Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a still from Manjhi - The Mountain Man.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's announcement to release a stamp on Bihar's "Mountain Man" Dashrath Manjhi was "a great gesture" and that he is thankful to the government.
Nawazuddin played the role of Manjhi in
Manjhi - The Mountain Man, which has been directed by Ketan Mehta. (Also Read:
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The union minister announced earlier this week that a special edition stamp would be released soon, to honour Manjhi along with former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
"I feel so honoured to have been a part of this movie. It's a great gesture from the government and I personally thank them to have bestowed such an honour on a man like Dashrath
ji who single handedly carved the future of his village in a small district in Bihar. I am lucky I got to play such a role of this man, who is a true hero," Nawazuddin said in a statement.
The biopic also stars Radhika Apte.