runs away after snatching Sunil Dutt’s purse and then gets beaten by the public, Nawaz was also the one who got beaten. From here also he did not get any recognition. Now even after spending so much time, if there is no achievement, then the same question comes as written above that what are we doing. Why are you doing it? It is possible that a similar question may have come to Nawaz’s mind, but he did not give up and continued working. Keep doing it and just hang on.
Nawaz also struggled with financial constraints and discrimination
The flat in which he lived was also shared with many other people. Nawaz’s condition became such that he was not even able to pay his rent. When Nawaz sought help from a senior from NSD, he kept Nawaz in his flat in Goregaon on the condition that he would cook food for him. Nawaz agreed. Apart from Bhaskar and Lallantop, Nawaz had told in interviews to many other media organizations regarding his appearance that it was very difficult for him to make a place in films. He told that people used to taunt and underestimate him after seeing his personality. People would ask me why I wanted to become a hero. Because I have neither good looks nor height. He told that he also faced this discrimination.
the spirit of never giving up
However, Nawaz benefited from his habit of not shying away from doing even small roles. From the roles he played in Black Friday, to the roles in Peepli Live and New York. All these proved helpful in giving him recognition, albeit slowly. After this, Nawaz was seen in both parts of Vidya Bal’s ‘Kahaani’ and ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ in 2012. Anurag Kashyap put Faizu of Wasseypur in the lead in the second part of the film. And what happened next became history. From his journey from there to Sacred Games and his recent films, it can be judged that today he is no less than any superstar.
We told this whole story not only because we just wanted to tell you Nawaz’s journey, but because of whatever you are doing. Whatever field you want to do well in. There will be small and big problems to achieve it, but instead of putting yourself in depression or frustration because of them, just keep this question in your mind as to what is to be achieved and start working with new energy to achieve it.
