Nawazuddin to play Hassan Ali Khan

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, after Talaash, will be seen as a money-laundering businessman based on Hassan Ali
Barely out of one biographical character of the ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi in Ketan Mehta’s film, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui is ready for another. Currently being feted for his performance as a physically challenged pimp in Talaash, the actor has been signed on to portray Hassan Ali Khan, the Indian businessman alleged to have stashed away billions in Swiss accounts.
Titled Black Currency, the film will be directed by Anil Sharma’s brother Sanjay Sharma. Nawazuddin’s character in the film is based on the money-laundering tycoon. “I have so far played financially challenged characters or social outcastes. For the first time I’ll be seen in expensive Savile Row suits traveling in my private jet, getting off choppers for high level meetings on exotic islands, surrounded by glamorous women,” the actor told us excitedly and added jokingly, that the budget of Black Currency is more than that for all the films he has done so far.
Ironically, Nawazuddin comes from a very humble background. “We don't even have a movie theatre in our village. My family has to travel 60 km to the nearest town to see my films. I’ve led a hand-to-mouth existence. For me to play a multi-billionaire is a dream-come-true,” he told us.
Having dressed shabbily for all his on-screen characters so far, Nawazuddin told us that this role gives him a ‘high’. “In Talaash I am in half-pants limping from one wretched brothel-room to another. Believe me, it isn’t easy. But I was dying to play a glamorous high-life character. I grew up watching Amitabh Bachchansaab playing the suave hero. My dream role was Trishul. Black Currency is the closest I come to Bachchan saab in Trishul,” said he.