Disheartening! Nawazuddin Siddique recalls he was promised Rs 2500 for a Manoj Bajpayee starrer film but wasn’t paid a single amount

Nawazuddin Siddique revives an old memory from his initial days of his career

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Disheartening! Nawazuddin Siddique recalls he was promised Rs 2500 for a Manoj Bajpayee starrer film but wasn’t paid a single am

MUMBAI: Nawazuddin Siddiqui who is all set for the release of his upcoming movie ‘Heropanti 2’ along with Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria revealed how he was promised Rs 2500 for his role in the 1999 movie ‘Shool’ but was never given the same.

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui mentioned that till date he has now received his promised amount for Shool. “I have small roles in several films, I don’t even tell people about many of them, but I am there. I needed money, it was a means of survival. I played a waiter in Shool who takes the order from Manoj Bajpayee and Raveena Tandon. They said they will pay me ₹2,500, but I have never gotten it. There have been many such cases, but this one I remember very well," the actor said.

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The movie was directed by Eeshwar Nivas and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It starred Manoj Bajpayee and Raveena Tandon in key roles whereas Nawazuddin featured as a restaurant waiter.

Heropanti 2 actor recalled how he found a clever way to recover his amount. He revealed how he used to visit the production house’s office almost on a daily basis to have free food.

Credit: News 18