Naseeruddin Shah
Acting
Biography
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian film and stage actor and director, and a prominent figure in Indian parallel cinema. Shah has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and an award at the Venice Film Festival. The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards for his contributions to Indian cinema. Shah has also appeared in the Pakistani Film Industry, Lollywood, through the films Khuda Kay Liye and Zinda Bhaag.
Born: July 20, 1950
Place of Birth: Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India
Known For
2100 Ft
Killing oneself is not easy is what Pavitr realizes when he faces the stark drop of 2100 FT in front of him. With his broken heart he musters all his strength and tries to jump one more time just to be stopped by Gulshan. Gulshan, with his master technique, runs an assisted suicide business of pushing people down the cliff for a one time price of 10,000 INR, including GST. Pavitr declines the offer until Gulshan shares the success rate of the jumps from the cliff, 82% never see the daylight again and the poor 18% keep regretting why they didnt say 'yes' to Gulshan as they sit in their wheelchair. Will Pavitr pay to not be in the 18%?
The Cage
a short film that's about brave women who overcome heartbreaking trials.
Shadows in the Dark
Ill-fated love set against the epic canvas of India's partition into Hindu Indian and Pakistan. Lajma, a beautiful school teacher with greying hair, leaves Pakistan for her childhood home in India. There she discovers that the home is in ruin, her aging aunt is half senile, and her cousin Gautam is bitter and defeated. Flashback to 1947 when India splits in two - a proud old Muslim man, along with his grieving daughter-in-law, take in a couple of impoverished Hindus, Chand and Bhagwati, into their home. Later, Chand's mute sister Lajjo arrives with her young daughter Lajma. Suffering from some unnamed past trauma, Lajjo is eventually sent to an asylum, leaving Lajma with her uncle. Lajma recalls her aborted relationship with the childhood friend and her inability to understand what her lover was going through, as well as her lover's inability to acknowledge a latent bisexuality. But the most difficult memory to deal with is that of her mother, brutalised during the riots.
Lakshmanrekha
A man's friend refuses to let him take the law into his own hands to avenge his father.
Rihaee
A village is inhabited mainly by women whose husbands are in the cities earning a living. Taking advantage of the situation, a man who returns to his village succeeds in seducing most of the women.
Jeewan Hathi
This riotously funny satire on Pakistan's media industry explores the dark underbelly of a reality show that has the nation enthralled as a channel owner who will do anything for higher ratings.
Maarrich
2 brutal murders, 6 suspects and one fearless cop - Rajiv Dixit, a sharp-witted Mumbai police officer , is on a mission to track down the unidentified killer behind these murders.
Kabhi Paas Kabhi Fail
Robin, a mathematician genius is exploited by his uncle to make money.
Haadsaa
Asha lives in poverty with her alcoholic father in Bombay, before being sold to an impotent husband. A series of events leads her to love.
The Discovery of India
Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Filmography
as Bhai Yazdani
as Aziz Beg 'Babba'
as Mr. Williams
as Raza
as Gasha
as Vinay Kaul
as Viktor Khanna
as Narrator
as Sahebji
as Akbar
as Dean
as Narayan Khobre
as Gulshan
as Pappi Singh
as Vinod Khanna
as Raja Mrityunjay Singh Shikharwat
as Husyn Naqqash
as Mr. Dhillon
as Ramprasad Bhargav
as Hashim Seth
as Panditji
as Himself
as PKR Natrajan
as Magician
as Nagesh Srivastava
as Guru
as Bhupinder Singh
as Baburao Shastri
as Tathagat Ahuja
as Rajaji
as Lt.Col Parabjeet Walia (Retd)
as Gopi Srivastava
as Shiv Kumar
as Colonel
as Robin
as Wanted Bhai
as Neel Anand Baba
as Manoj Singh
as Ferdinand 'Ferdie' Pinto
as Man
as Himself
as Butcher
as Khalujan
as Boss
as Dr. Siddhant Arya (Special Appearance)
as Puhlwan
as John Day
as Baba
as Anton Gomes
as Arun Inamdar
as Self
as Pankaj Purushottam Suri (Sir)
as Suryakanth
as Dacoit
as Sultan
as Michael
as Diwaker
as Salman Habib
as Dr. Modhusudhon Tarafdar
as Warden
as Salim Kidwai
as Naga Reddy
as Bhaskar Sanyal
as Khalujaan
as Dr. N.S. Negi
as Akbar
as Khan Sahab
as Shukla
as Jai Singh Adenwalla
as The Anonymous Caller
as Amar Singh
as Gavde
as Special
as Police Commander Tariq Ali
as G.K. Jayaram
as Maulana Wali
as Bhaisaab
as Yeti
as Dr. Siddhant Arya
as Babaji
as Malti's Father
as Dinshaw Sethna
as Uncle (uncredited)
as Cyrus
as Mohit
as Male Puppet (Voice)
as Avinash aka "Avi"
as Sameer 'Sam' Hans
as Brigadier Shekhar Sharma
as Captain Nemo
as Inspector Purohit
as Ishaan Mirza
as Vijay Verma
as Inspector Sam Bharucha
as Lalit Verma
as Anand Mathur
as Leonardo da Vinci
as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
as Gulfam Hassan
as Bashir
as Maj. Sarfaraz Khan
as Inspector Vijay Khanna
as Major Jimmy Bilimoria
as Himself
as Bhishma
as Police Inspector Satpal
as Ajay Narang
as Durjan Singh / Surjan Singh
as Inspector D'Costa
as Raj Solanki
as Abbas Lodhi
as Mr. Jindal
as Seema Thampuran
as Father Briganza
as Nirbhay Saxena
as Vishal
as Amar Kumar ak Marco
as Captain Ranbir Chauhan
as Deva
as Inspector Surya Pratap Singh
as Amar Kapoor
as Fakira
as V. S. Rajashekhar
as Rajanna
as Jay Singh
as Hero Hiralal
as Inspector Ghote
as Pirojshah Pithawala
as Mirza Ghalib
as Shivaji
as Sudhir Bhardwaj
as Mahinder
as Inspector Kapil
as Subedar
as Ved Hazarika
as Khairuddin Kisti
as The farmer
as Captain Rajeev Bakshi
as Vikram/ Devendra
as Ruiz Pereira
as Rustom Patel
as SP Sultan Singh
as Naurangia
as Professor Singh
as Subhash
as Micky
as Amrit
as Malkani
as Mike Lobo
as Vinod Chopra
as Tungrus
as Dr. Anand
as D.K. Malhotra (DK)
as Gangster
as Shivnath
as Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
as Ajay
as Vimal Mehta
as Salim
as Albert Pinto
as Looka
as Gohar Mirza
as King Chakrasen
as Narrator
as Suraj
as Anirudh Parmar
as Bhaskar Kulkarni
as Gopal Mathur
as Rajoo
as Sarfaraz Khan
as Sunil Verma
as Bhola
as Vishwam
as Mourner in funeral
as Special Appearance
as voice