For his filmmaker brother Shamas’s music video, Nawazuddin Siddiqui serenades his screen love with symphonic flair in Vienna
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 20, 2017)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui will now be seen in brother Shamas Siddiqui’s music video. The song, “Simple Things”, was shot earlier this year with Austrian model Cosima Eibensteiner in Vienna, when the 43-year-old actor was researching for a German film that will be shot in May-June next year.

“I came up with the idea while we were in Austria and pitched it to an Austrian production company who agreed to partner with us. Vienna is a very romantic place and popular by the name of Mozart City. Incidentally, Nawaz bhai is a huge Mozart fan so we decided to incorporate this little detail in the story— an Indian guy visits the Mozart house to witness a live recital. He meets a girl there and they fall for each other,” informs Shamas.

Nawaz, who celebrated his 43rd birthday on May 19 with a live recital at Mozart’s house in Vienna, acknowledges his fondness for the legend, saying, “I have loved Mozart’s symphonies since my NSD (National School of Drama) days, “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K 525 Allegro” is my favourite. When we were in Vienna this summer, I fell in love with the city. Every lane is filled with music. The best part about this music video was Shamas getting the composers to create a song with my favourite piece of Mozart in it.”

Shamas adds that he’d wanted to use a Hindi song by Arijit Singh but chose to go ahead with an English one sung by an American. “Nawaz bhai was a little shy to start with. When I would tell him to hold the actress’s hand, he would get even more nervous. So I gave them two days off to get comfortable with each other. I can’t wait for everyone to see it,” he says.