Nawazuddin Siddiqui: The most beautiful thing about books is how detailed they are

Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently visited NSD in Delhi. Talking about the roles he played that were book adaptations, Nawaz added, "The most beautiful thing about books is how detailed they are - it reduces our workload. Another beautiful thing is someone spends 15 years of their life researching and writing a book, and we can get that knowledge in just 1.5 to 2 hours. Most of the books I read were during my NSD days. After moving to Bombay, I didn’t get to read as much. Sometimes, I regret that."

NSD director Chittaranjan Tripathy, who and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, are from the 1996 batch, welcomed his old friend with a garland. Nawaz joked, "Jab hostel mein ek doosre ko gaaliyon ki mala pehnate thay, tab kabhi socha nahi tha ki ek din phoolon ki mala pehnaenge!"
Before reading a paragraph, Anup Soni chuckled, "This book is written from the perspective of a 2.5-year-old. I’m over 50 now, but I’ll give it a shot!"