Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been absent from big movies for two years but he is all set to blow his fans away with one of his upcoming villainous avatars.
According to the latest buzz, has joined Maddock Films’ horror comedy universe and will be seen as a villain opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna in Thamba.
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Thamba was previously titled Vampires of Vijaynagar.
About Thamba
Thamba or Vampires of Vijaynagar was teased in the climax of Stree 2, where Varun Dhawan, aka Bhediya, tells Jana about the blood-sucking monsters of Delhi.
Thamba will be helmed by Munjya’s director Aditya Sarpotdar and will star Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles and might have a cameo of Bhediya and Stree actors.
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Thamba will be the fifth film in Dinesh Vijan’s horror comedy universe after Stree, Bhediya, Munjya, and Stree 2.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s negative roles
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has aced many negative roles that have become cults such as Ramanna from Raman Raghav 2.0, Faizal Khan from Gangs of Wasseypur, Shiv Gajra from Kick, and Ganesh Gaitonde in Sacred Games.
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About Maddock Films’ horror-comedy universe
Amar Kaushik incepted the horror-comedy universe backed by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films with the 2018 film Stree, which turned out to be a hit.
It was then followed by Bhediya, which was an above-average grosser but the third addition in this universe, Munjya, was a superhit.
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But the fourth film in this universe was Stree 2, which became an all-time blockbuster and the highest-grossing film of Bollywood in Hindi.
The upcoming movies
The upcoming movies of the horror-comedy universe include Thamba and Bhediya 2, which will star Varun Dhawan and Abhishek Banerjee in the lead roles.