Nawazuddin Siddiqui has admitted that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had always been heroes of his, to the point where he began to adopt their style.
Nawaz acknowledged to Mashable India that he had held Robert and Al Pacino in high regard. He once engaged in a dispute with the filmmaker Anurag Kashyap regarding stylistic plagiarism.
The Sacred Games star remembers being in Al Pacino mode when he showed up on the Gangs of Wasseypur set. I acted exactly like Al Pacino. My speech would resemble his even more.