Last seen in Netflix’s web series Sacred Games, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is currently busy with his next project Manto which is a biographical drama. He plays the lead role the Indo-Pakistani Urdu author-writer, Saadat Hasan Manto.
And now, the actor has made another exciting announcement through his Twitter.
Sharing a picture of himself reading the script, Nawaz announced that he has started shooting for his Tamil debut film with none other than Superstar Rajinikanth.
Check out his tweet here:
Rehearsing my lines for my first Tamil movie #Thalaivar165.
Delighted to be working with the Superstar #Thalaivar pic.twitter.com/JXfVheBAvR— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) August 28, 2018
The action drama film also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Simran, Sanath Reddy, Munishkanth, Megha Akash and Deepak Ramesh in important roles.
Director, Karthik Subbaraj too welcomed Nawazuddin Siddiqui to Tamil cinema on his twitter page:
தமிழ் சினிமா தங்களை அன்புடன் வரவேற்கிறது 🙏😊. Welcome to Tamil cinema sir… We too are delighted to work with you.. 👍 #Thalaivar165 https://t.co/lVipVCAswD
— karthik subbaraj (@karthiksubbaraj) August 28, 2018