It's Nawazuddin Siddiqui's birthday today. The National School of Drama (NSD) graduate, Nawazuddin started his acting career with a one-scene appearance in the 1999 film 'Sarfarosh'. Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' series of 2012 helped him attain critical acclaim and popularity, which he soon substantiated doing films such as 'Kahaani' and 'Miss Lovely'. Today, Nawazuddin is recognised as one of the finest actors in Hindi cinema.

The Uttar Pradesh-born actor came to Mumbai in the mid-90s and is now known for critically-acclaimed films such as, 'The Lunchbox', 'Badlapur', 'Manto' and 'Photograph'. Talking about his journey, he said in an interview, "I think Mumbai is a place which has the maximum number of outsiders. I am also an outsider there. Lakhs and thousands of people have realised their dreams in that city... Whoever has come there from the outside— someone is a superstar, a writer, a singer. They have become someone or the other."