Nawazuddin Siddiqui Cast Opposite Bipasha Basu in Kumar Mangat's 'Aatma'

It seems as if like other people, producer Kumar Mangat Pathak is also quite impressed with the actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui , who has recently shown his acting skills in Anurag Kashyap 's ' Gangs Of Wasseypur '. There is news that the actor has been signed by Kumar Mangat Pathak for his production's house next project ' Aatma '.

Regarding Nawazuddin Siddiqui 's selection for his film, Kumar Mangat Pathak was quoted saying that after seeing his performance in ' Kahaani ' and ' Gangs Of Wasseypur ', his team decided to cast him in their next flick ' Aatma '.

' Aatma ' is a big-budget horror film that stars Bipasha Basu in the female lead role and will be directed by Suparn Verma . It is the fourth horror film of Bipasha'a career. So once again she will be scaring the audiences in ' Aatma ' and the actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will share the screen space with her this time.

Nawazuddin hails from Budhana, a small town of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh and has been a part of theatres for quite a long time before joining the Hindi film industry. He has also done his graduation from The National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, India.

In past, Nawazuddin has also appeared in many Hindi movies such as ' Black Friday ', ' New York ', ' Peepli Live ', ' Dev D ' and ' Paan Singh Tomar '. But he succeeded in impressing the audiences with his performance in ' Kahaani ' and ' Gangs Of Wasseypur '.

The Part 2 of the ' Gangs Of Wasseypur ' is scheduled to release on August 8, 2012 in which Nawazuddin is rumoured to have played the lead role. He will also be seen in Aamir Khan 's upcoming film ' Talaash '.