Naseeruddin Shah

"Naseeruddin Shah is an actor known for the films he has aced namely the ones that received acclaim in the film Industry in India and abroad. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003, followed by the film A Wednesday in 2008 and Monsoon Wedding in 2001. Naseeruddin Shah did films such as Nishant, Aakrosh, Sparsh, Mirch Masala, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Ata Hai, Trikal, Bhavani Bhavai, Junoon, Mandi, Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho, Ardh Satya, Katha and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro to name a few. He joined the mainstream of Bollywood with his film in the year 1980 for the film Hum Paanch in 1980 followed by his film Dil Akhir Dil Hai in 1982 co-star with Rakhee. One of his most memorable films was Masoom released in the year 1983 and was shot at Sr. Joseph’s College at Nainital co-starring with Shabana Azmi in which his role is of the estranged husband. Following the success of the film Masoom he was flooded with roles and his next major successful film was Karma along with the veteran actor Dilip Kumar. He further did films like Ijaazat in 1987, Jalwa and Hero Hiralal in 1988, in which he played his role opposite his wife Ratna Pathak as Inspector Ghote. Based on the fictional detective novel Merchant-Ivory English film The Perfect Murder. Thereafter he acted in several multi-starrer Bollywood films as well as such as Ghulami in 1985, Tridev in 1989, Vishwatma in 1992 and Mohra as a villain in 1994. Which was his 100th film as an actor. He has also forayed into Mayalayam cinema in the year 1994 in the well-acclaimed drama film Ponthan Mada. In 2000 he played his dream role of playing Mahatma Gandhi which was released and focused on the Assailant’s point of view. He has also played the role of a drunken coach to a deaf and mute boy in the film Iqbal which was written by Vipul K. Rawal with Naseeruddin Shah in mind. In Sarfarosh he plays a role of a Ghazal singer cum terrorist with the mastermind with the lead role played by 1999. This film was released in 1999. And played a role that he is remembered for in Neeraj Pandey’s film A Wednesday in 2008, Naseeruddin Shah has also starred in International Projects like Monsoon Wedding in 2001 and a Hollywood Comic book adaptation, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 with Sean Connery and in the Indian film adaptation of Shakespeare’s film Maqbool in 2003. In 2004 he played a role opposite Priyanka Chopra in the film Asambhav with Arjun Rampal as the co-star. In 2005 he went on to work in the Great New Wonderful and 2011 he was seen in the blockbuster film The Dirty Picture which did extremely well at the Box office with Vidya Balan stealing the limelight in the major role of her lifetime. He has acted in several other films like The Blueberry Hunt and The Waiting in 2016. Besides this, he has also made his debut in the Pakistani film Khuda Kay Liye by Shoaib Mansoor wherein he plays a short cameo role. His second Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag was selected as the Country’s official entry to the 86th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film Award."