Nawazuddin Siddiqui says nobody made big-budget films with 'GOATs' Om Puri, Irrfan Khan: Jab zinda the tab qadr ki nahi

Nawazuddin Siddiqui spoke about how Bollywood has not utilised the talents of acclaimed actors in commercial big-budget films to the full.

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has lamented accomplished and acclaimed actors in the Hindi film industry being put in a box over the years, and relegated to mid and small-budget films. In a new interview, the actor said that acclaimed actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan, and Manoj Bajpayee were never cast as leads of big-budget films, even though the audience wanted to see them.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui says GOAT actors didn't get their due

Om Puri and Irrfan Khan won multiple National Awards between them.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Nawazuddin spoke about the GOAT actors of the Hindi film industry and said, "From Naseer sahab (Naseeruddin Shah) to Om Puri, then Pankaj Kapur and Irrfan Khan and Manoj Bajpayee; these are the greatest actors of our film industry. But unfortunately, nobody thought about making a big-budget film with them as leads. Nobody thought about this,s even though people in India were crazy about watching them on screen. They were wonderful actors, but their cinema could never reach the masses. They say there are public's actors and industry's actors. But the films of these public's actors are not reaching the public. It saddens me."

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was most recently seen in Costao, a biographical crime drama film directed by Sejal Shah. The film, which also stars Priya Bapat, Kishore, Hussain Dalal, and Mahika Sharma, was released on 1 May on ZEE5.