In the recent Bigg Boss OTT 3 episode, rapper Naved Shaikh aka Naezy admitted that Ranveer Singh’s Gully Boy was based on his life. Released in 2019, the Zoya Akhtar directorial also starred Alia Bhatt in the lead.
Nazey was speaking to Sana Sultan when he shared that Gully Boy was inspired by his life. “Lekin usme main character jo tha vo mere se inspire hua tha. Or Zoya ma’am ne sabse pehle mujhe dhunda tha matlab Aafat gaane mein. Jo mera pehla song tha or jo viral hua tha. (But the main character in it was inspired by me. And Zoya ma’am was the first to discover me through my song Aafat, which was my first song and went viral),” he said as quoted by Pinkvilla.
“Toh jab unhone mera pehla gaana dekha na tabhi unko idea click hua ki mai ek poori film banati hu. (So when she saw my first song, she got the idea to make an entire film),” the rapper added.
Nazey admitted that the film gave him a lot of recognition and introduced him to the mainstream audience. However, he also claimed that Gully Boy negatively impacted his life. Shaikh stated that the film took a toll on his mental health and presented him with two girlfriends, which did not go down well with his audience.
“Bahut nuksaan bhi hua. Mere psychology par, mere personal life par ki meri 2-2 girlfriends dikha di gayi hai. Or mujhe gareeb bataya gaya hai jitna gareeb mai tha nahi. Mujhe driver bataya gaya hai. Lekin mai vo hu nahi (There was a lot of harm too. It affected my psychology and my personal life, as they showed me with two girlfriends. They portrayed me as poorer than I actually was and as a driver, but I’m not those things),” he said.
Nazey said that even though the film made him popular, it also spread several misconceptions about him in public. “Jo Indian audience ka dimag hai na sabko aisa lag raha hoga ki ye hi Naezy bhai hai. Jo Ranveer kar raha hai na unko lag raha hai vahi Naved hai, inki story aisi hi rahi hogi. Unn logon ne assume kar liya hai. Toh usse mere upar personal life mein farak pada. Sabko aisa laga vo mera role tha, filmakers ne pehle hi clear kiya tha ki ye fictionalized story hai. (The Indian audience assumed that the character played by Ranveer Singh was based entirely on me, which affected my personal life. While educated viewers understood it was fictionalized, others believed it to be my true story),” he added.
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