Nawazuddin Siddiqui confirms he is playing the lead in Ritesh Batra s next

After the highly-acclaimed The Lunchbox Nawazuddin Siddiqui is all set to team up with director Ritesh Batra again.

That s right. I am doing Ritesh Batra s next. It s an intense subject and totally different from The Lunchbox and yes, unlike The Lunchbox where I wasn t really the central character, this time I play the lead, says Nawaz who makes his Hollywood debut later this month in the much talked-about Lion.

It isn t really a Hollywood debut. It s just a cameo. I am there in only one scene. I did it because the director Garth Davis personally asked me, reveals Nawaz. I am as happy with my lead in Haraamkhor and Ritesh Batra s film as I am with my cameo in Lion.