Serious Men : Sudhir Mishra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui on their new film
Sudhir Mishra and (left) Nawazuddin Siddiqui on the sets of Serious Men . Courtesy: NetflixPremium
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Between Sudhir Mishra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, there s been plenty of memorable Mumbai-centric cinema made. The director has given us the searing
Dharavi and the underrated gangster film
Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahi. And Siddiqui has played Mumbaikars of all stripes, from politician Bal Thackeray and serial killer Raman Raghav to the gentle strivers of
Bombay Talkies and
Mishra and Siddiqui have collaborated for the first time on
Serious Men, an adaptation of Manu Joseph s 2010 novel about Ayyan Mani, an ambitious Dalit man whose dreams of lifting himself out of poverty cause him to run a risky con involving his young son. The film will release on Netflix on 2 October. Over a video call, Mishra and Siddiqui spoke about how cities leave their mark on you and why the film
Lihaaf (The Quilt).
Leila (2019).
To tackle the question of why the choice of language creates a make or break situation in these adaptations, we are forced to return to the heavily explored but still relevant debate about the assumed audience of English language novels from South Asian countries, all of which are literally teeming with regional language literature. African literature scholar Eileen Julien wrote of the pressures on African writers to produce the “extroverted novel” that has “been asked to satisfy contradictory demands: to be “universal” but to display its “difference”.
Elsewhere, Eleni Coundouriotis countered with an exploration of the “introverted novel” that divests from transnational and global concerns and focuses instead on producing a people’s history from below, thus offering critical perspectives on that particular nation or region.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui: As an actor this year went well
Acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddqui, who had two big releases this year ‘Serious Men’ and ‘Raat Akeli Hai’, said due to the pandemic this year went by like how it was for others but as an actor it went well.
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In 2020, Nawazuddin was seen in two projects seen playing Jatil Yadav in ‘Raat Akeli Hai‘ and Ayyan Mani in ‘Serious Men’, which have been two of the most memorable characters in the Indian OTT space, in a year when visual entertainment has been defined by digital content.
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Looking back at his 2020 journey, Nawazuddin Siddiqui told IANS: “As a human being this year has gone by like the others. But as an actor, if we see, two films released ‘Serious Men’ and ‘Raat Akeli Hai’.”
As an Actor This Year Went Well, Says Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddqui, who had two big releases this year Serious Men and Raat Akeli Hai , said due to the pandemic this year went by like how it was for others but as an actor it went well.
In 2020, Nawazuddin was seen in two projects seen playing Jatil Yadav in Raat Akeli Hai and Ayyan Mani in Serious Men , which have been two of the most memorable characters in the Indian OTT space, in a year when visual entertainment has been defined by digital content.
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