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Updated: Dec 24, 2025 09:17 PM IST
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that those who say that films should be commercially viable, it is not necessary. He said that cinema should not depend on marketing.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has opened up about indie films and how the practice of sidelining them is “dangerous”. Speaking to Screen, Nawazuddin said that cinema “should not depend on marketing.” Sharing how Payal Kapadia’s film All We Imagine as Light won awards, she said that when it was released in Indian theatres, “it was thrown out of the theaters after four days.”
Nawazuddin Siddiqui talks about indie films
Talking about independent films, Nawazuddin said, “One can only hope that the times will come back. There are only a few films that have kept cinema alive,” Siddiqui argues, “Those who say that films should be commercially viable, it is not necessary. If I go to a restaurant whose food I like, whether they market it or not, I will still go there, no matter how far away it is because I have the taste. If the food is not good, you No matter how much marketing is done, it will not work. Cinema should not depend on marketing.”
Nawazuddin on All We Imagine as Light
He also opened up about All We Imagine as Light. “For example, Payal Kapadia’s film All We Imagine as Light (2024) was in the competition section at the Cannes Film Festival after a long time. It also won an award. We can’t imagine how many people around the world must have watched it. But once it released in India, it was thrown out of theaters after four days! The audience already knows about it, but at least it should get its due place in the sun.”
All We Imagine as Light had created history by becoming the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in May last year. The film stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam.
Nawazuddin’s latest film
‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’, directed by Honey Trehan and written by Smita Singh, stars Nawazuddin in the lead role. Apart from Nawazuddin, the film also stars Chitraganda Singh, Rajat Kapoor, Radhika Apte and Sanjeev Kapoor in lead roles. It is streaming on Netflix.
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