Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a still from the video (Courtesy: NawazuddinSiddiqui)
Highlights
- "When I discovered 'my soul,' I found out that I'm a 100% artist"
- Nawazuddin's post comes a week after Sonu Nigam tweeted about Azaan
- Nawazuddin will next be seen in Manto
New Delhi:
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has posted a video in which he holds up placards, just as Delhi student
Gurmehar Kaur controversially did - except Nawazuddin's messages advocate religious tolerance. In the short clip, the 42-year-old actor's placards introduce him and then reveal the results of a supposed 'DNA test.' Turns out that Nawazuddin is '16.66% Muslim,' '16.66% Hindu,' 16.66% Christian,' '16.66% Sikh,' '16.66% Buddhist' and '16.66% other religions' - all adding up to '100% artist.' Nawazuddin Siddiqui, whose role as writer Saadat Hasan Manto in a new biopic is generating headlines and interest, posted the video on his social media accounts. Watch it here:
Nawazuddin's post comes a week after singer Sonu Nigam tweeted about being woken up by the
azaan or morning call to prayer. In a series of tweets, Mr Nigam, wrote, "God bless everyone. I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India." He protested against the use of loudspeakers and used the term '
gundagardi.' A fierce debate followed and Mr Nigam also shaved his head after a Muslim cleric offered a reward of Rs 10 lakh to anyone who would do so.Gurmehar Kaur, a student of Delhi University and daughter of a fallen soldier, was the focal point of controversy In February, after she was trolled for a similarly styled video she posted last year.
She was trolled for a placard which read: "Pakistan did not kill my father, war killed him." Eventually, Ms Kaur withdrew from a protest against campus violence in Delhi's Ramjas College, about which she had written a Facebook post blaming the BJP-linked student outfit ABVP.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the star of films like
Gangs Of Wasseypur,
Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
Manjhi: The Mountain Man,
Kahaani and
Talaash. He last featured in Shah Rukh Khan's
Raees and will be next seen as the title character in
Manto, directed by Nandita Das.