Netflix
recently
released
the
first
trailer
of
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui's
upcoming
film
called
Serious
Men.
The
film
based
on
Manu
Joseph's
book
by
the
same
name,
stars
Nawazuddin
as
a
lower-middle-class
man
in
Mumbai,
struggling
to
give
his
kid
a
better
future.
Directed
by
Sudhir
Mishra,
the
film
Serious
Men
talks
about
society's
aspiration
for
upward
mobility
in
class
through
children.
While
talking
about
the
film,
Nawazuddin
said
in
a
statement,
"I
am
very
excited
to
be
a
part
of
Netflix's
Serious
Men
and
work
with
a
creative
mind
like
Sudhir
Mishra.
This
is
my
second
stint
with
Netflix
after
Sacred
Games,
and
I
hope
that
people
give
Ayyan
Mani
from
Serious
Men
the
same
love
that
they
extended
to
Ganesh
Gaitonde
from
Sacred
Games."
Nawazuddin
will
be
seen
playing
a
lower-middle-class
man
with
a
happy
marriage,
an
unremarkable
passion
for
life
and
a
dead-end
job
as
a
personal
assistant
to
an
insufferable
astronomer.
The
trailer
starts
with
Nawaz
explaining
how
it
would
take
four
generations
to
improve
their
family's
status
and
class.
He
then
goes
on
to
share
his
story
and
claims
he
will
make
sure
his
grandchildren
have
a
luxurious
life
and
for
that,
he
comes
up
with
an
elaborate
plan
and
cons
the
world
into
thinking
his
child
is
a
genius.
The
trailer
calls
him
a
mix
between
Ambedkar
and
APJ
Abdul
Kalam.
The
official
synopsis
for
the
film
reads,
"When
a
slum
dweller
spins
a
web
of
lies
in
pursuit
of
the
upward
mobility
he
has
long
craved,
his
ruse
could
be
especially
dangerous
for
his
young
son."
The
Netflix
original
set
to
release
on
October
2,
also
stars
Indira
Tiwari,
M
Nasser
and
Shweta
Basu
Prasad.