Nawazuddin Siddiqui Best Movies | Top 10 Films Of All Time
After twelve years of struggle, Nawazuddin Siddiqui established himself as one of the finest actors in Bollywood. His life journey is so exciting and interesting that a biopic could be made on him. Nawaz is the recipient of the National Film Award along with many other awards. He was popularly known after the epic crime duology Gangs of Wasseypur. We have brought for you a list of Nawazuddin Siddiqui best movies/top 10 films on the basis of the lead role.
His famous dialogues like “Kabhi Kabhi To Lagta Hai, Apoon Hi Bhagwan Hai (sometimes I feel, I am the God)” from Sacred Games and “Baap Ka, Bhai Ka, Dada Ka, Sabka Badla Lega Re Tera Faizu (will take revenge on everyone’s behalf)” from Gangs of Wasseypur can never be forgotten.
List of The Best Movies of Nawazuddin Siddiqui
10. Ghoomketu (2020)
| Directed By | Pushpendra Nath Mishra |
| Co-Stars | Raghubir Yadav, Anurag Kashyap, Ila Arun, Ragini Khanna, Swanand Kirkire |
| Writer | Pushpendra Nath Mishra |
| Music By | Sneha Khanwalker, Jasleen Royal |
Synopsis: The movie portrays a common story of an ordinary man brilliantly in a comic way on the screen. It follows an aspiring writer, Ghoomketu who has a dream of becoming a film writer in his life. To do so, he flees to Mumbai leaving behind his family and a newly married fat wife in his village. On the other hand, the police are after him to find him out.
IMDB: 5.8/10
9. Babumoshai Bandookbaaz (2017)
| Directed By | Kushan Nandy |
| Co-Stars | Bidita Bag, Divya Dutta, Shraddha Das, Murli Sharma, Bhagwan Tiwari |
| Writer | Ghalib Asad Bhopali |
| Music By | Gaurav Dagaonkar |
Synopsis: A crime-thriller drama revolves around the ferocious contract killer, Babu Bihari (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui). He has been hired to kill the rivals of a dominated politician, Jiji. But the story takes a new turn when he meets a cobbler woman, Phulwa, and falls in love with her. In the meantime, the woman reveals her dark past before him. He then decides to take revenge for her.
IMDB: 6.9/10
8. Monsoon Shootout (2013)
| Directed By | Amit Kumar |
| Co-Stars | Vijay Varma, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Niraj Kabi, Geetanjali Thapa, Sreejita De, Omkar Das Manikpuri |
| Writer | Amit Kumar |
| Music By | Rochak Kohli, Vikram-Chetan |
Synopsis: Director Amit Kumar has brought a new concept through this film. However, it could not pull out the audience from home, but it is at least one time watchable. Based on Mumbai lashed in heavy rain, a newly appointed police officer finds himself in a confusing state, whether to shoot a crime suspect or not when the suspect is at his gunpoint.
IMDB: 6.5/10
7. Liar’s Dice (2013)
| Directed By | Geetu Mohandas |
| Co-Stars | Geetanjali Thapa, Manya Gupta, Murari Kumar |
| Writer | Geetu Mohandas |
| Music By | John Bosters |
Synopsis: Liar’s Dice tells the heart-touching story of Kamla who embarks along with her daughter on a journey to search for her missing husband. Along the way, she meets an army deserted, Nawazuddin. He promises to find her husband in return for money.
IMDB: 6.9/10
6. Bombay Talkies (2013)
| Directed By | Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar |
| Co-Stars | Amitabh Bachchan, Randeep Hooda, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Vineet Kumar Singh, Ranvir Shorey, Sudhir Pandey |
| Writer | Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Reema Kagti |
| Music By | Amit Trivedi |
Synopsis: It is a collection of four different short stories. In Nawaz’s segment directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the relationship between a father and daughter has been depicted beautifully. It is about a failure artist, Purandar, who somehow manages his family financially and has a sick daughter. His daughter wants to hear stories from him but always gets disappointed. One day, by chance, Purandar gets a small role in the film and gives his best. With artistic satisfaction, he runs back home and shares his experience with his daughter.
IMDB: 6.7/10
5. Photograph (2019)
| Directed By | Ritesh Batra |
| Co-Stars | Sanya Malhotra, Farukh Jaffer, Jim Sarbh, Vijay Raaz, Sachin Khedekar |
| Writer | Ritesh Batra |
| Music By | Peter Raeburn |
Synopsis: Photograph is a romantic drama film. A struggling tourist photographer, Rafi (the Character played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), gets irritated by marriage pressure by his grandmother. One day, he meets a girl accidentally and their acquaintance turns into a love story that they never imagined.
IMDB: 6.8/10
4. Manto (2018)
| Directed By | Nandita Das |
| Co-Stars | Rasika Dugal, Rishi Kapoor, Tahir Bhasin, Purab Kohli, Divya Dutta, Ila Arun |
| Writer | Nandita Das |
| Music By | Sneha Khanwalkar, Raftaar |
Synopsis: For his outstanding performance, he was awarded the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for the best actor. Manto is inspired by the real-life events of Saadat Hasan Manto, a famous writer of the Bollywood film industry. Just before the India-Pakistan partition, his family is forced to flee to Pakistan. He finds himself there as a disrespected person and a valueless writer which makes him an alcoholic.
IMDB: 7.4/10
3. Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)
| Directed By | Anurag Kashyap |
| Co-Stars | Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala, Mukesh Chhabra, Anuschka Sawhney, Vipin Sharma |
| Writer | Vasan Bala, Anurag Kashyap |
| Music By | Ram Sampath |
Synopsis: If you are a crime-thriller lover, then this film must be in your watch list. It tells the story of a psychopathic serial killer, Ramanna and a desperate drug addict police officer, Raghvan. When Ramanna meets Raghavan, an investigation officer of his case, he finds a soulmate in him and tries to convince him how similar they are.
IMDB: 7.4/10
2. Manjhi – The Mountain Man (2015)
| Directed By | Ketan Mehta |
| Co-Stars | Radhika Apte, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Pankaj Tripathi, Gaurav Dwivedi, Asraf Ul Haq |
| Writer | Anjum Rajabali, Ketan Mehta |
| Music By | Sandesh Shandilya, Hitesh Sonik |
Synopsis: Manjhi: The Mountain Man is one of the best heart-touching love stories in Indian Cinema. His performance makes you feel like you are watching real Manjhi on the screen. The movie is based on the real-life story of Dashrath Manjhi. While taking food for Manjhi, his pregnant wife, Phagunia, falls from a mountain and dies but the newborn child survives. Manjhi with rage starts breaking the mountain. 22 years of tireless mountain breaking carves a path between his village and town.
IMDB: 8.0/10
1. Gangs of Wasseypur 2 (2012)
| Directed By | Anurag Kashyap |
| Co-Stars | Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Pankaj Tripathi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Zeishan Quadri, Rajkummar Rao, Vineet Kumar Singh, Piyush Mishra |
| Writer | Zeishan Quadri, Anurag Kashyap, Akhilesh Jaiswal |
| Music By | Sneha Khanwalker |
Synopsis: Anurag Kashyap‘s directed masterpiece and Nawazuddin Siddiqui‘s performance has made this film history. This movie fetched the National Film Award for Nawazuddin. Following the first part in which Sardar Khan is killed at the end due to the rivalry with Ramadhir Singh. On the other hand, Ramadhir climbs the ladder of success rapidly. Faizal Khan, son of Sardar Khan, pledges to take revenge against his father’s killing.
IMDB: 8.2/10
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