Nawazuddin Siddiqui Birthday Special

By Shubham Kulkarni May 19, 2021 Nawazuddin Siddiqui Birthday Special: Born To Cameos, Rose To Ruling The Big Screen – From Gangs Of Wasseypur To Manto

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[{"selector":"#anim-65804b87-53b3-4a9a-8fc3-138eab6db5a7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday also had Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a cameo, but a meatier cameo than the ones he had done. Black Friday

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