From performing a rap song to playing a bangle-seller who romances a village girl, Nawazuddin Siddiqui seems to be in the mood for a dramatic image makeover in his next film, Bole Chudiyan.

The National Award-winning actor, who shot to fame playing Faisal in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur saga after a long stint of Bollywood struggle, perhaps realises it is time to give the stock intense image a break. Despite brilliant performances in recent films such as Manto, Thackeray and Photograph, his efforts have hardly generated much buzz.