Nawazuddin Siddiqui Opened Up On His Transgender Look, Says 'Stayed' With Community

Since the moment Nawazuddin Siddiqui's look from the upcoming film Haddi was unveiled by Zee Studios, it has been grabbing a lot of attention on social media. Siddiqui will be playing the role of a transgender in Haddi.

The poster shows the actor in the get-up of a transgender. People are awe-struck by the transformation and detailing of his look shows. People thought that Siddiqui's looked like actor Archana Puran Singh. Few fans also said it reminded them of Kajol, Priyanka Chopra, and Raveena Tandon.

The poster release post was captioned by Zee Studios as- "rom working with the transgender community on sets to playing one, the experience of shooting ‘Haddi’ has been surreal for Nawazuddin Siddiqui."

Nawazuddin Siddiqui On Film Haddi

Siddiqui in one of the recent interviews with News 18 revealed that to prepare for the film Haddi and the role of transgender, he decided to stay with the transgender community people. Kick actor further added that he was working with 20-25 of them, and learned a lot about their journeys during the interactions. 

He also mentioned that their way of looking at the world is completely different. That was really interesting and learned so much about their journeys.

He said, “I don’t want my character to look like a caricature. I want to feel the character in my bones rather than just enact the part. And that is why I decided to stay with them (trans-people). I’m looking forward to seeing how it shapes up eventually.”

He also went on to clarify his role in Haddi and how it is different from his portrayal of Laila Saran in Heropanti 2. In Heropanti 2, he played a man with feminine qualities, not a trans person.

Akshat Ajay Sharma directed the film Haddi and is also a co-writer with Adamya Bhalla. Haddi is slated to be released next year. 

Siddiqui was last seen in Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria-starrer Heropanti 2 (2022). Siddiqui's next may be Tiku Weds Sheru, alongside Kangana Ranaut. Sacred Games actor also has Bole Chudiya in the pipeline.

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