Nawazuddin Siddiqui Movies List(Filmography)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family

It wasn’t easy to make it in the Bollywood Film industry and he knows this from the start, but nothing stops him from chasing his dreams. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Popularly known as Ganesh Gaitonde(Sacred Games) was born 19 May1974 in Budhana, Uttar Pradesh. He used to stay in a village where getting proper education is quite hard. He is born in a Muslim family. He is having a total of 07 brothers including Ayazuddin Siddiqui, Shamas Nawab Siddiqui (filmmaker), 5 more brothers, and he having two sisters Syama Tamshi Siddiqui (died on Dec 2019 due to breast cancer ), 1 more. He is the eldest son of his family. His Late father Nawabuddin Siddiqui was a farmer and his mother's name is Mehroonisa. He married Anjali Kishor Pandey (aka Aaliya) and they having one son, Yaani, and one daughter Shora.

Education

In his childhood duration, he worked with his father on the farm and at the same time, he completed his education under the lamp. He completed his school from B. S. S. Inter College Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, and worked for a while in a petrochemical company as a chemist. While moving to Delhi for searching for a new job he watches a play where he instantly attracted and realize that this is the platform where he belongs too and joins The National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1996. Since there was not enough money in theatres, he worked as a watchman for the subsistence for around 5 years.

Struggle

After completing his education from the National School of Drama (NSD), he shifted to Mumbai to pursue his dreams and enter the struggling part where he was ready to face that point since he already knows that it is not easy to get the fame. Nawazuddin Siddiqui hardly has money to pay rent and get fewer roles at the starting of his career. One of his NSD (National School of Drama) senior helps him to stay in his home on one condition if he was ready to cook a meal for him.

Popularly known as Ganesh Gaitonde, Nawazuddin Siddiqui made his Bollywood movie debut in 1999, with a small role in Aamir Khan starer, Sarfarosh. After that, he started to get stereotypical roles, where he shared screen along with Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt in Munnabhai MBBS as a pickpocket role in 2003. Later he appeared in few other small roles. His appearance in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday (2004) paved the way for other powerful roles. He got the first recognition as an actor in Aamir Khan Productions' Peepli Live (2010) of his role as a journalist. In 2012, he appeared in Prashant Bhargava's Patang: The Kite (2012) movie which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival, for which Nawazuddin's performance was praised by film critic Roger Ebert, a role which transformed his acting style. He appeared in Kahaani (2012), where he played the exemplary short-tempered intelligence officer Khan. Gangster epic movie Gangs of Wasseypur followed which furthered his fame in Anurag Kashyap Movie. In 2015, Siddiqui's films Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Manjhi - The Mountain Man released, where he was praised for his roles. From some of the dialogues to funny memes, his character of Ganesh Gaitonde is one of the top popular characters in his whole career, not only among Indian audiences but also globally in web TV series Sacred Games. He started out as a chemist, then watchman, junior artist and now, he is a well-known face in India. From a poor background to a rejected actor to a lead actor to National Film Award Winner, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's story is a true rag to riches one.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is going to work next in the movies Bole Chudiyan (2020), Phobia 2 (2020), Farzi (2020), The Music Teacher (2020), The Maya Tape (2020) and Roam Rome Mein (2021). In Bole Chudiyan Nawazuddin working with Tamannaah. Bole Chudiyan is inspired by true events. Phobia 2 is the sequel of the Radhika Apte 2016 movie Phobia. Phobia 2 is a horror suspense movie based on human disease. In Farzi Nawazuddin going to working with Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon. Farzi is a thriller movie, in which Nawazuddin playing the role of a police investigator, who going to investigate big theft case.  The Music Teacher is the drama movie that has Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Ragini Khanna as a lead role. The Maya Tape is the horror thriller movie, in which he Nawazuddin working with Vishakha Singh.  Roam Rome Mein is the drama movie that has Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee as a lead role.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Movies List(Filmography) :

Note: We included only movies in which actor was in major/lead roles 

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#	Movie Name	Verdict	Release Date	Collections
1	Sarfarosh	Hit	30 Apr 1999	19 cr
2	Jungle	Average	14 Jul 2000	08 cr
3	Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar	Disaster	06 Oct 2000	01 cr
4	Family - Ties of Blood	Disaster	13 Jan 2006	09 cr
5	Black Friday	Flop	09 Feb 2007	05 cr
6	Manorama Six Feet Under	Disaster	21 Sep 2007	00.50 cr
7	Black & White	Flop	07 Mar 2008	05 cr
8	Summer 2007	Disaster	13 Jun 2008	00.50 cr
9	Dev D	Average	06 Feb 2009	15 cr
10	Firaaq	Disaster	20 Mar 2009	01 cr
11	New York	Hit	26 Jun 2009	43 cr
12	Peepli Live	Hit	13 Aug 2010	30 cr
13	Kahaani	Hit	09 Mar 2012	58 cr
14	Gangs Of Wasseypur 1	Below Average	22 Jun 2012	28 cr
15	Gangs Of Wasseypur 2	Flop	08 Aug 2012	23 cr
16	Chittagong	Disaster	12 Oct 2012	00.50 cr
17	Talaash	Semi Hit	30 Nov 2012	91 cr
18	Aatma	Flop	22 Mar 2013	08 cr
19	Bombay Talkies	Flop	03 May 2013	10 cr
20	Shorts	Disaster	12 Jul 2013	00.05 cr
21	The Lunchbox	Average	20 Sep 2013	21cr
22	Miss Lovely	Disaster	17 Jan 2014	00.50 cr
23	Kick	Blockbuster	25 Jul 2014	212 cr
24	Badlapur	Hit	20 Feb 2015	50 cr
25	An Untold Fact Lateef	Disaster	05 Jun 2015	00.07 cr
26	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	All Time Blockbuster!	17 Jul 2015	316 cr
27	Manjhi - The Mountain Man	Below Average	21 Aug 2015	14 cr
28	TE3N	Flop	10 Jun 2016	19 cr
29	Raman Raghav 2.0	Flop	24 Jun 2016	07 cr
30	Freaky Ali	Flop	09 Sep 2016	13 cr
31	Haraamkhor	Flop	13 Jan 2017	02 cr
32	Raees	Semi Hit	25 Jan 2017	129 cr
33	Mom	Flop	07 Jul 2017	31 cr
34	Munna Micheal	Flop	21 Jul 2017	34 cr
35	Babumoshai Bandookbaaz	Flop	25 Aug 2017	10 cr
36	Monsoon Shootout	Disaster	15 Dec 2017	01 cr
37	Mukkabaaz	Flop	12 Jan 2018	13 cr
38	Genius	Disaster	24 Aug 2018	04 cr
39	Manto	Disaster	21 Sep 2018	04 cr
40	Thackeray	Flop	25 Jan 2019	20 cr
41	Photograph	Disaster	15 Mar 2019	01 cr
42	Housefull 4	Super Hit	25 Oct 2019	206 cr
43	Motichoor Chaknachoor	Disaster	15 Nov 2019	02 cr
44	Ghoomketu	Released on ZEE5	22 May 2020	Released on ZEE5
45	Raat Akeli Hai	Released on Netflix	31 July 2020	Released on Netflix
46	Bole Chudiyan	Not Yet Released!	02 Oct 2020	Not Yet Released!
47	Phobia 2	Not Yet Released!	02 Nov 2020	Not Yet Released!
48	Farzi	Not Yet Released!	05 Nov 2020	Not Yet Released!
49	The Music Teacher	Not Yet Released!	17 Nov 2020	Not Yet Released!
50	The Maya Tape	Not Yet Released!	01 Dec 2020	Not Yet Released!
51	Roam Rome Mein	Not Yet Released!	05 May 2021	Not Yet Released!