Nawazuddin Siddiqui on his memoir: It’s sad that in a book with 209 pages, only five pages were highlighted

Nawazuddin Siddiqui had released his memoir, An Ordinary Life recently and it sure did stir up quite the controversy. The book chronicled his struggles and achievements, however, was taken down shelves post the controversy as he had mentioned names of his ex-girlfriends who then sent legal notices to him for mentioning their names without consent in the book. The actor had even apologised for the same.

Nawazuddin had then withdrawn his book and had posted on his social media account, “I'm apologising 2 every1 who's sentiments r hurt bcz of d chaos around my memoir #AnOrdinaryLife. I hereby regret & decide 2 withdraw my book.” Speaking to a leading daily regarding this, he said, “I think writing the book was a big mistake. I regret that. It’s sad that in a book with 209 pages, only five pages were highlighted. Everything else was ignored. It was also my fault for naming two or three people from my life back then. But I also apologised for it later.”

He added, “In a memoir, you have to tell the truth. If you start compromising with fact, then it becomes lopsided and it’s also easy to glorify yourself. But I wrote the truth. I wrote about my struggles, my life, the mistakes I made when I was stupid, and how I became a better person after I learnt from my mistakes. But it backfired. If and when I write something after 10-12 years, I will write only lies. The world doesn’t deserve the truth.”

When asked if he would like a film to be made on his journey, Nawazuddin said, “I still have a lot to do and achieve, so it’s too soon to make a film on my life. I wrote a memoir because I wanted to talk about my life in my village and my journey to becoming an actor. It’s too soon for a film to be made on my life.”