On it, Samay roasted Nawazuddin for starring in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe film Thamma in 2025. The latest episode of Samay Raina’s comedy show India’s Got Latent dropped on YouTube and Netflix. It featured Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Bhuvan Bam, Mukesh Chhabra and Kaustubh Agarwal as the guests. Here’s how the actor responded.
Season 2 of the show has so far seen Alia Bhatt, Sharvari, Aashish Solanki, Vishal Dadlani, Raghu Ram, Orry, Archana Puran Singh, Rakhi Sawant and others as guests. Thamma is the latest film from the MHCU, following Stree (2018), Bhediya (2022), Munjya (2024) and Stree 2 (2024). It received mixed reviews and collected ₹ 187.59 crore worldwide. In 2025, he also starred in Main Actor Nahin Hoon and the Netflix film Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders. The actor now has Section 108, Noorani Chehra, Sangeen and The Great Escape Faraar lined up.
Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and written by Niren Bhatt, Suresh Mathew and Arun Falara, it introduced a vampire into the horror universe. On India’s Got Latent, Samay began by thanking Nawazuddin for being on the show, only to slip into roasting him. I can’t believe you’re here. I love you so much, sir. I am really like starstruck right now. Love you, sir. Sir, Thamma kyun ki thi yaar? Thamma kyun banayi yaar aapne? (Why did you star in Thamma? Haan theek hai. Ban gayi, ban gayi. (Yes, okay. We just made it). Nawazuddin also mentioned on India’s Got Latent that while he hasn’t watched the show, his daughter, Shora Siddiqui, does. Varun Dhawan also featured in a Netflix exclusive episode. The film starred Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Paresh Rawal. The next film in the franchise is Aneet Padda’s Shakti Shalini . Nawazuddin, who starred in Costao before Thamma, has been busy since.
He said, “Nawaz sir, thank you so much for coming, yaar. Why would you make Thamma?)” Nawazuddin, who seemed surprised that Thamma was being brought up, soon recovered and joked, “ Thamma ? When Samay asked the actor, “I can say all this, right?” and sought permission, he replied, “Now that you’ve already said it, what can I say?
