Being a part of the industry is not that easy. It took lots of effort, compromise, and hard work to shine in Bollywood. We have plenty of stories of successful stars during their struggled period in Bollywood. Here, we are talking about the most talented actor who makes himself counted based on his strong acting skills ‘Nawazuddin Siddiqui.’ He is mainly known for his roles in several movies like Maanjhi-The Iron Man, Gangs Of Wasseypur series and the Sacred Games web series.

Do you know? He had worked in many movies as a background artist to survive in Bollywood. While discussing his initial days of struggle, Nawazuddin Siddiqui speaks about an incident where he had not paid for her role in a big Movie. The actor said, “I needed money, I was not able to survive at that time. I was doing it all for survival. Like in Shool I had done the role of a waiter. Raveena Tandon and Manoj Bajpayee were sitting at the table and I came to take their order. That was it. They said I would be given Rs 2500 which I did not get to date. There are many like that, but I remember Shool very well. It is part of the job.”

Shool was released in 1999, starring Raveena Tandon and Manoj Bajpai. Nawazuddin Siddiqui did the role of waiter and was promised to get 2500 Rs which he never received. Further, he added”But I remember this because I went to the office for 6-7 months for Rs 2500. I didn’t get those, but yes I used to get food. What I did smartly later was that I used to reach at lunchtime at their office. So looking at my condition they used to ask, ‘Khaana khayega?, paise toh nahi milenge but khaana khaale aaja.‘ So like that, I ate food for 1 and half months so my money was paid that way.”

Talking about the work front, Nawazuddin will next be seen in Heropanti 2 and Bole Chudiyan. He had also nominated in the Best Actor category at the International Emmy Awards for his role in Serious Men.