Nawazuddin Siddiqui at an event in Mumbai.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that he is clueless about his
Raees co-star Mahira Khan refusing to shoot intimate scenes with him.
"I heard about it in the news. I don't have any idea about it," said Nawazuddin, who appeared on the sets of the serial
Udaan for the promotion of his upcoming movie
Manjhi - The Mountain Man.
In the Shah Rukh Khan's
Raees, reportedly, Pakistani actress Mahira and Nawazuddin are in an unhappy relationship, and have intimate scenes before SRK woos her away.
Raees is the debut Bollywood film for Mahira who had also featured in Pakistani film
Bol, which gathered critical acclaim in India. Her refusal to do intimate scenes was surprisingly connected to other Pakistani actors Ali Zafar and Fawad Khan's reported aversion to on screen intimacy. (Also Read:
Bollywood Actors Who Refused to Do Intimate Scenes on Screen)
The recently unveiled teaser of
Raees had gone viral for Shah Rukh's intimidating look. The film which is gearing up for an Eid release next year is expected to clash at the box office with Salman Khan's Yash Raj production
Sultan. Directed by Rahul Dholakia,
Raees also stars Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub among others.
Nawazuddin's
Manjhi- The Mountain Man co-star Radhika Apte though doesn't have any such hesitation since they share some intimate scenes in the film. He had some steamy scenes with Niharika Singh in
Miss Lovely. He also had sexually-tinged dialogues with Huma Qureshi in
Badlapur and
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2.