“Nawazuddin was very overwhelmed looking at himself in the mirror for the first time!” reveals producer Raadhika Nanda on the actor acing saree look in ‘Haddi’!
Jyothi Venkatesh
Nawazuddin Siddiqui blew the minds of the audience with his first look as a transgender in his highly anticipated film, ‘Haddi’. Touted to be a landmark film in the representation of the queer community in Bollywood, the movie is produced by debutant producer duo – Sanjay Saha and Raadhika Nanda.
Ever since the first look of the movie featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a saree went viral, it has piqued huge curiosity and anticipation amongst the film buffs who were shocked to see the versatile actor taking on such a challenging and bold character.
Praising Nawazuddin’s honesty, discipline and dedication towards pulling off the lead role in ‘Haddi’, producer Raadhika Nanda reveals the entire process that went into creating his look in the film.
“It was very difficult,” informs Raadhika elaborating, “As he (Nawazuddin) wore saree for the first time. It used to take nearly 30 mins to drape a saree and about 3 hours to form his entire look every day, including make-up, hair etc. Above all, he used to shoot for hours in the same saree look. We used prosthetics in the process too but the idea was to keep the look more natural as possible.”
“We used around 80 sarees during the entire shoot,” states Raadhika, adding, “Nawazuddin was very overwhelmed looking at himself in the mirror for the first time since he has never seen himself like that, which helped him to feel his character closely. He understood how difficult it is to be a woman to get up every day, in that attire and do household chores. It took us nearly 6 months to achieve the looks after going through several make-up artists,” reveals Nanda.