Nawazuddin Siddiqui Biography: Birthday, Early Life, Career, Personal Life, Net Worth

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Biography: Nawazuddin Siddiqui (born May 19, 1974) is an Indian actor well-known for his performance in Hindi cinema. Among others, he is recognised for his performances in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), The Lunchbox (2013), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016), and Manto (2018). There have been as many as eight screenings of his films at the Cannes Film Festival.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Biography

Net Worth:	$13 Million
Name:	Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Net Worth In Indian Rupees:	96 Crore INR
Salary:	12 Crore +
Monthly Income:	1 Crore +
Age:	48 Yrs
Date of Birth:	May 19, 1974
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.68m. (5′ 6″)
Weight:	65 Kg or 143 lbs
Profession:	Indian Actor
Nationality:	Indian

Early years

Siddiqui was born on May 19, 1974, in Budhana, a small hamlet in the district of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, to a zamindari Muslim family of Lambardars. He is the oldest sibling of eight. The majority of his adolescence was spent in Uttarakhand.

Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, awarded him a Bachelor of Science in chemistry. In the year that followed, he worked as a chemist in Vadodara before relocating to Delhi in pursuit of employment. After seeing a play in Delhi, he was instantaneously drawn to acting. To fulfil one of the requirements for admission to the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi, he performed in over ten plays with a group of companions, including one in Dehradun.

He attended and graduated from the National School of Drama. Patang (2012) marked Siddiqui’s feature film début alongside director Prashant Bhargava. His work in Black Friday (2007), Kahaani (2011), the Gangs of Wasseypur duology (2012), and Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) earned him international recognition. The actor has been nominated for an International Emmy and won several honours, including a National Film Award, an IIFA Award, and two Filmfare honours. He has starred in two Emmy-nominated television series: Sacred Games (2019) and The British McMafia.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Career

In 1999, Siddiqui made his Bollywood début with a small part in Aamir Khan’s Sarfarosh. He then appeared in the 1999 film Shool by Ram Gopal Varma, the 2000 film Jungle, and the 2003 film Munnabhai MBBS by Rajkumar Hirani. Between 2002 and 2005, he was primarily unemployed and lived in a shared flat with four others. Between 2004 and 2007, he had a few minor roles, including one in the Golden Leopard-nominated film Black Friday. In 2009, he played Rangila in a cameo appearance in the song “Emotional Atyachar” from the film Dev D.

In 2012, he starred in Patang: The Kite, directed by Prashant Bhargava, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Roger Ebert praised his performance and awarded him the ‘Thumbsup Trophy’. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an Indian actor best known for his roles in Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Miss Lovely, Aatma, The Lunchbox, Talaash, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Manjhi – The Mountain Man, Raman Raghav 2.0, Raman Raghav 2.0, Manto, No Land’s Man, Jogira Sara Ra Ra, Heropanti 2, Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru, and Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru. He has also appeared in the American-Bangladeshi-Indian film No Land’s Man, Jogira Sara Ra Ra, Heropanti 2, Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru, and Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru. He will also feature opposite Avneet Kaur in Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Personal Life

Siddiqui has been married twice. He was involved in a turbulent relationship with a Hindu woman, Anjana Kishor Pandey, with whom he had a lengthy but tense live-in relationship that ended in 2007. Siddiqui subsequently wed a woman named Sheeba, but their marriage did not last, and they divorced in 2010. Suzanne was his girlfriend at the time. He also briefly dated Niharika Singh, the former Miss India, with whom he co-starred in two features.

After Siddiqui converted to Islam and changed her name to Aalia, she and Pandey married and had two children, a daughter and a son. However, the marriage quickly deteriorated, and in May 2020, Aalia Siddiqui announced on social media that she desired a divorce.

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Family

Nawazuddin was born into a Muslim Zamindar family known as Numberdars. He belongs to the Sunni sect. His father, the late Nawabuddin Siddiqui, was a farmer and also operated an Aara, a machine for cutting timber. The name of his mother is Mehroonisa. Nawazuddin is the oldest sibling of nine. He has two sisters and six brothers.