Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
is
thrilled
Thackeray
emerged
a
hit
at
a
time
when
a
"strong" perception
rules
the
trade
that
an
actor
is
considered
a
heavy-weight
performer
only
when
the
film
crosses
the
Rs
100-crore
mark.
The
actor,
who
carved
a
niche
by
featuring
in
off-beat
films,
said
he
doesn't
care
about
box
office
validation
but
if
an
actor's
talent
is
measured
in
numbers,
he
can
play
the
game
too.
"I
don't
care
about
the
box
office.
If
I
did,
I
would've
done
song
and
dance
films
throughout
my
career,
the
ones
which
go
on
to
become
hits.
But
today
it
is
being
perceived
that
you're
a
good
actor
only
if
you
give
a
100-crore
hit," Nawazuddin
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
"Since
it's
perceived
you're
an
actor
only
when
you
give
hit
films,
I
feel
I
should
start
doing
films
where
there's
comedy
with
a
'tadka' of
content.
I
can
do
the
films
I
believe
in
and
also
this
kind
of
cinema
once
in
a
while,"
he
added.
The
actor
said
the
performance
of
his
films
at
the
box
office
have
never
clouded
his
choice
of
future
projects,
which
is
why
he
is
elated
when
a
film
like
"Thackeray" becomes
a
hit.
"The
film
didn't
have
songs.
There
was
no
comedy,
no
suspense.
It
was
just
about
the
life
of
a
man,
whose
story
we
chronicled
in
two
hours.
When
a
film
like
this
works,
you
feel
happy.
We
saw
profit
from
the
weekend
itself
and
it's
great
to
see
the
film
stand
tall,"
he
said.
Nawazuddin
said
while
he
was
not
concerned
about
the
ticket
window,
he
was
"nervous"
about
the
film's
reception.
"I
wasn't
worried
about
the
box
office
on
Friday
but
I
was
slightly
nervous
because
unlike
what
we
call
'content
driven
films' which
too
now
have
five
songs
this
wasn't
the
one.
So
I
was
nervous
how
the
film
would
be
received.
I
also
wondered
whether
our
liberal
audience
would
like
it,"
he
added.
The
film,
however,
was
called
"propaganda" by
some,
but
the
actor
said
he
doesn't
understand
the
rationality
of
the
argument.
"What
have
we
done
as
propaganda?
For
years
we
have
been
making
films
which
are
hero-centric,
where
we
show
no
weakness,
no
darkness
of
the
hero.
Isn't
that
propaganda?
When
you
show
your
hero
as
this
perfect,
holier
than
thou
man,
that
is
propaganda
too," he
said.
Nawazuddin
has
as
many
as
six
projects
in
the
pipeline,
including
Ritesh
Batra's
"Photograph"
and
"Sacred
Games"
season
two.
Credits
-
PTI