Why was Nawazuddin Siddiqui's role in Kamal Haasan starrer 'Hey Ram' edited out?

Nawazuddin Siddiqui started his acting career with a small role in Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah starrer Sarfarosh. reafter, Nawazuddin has been a part of an array of movies. He reportedly was also a part of Kamal Haasan's Hey Ram. However, due to long duration of film, his role was chopped-off during editing. 

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In an old media interview, Kamal Haasan revealed that Nawazuddin Siddiqui had a small but important role in Hey Ram. However, due to prolonged running time of film, makers had to chop off Nawazuddin's role from film. Kamal Haasan also revealed that during screening of Hey Ram, he found Nawazuddin Siddiqui crying in car parking. He revealed that Nawaz got emotional after he realised that his role from film was edited out. 

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Hey Ram has an ensemble cast consisting of actors like Kamal Haasan, Rani Mukerji, Shah Rukh Khan, Hema Malini, Naseeruddin Shah, among ors in a pivotal role. movie produced and directed by Kamal Haasan narrates tale of a man who plans to take avenge from murderers of his wife. Hey Ram released in 2000 opened to positive reviews from movie-goers and critics. 

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Meanwhile, on professional front, Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be next seen in Tannishtha Chatterjee's Roam Rome Mein. movie, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Valentina Corti, and Tannishtha Chatterjee in lead, narrates tale of a bror who goes on a search for his missing sister; his journey ends up in Rome. posters of Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer were recently released amping up expectations of movie-goers. 

Besides upcomer, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is working on bror Shamas Nawab Siddiqui's debut Bollywood directorial. movie, titled Bole Chudiyan, also features Tamannaah Bhatia in lead role. upcomer is touted to be a romantic-comedy.