Published 13:48 IST, July 16th 2020

Nawazuddin Siddiqui turns acting teacher at Celebrity School during COVID-19 lockdown

Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui turned into a teacher to aspiring actors at filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's Celebrity School amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Recently, a leading news portal published a report and gave a sneak peek into lockdown diaries of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui. report stated that Nawazuddin Siddiqui has turned teacher to aspiring actors at Celebrity School, a talent-driven learning platform. report also quoted Siddharth Prabhakar, founder and one of  mentors on board. 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui turns teacher

Interestingly,  online program consists of five courses that are helmed by masters of ir fields. report mentioned that classes for acting are taken by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. For teaching attributes of independent filmmaking, director Madhur Bhandarkar has been roped in. Singer Shaan and Sabira Merchant have joined school to teach singing and communication skills. Meanwhile, businessman Siddharth Prabhakar has subject of entrepreneurship under his belt. 

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report furr added that though program was originally launched last September, lockdown helped artistes to devote more time and eng with students directly. Earlier, sessions were pre-recorded by celebrities so that ir schedules do t hinder completion of curriculum. But, w,  stars have organised several live virtual sessions with mentees in past four months.

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In report, Siddharth Prabhakar narrated how he came up with idea of Celerity School. He asserted that dreams of many aspiring artists die a slow death owing to lack of affordability and accessibility to courses, which will help m build a career in show business. Last year, he decided to develop a platform with help of a few leading celebrities who can directly share ir kwledge with students.  entrepreneur concluded saying that he is hoping to rope in more stars to teach additional subjects in coming months.

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui's films

Nawazuddin Siddiqui made his debut in Bollywood with 1999 action drama film, Sarfarosh. However, Nawazuddin played a small role in this film. As of date, actor has been critically acclaimed for movies like Gangs of Wasseypur, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Manjhi - Mountain Man. Nawazuddin Siddiqui's shows have also been quite popular among masses. In addition to  Sacred Games franchise, Nawaz also starred in a British crime drama series called McMafia. As of date actor, recently starred in comedy-drama movie Ghoomketu. He will soon share screen with Radhika Apte in Netflix's original film, Raat Akeli Hai.

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13:48 IST, July 16th 2020