Box office failures always blamed on actors, not directors: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said he is still relevant because of his hard work even if some of his films did not perform well at the box office. He was speaking about the box office failure of his films like Photograph, Motichoor Chaknachoor, and Heropanti 2.

Speaking to New 18 on the sidelines of Kathakar 2022, he said: "The film might not work, but Nawazuddin Siddiqui will always work." He added that he never gives up or shies away from working hard. "The rest also depends on whether or not I'm doing my work with honesty. More often than not, there are so many reasons that the film doesn't work at the box office."

The Sacred Games actor said sometimes films do not work because the direction is not good. "We never blame any director when the film flops at the box office. We always put the blame on actors, saying - This actor's film flopped."

He also cited the example of one of the highest-paid actors in the industry and said that superstar Shah Rukh Khan isn't really bothered about the poor performances of his films. "For example, when a star like Shah Rukh Khan, who has a massive fan following around the world, comes on board the film, he literally serves those fans on a platter to the director. If the film still doesn't work despite all of that then it's not Shah Rukh Khan's fault because he's serving such a large audience to the director. This clearly means that either the director or the story is at fault. Nobody blames them. So, I'm not really bothered about all these things."

The 48-year-old actor is known for his work in Gangs of Wasseypur duology, The Lunchbox, Manjhi - The Mountain Man, and Manto among others.