Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who has portrayed the role of late Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray in the upcoming film Thackeray, is outstanding, director Rohit Shetty said at the film's special screening on January 23. He told the media present there, "Nawaz is an outstanding actor and I think everyone says the same thing about him after the release of each of his films."

Shetty further said that in a few scenes that have shown a young Balasaheb, Nawazuddin looked exactly like the late Shiv Sena supremo. "It's a job full of responsibility for an actor to pull off a character of a public figure. But Nawaz has portrayed Balasaheb fabulously," he said.