Rajkumar
Hirani
worked
with
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
in
his
debut,
but
the
director
says
he
never
thought
the
actor
would
go
on
to
become
such
a
huge
star.
In
Hirani's
comedy-drama
Munna
Bhai
MBBS,
Nawazuddin,
still
in
his
struggling
days,
featured
in
a
minor
role
of
a
thief
who
pickpockets
Sunil
Dutt's
purse
in
a
railway
station
and
faces
the
wrath
of
the
public
on
being
caught.
"People
had
to
beat
him
up
in
that
scene
and
they
really
did
that!
I
told
him
'Nawaz
you've
done
an
amazing
work,
you're
a
great
actor!'
But
in
my
head,
I
never
thought
that
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
would
become
such
a
huge
actor
that
he
is
today," Hirani
said.
The
director
was
speaking
at
IFTDA's
masterclass.
Hirani
said
a
lot
of
his
life
experiences
find
their
way
into
his
movies,
including
the
introductory
scene
of
Sunil
Dutt
in
"Munna
Bhai...",
which
was
inspired
from
one
of
the
incidents
that
happened
with
his
father.
"He
was
doing
a
film
after
16
years.
We
were
ready
to
shoot
when
Dutt
sahab
felt
'I
don't
have
a
great
scene,
just
an
introduction
is
there.' So
he
called
up
Vidhu
(Vinod
Chopra)
and
he
in
turn
called
me
and
said
add
a
scene.
"I
told
him
I
can't
because
it
won't
go
in
the
flow
but
he
insisted.
I
kept
on
thinking
about
it
and
then
finally
added
the
scene
where
a
thief
picks
his
pockets
and
people
start
beating
him.
Dutt
sahab
saves
him
and
advises
him
to
stay
away
from
such
people
as
they
are
frustrated."