From what I hear, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is irritated with being constantly compared to Irrfan Khan. So much so that he has put a diktat on having anyone ask him this question! It seems that the Badlapur actor feels the media isn’t giving him enough credit and is constantly comparing him to Irrfan. Apparently, during a meeting with his team, Nawaz spent a chunk of time talking about how he needs to be presented as someone who has made a name of his own and is not living in the shadow of being compared to Irrfan.
In fact, I am told that during a narration of a film, he lost his cool when the writer even drew parallels to a character played by Irrfan in another film. Nawaz lost his temper and cut the narration short! We hope that these comparisons will end now that the actor has been getting rave reviews for Badlapur. After all, he’s a fantastic actor who really has made it on his own.