Mumbai, Dec 7 : Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who often represents India on the global stage with awards and recognitions, doesn’t keep a close watch on the honours that come his way but they do serve an important function for him.
Talking about the same, the actor said, “I don’t keep a tab on my recognition or awards but it definitely motivates me and helps to select the kind of films or characters that I choose to do.I feel confident when I choose my work because of awards and recognition.”
Nawaz was recently in the news for his appearance at the International Emmy Awards.He was nominated for the Best Performance category by an Actor for his performance in the Sudhir Maishra directed ‘Serious Men’.The actor lost to David Tennant who took home the trophy for his performance on the drama miniseries Des .In the past, Nawaz has won many international accolades as he is one of only 8 actors to have been selected and screened at Cannes Film Festival.
His film Patang:The Kite’ premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012 .
His performance in ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ in 2016 won him both the Fancine Malaga Award in Spain, and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for best supporting actor.In addition, he has also won the best supporting actor award at Asia Pacific Film Festival for ‘The Lunchbox’.
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