Nawazuddin Siddiqui admits to 'smoking up' in his youth: 'I don't want to...'

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui admits that he has tried smoking weed and was quite into it at one point but eventually realized it wasnt a good idea to continue He mentioned that he was influenced by some people around him to start smokingNawazuddin Siddiqui admits to smoking up in his youthIn an interview with Ranveer Allahbadia the Gangs of Wasseypur actor was asked if he ever tried smoking weed and Nawazuddin admitted that he had ldquoI had company of some people who would smoke up so even I ended up doing that I realised later thathellip I donrsquot want to promote it I have made mistakes but its benefit was that jo travelling milti thi usmein bada maza aata tha the high yoursquod get in that was a lot of fun But I do not want to promote it at all it was our mistake and I want to apologise for thatrdquoLater in the conversation Nawazuddin mentioned that he has also tried bhaang several times especially during Holi He said it made him feel like he was the biggest actor in the world He added ldquoI would think people are my audience and the world my stage So I would perform I would sometimes be Ashwatthama Karn Krishna and perform for hoursrdquoWhy Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been in the news latelyThe conversation around rising entourage costs of celebrities on films sets has gained some steam in recent times The conversation started gaining momentum as several bigbudget films in the recent past failed to impress at the box office Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui who has often spoken about the shortcomings in Bollywood shared his opinion on the sameNawazuddin said that the rising costs arent something new but has always been there He said that he has heard of celebrities throwing tantrums on sets There are many unnecessary demands that actors have they want everything lavish I have even heard that some actors have five vanity vans mdash one for gymming one for cooking one for eating bathing practising lines and what not Yeh paagalpan hai koi paagal hi hoga jo paanch vanity van leke chalta hairdquoHe further took a dig at these actors who make special demands on sets Why would any actor want to increase the cost of the production This is absolutely wrong Put money in films instead that would be better and wiser thing to do Jo inn nawaabon ko shaunk hain woh toh film mein nawaabon ke bhi nahi hongerdquo the senior actor said