Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 20, 2016)

After shooting Rahul Dholakia's Raees, Ribhu Dasgupta's Te3n, Sohail Khan's Freaky Ali, Kushan Nandy's Babumoshai Bandookbaaz and a cameo in Ravi Udyawar's Mom, Nawazuddin Siddiqui has retreated to his native village in Budhana, Uttar Pradesh, for a much-needed break. And besides spending some quality time with his family and catching up with his childhood buddies, the 42-year-old actor has taken up farming.

"After continuous shoots and promotions I was really looking forward to this quick escape. I enjoy farming and did it till the age of twenty two. I'd hit the fields with my brothers every morning at 4.30 and work till 11 am. This year, we're growing mustard and are currently ploughing the field," informs Nawazuddin who will be in his village for 15 days and will soon be joined by wife Aaliya, and their kids, Shora and Yani.

Nawaz is concentrating on introducing a unique irrigation technique called centre pivot in his village which will help farmers save water as well as electricity. "I discovered it during my visit to Cannes, earlier this year, where I met a bunch of French filmmakers who were also farmers from Nice. I have already apprised the farmers in my village of soil and the crops which would fetch them more profit, like vegetables and rice take less time to grow but have a good market," the actor explains.

Ask him if his friends there treat him differently now that he is a star actor and Nawaz quips, "The people here and I go back a long way. They know that I won't like it if they treated me differently. But everyone in the village is a huge fan of Salman (Khan) bhai and keep asking me about him."

Next up, Nawaz will start prepping up for Sabbir Khan's Munna Michael which also features Tiger Shroff in the lead. "It's a love triangle and you will see me do an out-and-out dance number which I am excited about but I will have to train first as I will be matching steps with Tiger who is a great dancer. I might even learn some Michael Jackson moves but I am not sure if they will be incorporated in the film," he laughs.

Nawaz recently finished shooting for major portions of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz and will be filming for the remaining ones and an item number soon.