Nawazuddin says his father was upset watching him get beaten up in early roles

Before becoming one of Bollywood’s most respected actors, Nawazuddin Siddiqui faced years of rejection and ridicule, even from his own family. The actor recently shared that his father once asked him to stop visiting home because he was tired of seeing his son play characters who were constantly beaten up on screen.

In a conversation with YouTuber Raj Shamani , the actor shared how these early roles troubled his father deeply. “In the beginning, I was always getting beaten up in films. In 'Sarfarosh', my first movie, I was beaten. In 'Munna Bhai MBBS', the same thing happened. I was a thief, a pickpocket, always on the receiving end. People from my village would tell my father, ‘Your son is always getting beaten in movies.’ He was very tense about it. We are from Western UP, where every