Ever since people have seen the new style of Akshay Khanna in Dhurandhar. Since then, praises for him are being showered everywhere. Everyone is saying, ‘Brother, Akshay’s charisma is different’. Meanwhile, an old interview of Bollywood’s versatile actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is also going viral.

In this interview, Nawazuddin shared a funny incident of his dating life. Akshay Khanna was also involved in this story. Let us know how.

Rejected many times
According to the report of The Indian Express, while promoting the 2017 film ‘Mom’, Nawazuddin had shared a lot about his dating life. During this, Nawazuddin had laughingly told how many difficulties he had to face during his bachelor days. He said, ‘Before marriage, I used to try hard to impress girls. I would talk to girls but all of them would reject me. Then it came to light that they all were fans of Akshay Khanna. Because of him I had to face a lot of rejections.

Nawazuddin got a shock in dating
According to the report, Nawazuddin jokingly said that he used to ask girls, ‘Brother, what do you find so special in Akshay? And after listening to the girls in response, they understood that Akshay’s smile, his eyes, his calm and perfect style… everything had a strange effect on the girls.

Nawazuddin also said that Akshay does not show off much but his fan following is very strong. To be honest, even today people in the industry line up to praise Akshay. Laughing, Nawazuddin also prayed that Akshay should do more new films so that everyone can enjoy his performance.

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who debuted with ‘Black Friday’ in 2007, got popularity with ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ in 2012. After doing many small and supporting roles, the actor has now created his own identity as a lead actor. These days he is seen in his film ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’. In a recent special interview, he shared his opinion about his role in the movie and indie films.

‘It was not easy to repeat the role…’
The sequel of the 2020 film ‘Raat Akeli Hai’ has been released. ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’ is streaming on Netflix from December 19 in which Nawazuddin Siddiqui returns as Jalit Yadav. In a special conversation with The Indian Express, he spoke openly about this role. In the film, he can be seen in the role of an investigating officer. Nawazuddin Siddiqui says that it was not easy to repeat his role in this sequel. The actor said, ‘It is better if it takes effort. But if you go into it thinking that it will be easy to do it again, then there will be more chances of it going wrong because you have taken it lightly.

‘But if this is a new film then it is a new beginning. Of course the core is the same. But this is a different and new issue which deals with the inequalities of the society. Apart from talking about his character, the actor has also praised the writer of the film. He told that the special thing about Smita Sharma is that her dialogues are very easy to remember. Every line has a connection with another.

Said this about indie cinema
Nawazuddin Siddiqui talked at length about his character in ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansa Murders’. After this he also shared his reaction in support of indie cinema. The actor expressed his concern over the increasing problems in indie cinema. The actor believes that indie cinema has to face many difficulties. Due to less screens, these films are not able to reach many people and this is a big reason why many good films fail at the box office even before they can show their magic. He said, ‘We can only hope that time will come back. There are only a few films which have kept cinema alive. Cinema should not depend on marketing.

Taking his point further, he praised Payal Kapadia’s film ‘All We Imagine’. Let us tell you, this film of 2024 was in the competition section at the Cannes Film Festival after a long time. Not only this, the film also won an award in its name. Despite this, the movie did not get many screens in theaters and it was removed from the theaters in just 4 days. Concluding his talk, he finally said, ‘It is very dangerous to sideline Indie cinema.’

The year 2025 is about to end. Many films were released this year, but there were some films in which the villain stole the limelight more than the hero. While Akshay Khanna became famous by playing the role of a dacoit in ‘Dhurandhar’, everyone from Randeep Hooda to Nawazuddin Siddiqui won the hearts of fans with their villainy. In such a situation, his films also earned a lot at the box office.

Akshaye Khanna- Dhurandhar

• Ranveer Singh is in the lead role in ‘Dhurandhar’ and Akshay Khanna has played the role of villain.
• Akshay Khanna has made a name for himself with his performance as Rehman the dacoit.
• Akshay Khanna’s acting in ‘Dhurandhar’ is being praised everywhere and the film is earning a lot.
• The film has collected more than Rs 500 crore at the Indian box office.

Randap Hooda- Jaat

• Randeep Hooda played the role of villain Ranatunga in Sunny Deol starrer film ‘Jatt’.
• The actor’s ferocious avatar in the film has impressed the audience.
• ‘Jatt’ has collected Rs 88.26 crore at the box office.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui- Thaama

• Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna were in lead roles in the horror-comedy film ‘Thama’.
• In this film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui appeared in the role of Yakshasan.
• ‘Thama’ earned Rs 161.09 crore at the box office and proved to be a blockbuster.

Riteish Deshmukh- Raid 2

• Riteish Deshmukh appeared in villain avatar in Ajay Devgan’s film ‘Raid 2’.
• Playing the role of Dadabhai, Ritesh won the hearts of the audience with his screen presence.
• ‘Raid 2’ did a business of Rs 173.05 crore at the box office.

Bobby Deol- The Bads of Bollywood

• Bobby Deol was seen in the role of Ajay Talwar in the web series ‘The Bads of Bollywood’.
• The actor stole the screens with his dashing looks and action.
• This series, released on Netflix, got a lot of views on OTT.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is known for his versatile roles in Hindi cinema. He started his career with small roles and today he has been entertaining the audience for years by playing lead roles. The actor, who made a small start in his career with the film ‘Sarfarosh’, now wants to add some things to his life and career habits but this is not happening. Let us tell you that these days the actor is heavily promoting ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’, which is going to be released on Netflix.

Nawazuddin wants on-off button
Nawazuddin Siddiqui talked about the challenges of playing his character. In a special conversation with IANS, he said that he wishes he too had an on-off button like other actors. The actor said that whatever character he does, it remains in some corner of his mind and it takes time to forget it. “I have seen other actors, who get on while playing the character and become normal as soon as the character is over, but that is not the case with me. I take time because the character lives inside my mind.”

The actor said that I wish I also had an on-off button, but it is not so. I like the film world more than the outside world and I like to stay in my character. Many times the shooting of a film continues for two months continuously and then I face difficulties in shooting a new project, because I like film sets and being in the film world more.

Nawazuddin’s upcoming film
Let us tell you that the actor’s ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’ is going to be released on Netflix on December 19. The film is based on a murder case, in which a rich family dies in a single night and only a girl, Meera Bansal, survives. Meera Bansal and the strings of black magic are going to increase the excitement of the film.

In the film, the actor is once again playing the role of Inspector Jatil Yadav. Apart from Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Chitrangada Singh, Sanjay Kapoor, Radhika Apte, Ila Arun and Revati will also be seen in the film.

Bollywood celebs always remain in the headlines for their personal life. Some people like to keep their life private while others do not shy away from speaking openly about it. There are many Bollywood celebs who have also talked openly about their bedroom secrets. While many celebs avoid talking about one night stands, there are celebs like Maheep Kapoor-Sanjay Kapoor to Krushna Abhishek-Kashmira Shah who have talked openly about it.

Maheep Kapoor-Sanjay Kapoor
Maheep Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor are one of the headline couples of Bollywood. Their love story was quite different. Maheep had talked about her love story with Sanjay Kapoor in an interview given to Raunak Rajni. He had said- Our love story was very simple. I had a one night stand with him and I never thought that I would marry the same person. I gatecrashed his party.

Krishna Abhishek-Kashmira Shah
Krishna Abhishek and Kashmira Shah have also admitted that their relationship started with a one night stand. Krishna had said in an interview to Times of India – I met him on the film set in Jaipur. There we were introduced and we became friends. Once Kashmira had invited me for dinner in her room and from there our relationship with one night stand started.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is known for his intense roles. He spoke about his personal life in his controversial book An Ordinary Life. He wrote about the small flings he had during his difficult days – including a one-night stand with a waitress in New York. When the waitress recognized him from one of his films. It is written in his book – We talked and all I can say is that what happens in New York, stays in New York.

Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh had told about his personal life in Karan Johar’s chat show Koffee with Karan. He had told in the show that he had lost his virginity at the age of 12. Also during the conversation, he admitted that earlier he had more than one one night stand, which surprised everyone.

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Veteran Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is in the headlines for his upcoming web series ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansa Murders’ and film ‘Main Actor Nahi Hoon’. Recently, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui recalled his days of struggle and told how in his early days he used to rehearse three plays in a single day without taking any break.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui remembered the days of struggle
Nawazuddin Siddiqui told the media that I will not say that our time would be very good, but there was no internet at our time and we had a lot of time. At that time, our entire focus was on our work and we used to practice three plays a day, but today everyone has a phone and now everyone has information about the methods of acting, but today actors do not have time to practice.

He said that due to internet, memory is getting affected a lot and it is making us dumbo. Suppose we have done more than 100 characters and when we get the same character again, our old memories get refreshed, but that is not the case today. After looking at the phone for 5 minutes in the middle of work, after some time I don’t remember what I saw.

Story of ‘I am not an actor’
Let us tell you, the film ‘I am not an actor’ is a story in which Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a banker by profession but his ambition is to become an actor. In the film he struggles to hone his skills and fulfill his ambition of becoming an actor. Apart from Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the film also stars Chitrangada Satrupa, Naveen Kasturia, Ayushi Gupta, Yasir Iftikhar Khan, Meenakshi Arundhati and Vibhavari Deshpande. The film has been shown under special screening at the New York Indian Film Festival on June 24, 2025.

Let us tell you, ‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’ is going to be released on OTT platform Netflix on December 19. This series is the sequel of ‘Raat Akeli Hai’. The series is based on a murder mystery and the suspense-filled teaser of the series has also been released. Since the release of the teaser, fans have been waiting for the release of the series.

Various languages ​​and genres are being presented in the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa, in which regional cinema has also been given a prominent place. Artists like Amit Sadh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui were also present on this occasion. During this, while talking to IANS, he shared his views.

While talking to IANS, Amit Sadh shared his views on the importance of the festival and its objective and said that the objective of IFFI is to connect the entire world. He told that he had participated in this festival last year also, when his film ‘Pune Highway’ was premiered.

Festival gives opportunity to present creations without any hesitation

Sadh said that through the festival, artists can present their creations in a free and hesitant manner. This is the reason why this festival will continue for many years to come and will continue to give Indian cinema international recognition.

Giving special praise to regional cinema, he said that films and stories from different states have now started coming on the big screen. The festival has given such artists and producers the right platform, giving their stories a chance to reach a wider audience.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui also expressed his views

At the same time, Nawazuddin Siddiqui also appreciated the festival and shared his views on its contribution. He said that this festival helps in the release of films and this makes the process of reaching the audience easier.

Emphasizing the importance of regional films, he said that filmmakers and artists who are working in small budget or different linguistic films get full support from platforms like IFFI.

Amit Sadh and Nawaz both are impressive actors

It is noteworthy that both Amit Sadh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are active and influential actors of Indian cinema. Amit Sadh started his career with short plays and TV serials, in which he worked in shows like ‘Kyon Hota Hai Pyaar’, ‘Durgesh Nandini’ and ‘Nach Baliye’.

His identity in the film world was made with films like ‘Kai Po Che!’, ‘Sultan’ and ‘Gold’. He won applause from the audience by playing the role of Inspector Kabir Sawant in web series like ‘Breathe’. Apart from this, he was a part of projects like ‘Avarodh: The Siege Within’ and ‘Jeet Ki Zid’.

At the same time, Nawazuddin Siddiqui also created a distinct identity in his acting career. He started with films like ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Shool’ and ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, but he got wide recognition with Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’.

After this, he proved his acting prowess in films like ‘The Lunchbox’, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ and ‘Manto’. He is maintaining his strong identity in Indian cinema by continuously playing challenging and diverse roles.

Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna’s horror comedy universe film ‘Thamaa’ has been creating havoc at the box office every day since its release on October 21, but as the days progressed, the film’s earnings also started decreasing rapidly.

Since its release on weekdays, the film could not even touch the figure of Rs 6 crore on any day. However, as soon as the film entered the weekend today, it turned around again and captured the box office again. Along with this, it also got included in the top 10 highest grossing films of 2025.

Box office collection of ‘Thama’

‘Thama’ got the benefit of 10 days extended week and collected Rs 108.4 crore in the same number of days. The film’s earning on the 11th day was Rs 3 crore, but today i.e. on the 12th day an increase was seen.

Till 6:25 pm today, the film has collected Rs 2.6 crore and the total collection has reached Rs 114 crore. Please note that these figures available on SACNILC are not final. These may still change.

‘Thama’ included in top 10 grossing films of 2025

Fans were hoping that ‘Thama’ would soon be included in the list of top 10 grossing Hindi films of 2025 and this has happened today. The film has confirmed its place at number 10, leaving behind the last in the list, ‘Sky Force’ (113.62 crores).

Now the next target of the film is again Akshay Kumar’s ‘Jolly LLB 3’ which is at number 9 with Rs 117.01 crore.

How much will ‘Thama’ have to earn to become a hit?

According to the report of Times of India, this film, made under the direction of Aditya Sarpotdar, has been made with a budget of Rs 145 crore. According to the report of Saknilk, the film has also made a worldwide collection of Rs 155.25 crore in 11 days.

That is, the film has already made its budget, but to become a hit, the film will have to earn around Rs 140 crore more because the film can be included in the hit category only after earning double the budget. Obviously the film is still far away from the hit tag.

Ayushmann Khurrana’s film ‘Thama’ has completed 10 days in cinema halls today. The film, released on October 21 on the occasion of Diwali, took a good opening at the box office and also took advantage of the 6-day extended weekend.

Not only this, this film has also become Rs 100 crore. Now fans hope that it will soon be included in the list of top 10 grossing films of 2025. If you see the collection till now, your hopes will also be raised.

Box office collection of ‘Thama’

This horror comedy film had collected Rs 105 crore in 9 days. Now today i.e. till 8:10 pm on the 10th day, the film’s earning has reached Rs 2.28 crore. Talking about the total collection, it has reached Rs 107.28 crore.

The data related to today’s earnings available on Secnilk is preliminary at this time. This may change after the final data comes.

When will ‘Thama’ be included in the list of top 10 grossing films of 2025?

The data in the list of top 10 grossing films on Sacknilk, including all the Bollywood films and South Hindi version films released in the last 10 months of this year, is as follows –

1. Chava – 585.7 crores
2. Sayara- 329.7 crores
3. Kantara Chapter 1- 210.25 crores
4. Mahavatar Narasimha- 188.2 crores
5. Housefull 5- 183.38 crores
6. War 2- 177.59 crores
7. Raid 2- 173.44 crores
8. Sitara Zameen Par – 166.19 crores
9. Jolly LLB 3- Rs 116.93 crore
10. Sky Force- 113.62 crores

Now if we look at this list, the last one is Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Sky Force’ which had earned Rs 113.62 crore. That means, to join this list, ‘Thama’ now has to earn only Rs 6 crore more, which seems to be completed in the next few days.

Budget and worldwide collection of ‘Thama’

According to Times of India, this film starring stars like Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Paresh Rawal has been made with a budget of Rs 145 crore. If we look at the worldwide collection of the film, according to Saknilk it has reached Rs 143.75 crore in 9 days.

If today’s domestic collection is added to this, then the film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar has collected the entire budget.