Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
who
is
all
set
to
star
in
Sudhir
Mishra's
film
Serious
Men,
has
said
that
working
with
the
director
is
a
dream
he
has
had
for
20
years.
In
a
post
on
his
social
media
handle,
Nawaz
recalled
hanging
around
on
the
sets
of
Calcutta
Mail,
hoping
to
meet
Sudhir.
Nawazuddin's
social
media
post
read,
"In
the
year
2000,
when
the
film
Calcutta
Mail
was
being
shot,
an
assistant
director
promised
to
introduce
me
to
the
film's
director,
Sudhir
Mishra.
He
told
me,
'Come
to
the
set
but
come
close
only
when
I
raise
my
hand.'
As
promised,
I
reached
the
set
and
waited
in
the
crowd,
waiting
for
the
assistant
director
to
raise
his
hand
so
I
could
rush
to
meet
Mishra
ji."
He
continued,
"After
around
an
hour,
the
assistant
director
raised
his
hand
and
I
swiftly
navigated
my
way
through
the
crowd
and
reached
his
chair.
Mishra
ji
was
sitting
right
next
to
him.
The
assistant
director
saw
me
and
asked,
'What
is
it?'
I
replied,
'You
raised
your
hand,
so
I
came.'
He
said,
'I
raised
my
hand
to
scratch
myself,
go
back
and
come
only
when
I
raise
my
hand.'"
"They
all
got
busy
with
the
shoot
and
like
every
day,
I
dissolved
into
the
Mumbai
crowd,
thinking
that
he
scratched
his
itch
but
left
my
dream
of
working
with
Sudhir
Mishra
unfulfilled.
That
dream
came
true
20
years
later...
#SeriousMen," he
wrote
in
Hindi.