Explaining his point, Nawaz cited an example of the Oscar-nominated Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer and said that despite being led by Cillian Murphy, the film’s supporting cast including Robert Downey Jr, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Rami Malek and Florence Pugh also made a big impact with their small roles.
“In Bollywood, there are big and small roles, and my quota of small roles is over. Why should I not do bigger roles now? Every actor wishes to do bigger roles, smaller roles is just the beginning. It is fine in the beginning, but every actor wants to do bigger roles. If I tell a star to do a small role in my film, will he ever do it? Or it should be like an Oppenheimer, where such small characters are played by big actors. That is a different kind of cinema,” Nawaz told Galatta Plus, adding that such things only happens in artistic films in India.
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Nawaz further criticised Hindi movies for the lack of delivering conversations since people are more focused on dialogue delivery and punchlines over meaningful exchanges. “I liked the conversations that happened in Oppenheimer because here we have a dialogue-oriented approach. We are more focused on the punch in the dialogues. We lack in conversations, which is the most difficult thing to do in front of the camera,” he expressed.
When Nawaz was pointed out that maybe the filmmakers here don’t indulge in conversations because such preferences may stem from audience preferences, he immediately asserted, “We can’t make everything as per the audience’s liking. This is an era of Instagram, and if we go by audience’s likes, we will have to lower our IQ of cinema.”
Nawaz was recently seen the Telugu drama Saindhav starring Venkatesh Daggubati. Next, he has the eagerly anticipated Noorani Chehra slated for release.