Was surprised when I was offered Thackeray's role: Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has said he was surprised when he was approached to portray Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in the biopic on him, titled 'Thackeray'. "But...I was extremely happy because there are A-listers in Bollywood who want to play this role but it just came to me," he added. Nawazuddin further said as an actor the role was worth playing.