Naseeruddin Shah

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Biography

Indian actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·music_department·soundtrack
  • Country
  • India
  • Nationality
  • Indian
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 20 July 1950
  • Place of birth
  • Barabanki· Uttar Pradesh
  • Children
  • Vivaan Shah·Heeba Shah·Imaad Shah
  • Spouses
  • Ratna Pathak
  • Education
  • Aligarh Muslim University·National School of Drama·Film and Television Institute of India
  • Knows language
  • Hindi

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Awarded Padma Bhushan for the year 2003 by the Government of India.

Father of Imaaduddin Shah

Father of Bollywood actors Vivaan Shah and Heeba Shah.

Former brother in law to Bollywood actress Surekha Sikri.

He is a descendant of the 19th-century Afghan warlord Jan Fishan Khan.

Uncle to Bollywood/TV actor Salim Shah. Salims father is Naseers cousin.

Acted in Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini film Sapnon Ka Saudagar at the age of 18. His scene was edited out before the film released.

Father of Bollywood actress Heeba Shah.

Starred in shelved film,M.M.Enterprises,"Gehrai" Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Alok Nath, Raza Murad, Mohnish Bahl, Music by Anand-Milind,Directed by Gautam Verma.Reels:4.

Uncle to Bollywood Superstar Shahid Kapur. Nasserudins wife Ratna Pathak sister is Supriya Pathak. Supriyas step son is Shahid Kapur.

Actress Tarla Mehta is Naseeruddins Aunt in Law (Wife Ratna Pathaks aunt).

Starred in the shelved film Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya with Chandrachur Singh and Suchitra Krishnamurthy. To be directed by Joy Augustine. This was to be Chandrachur Singhs debut film in 1991. The film was shelved after 60% of shooting.

Father in law Baldev Pathak use to stitch Rajesh Khannas clothes. He was a very famous tailor.

Eldest brothers name is Zaheeruddin Shah.

Nephew name is Major Mohammed Ali Shah. He is a member of the Indian army. He is the son of Lt.Gen Zameeruddin Shah, presently Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.

Was stabbed by fellow actor and classmate Rajendra Jaspal. Rajendra was envious of Nasser signing certain films which he believed should have been his. The incident occurred in the canteen of the FTII.

Feroz Khan approached him to play Fardeen Khans father in Prem Aggan. Naseer said he admired Feroz as a actor and director but wanted a role more challenging. Naseeruddin rejected the role saying it was not strong enough. Feroz hugged Naseer and said he understood what he meant.

Had two brothers who died in infancy.

Father in law of actress, singer Saba Azaad (Married to son Imaaaduddin Shah).

Starred the shelved International movie,Channel Fours "The Leopard and The Fox". Starring Naseeruddin Shah. It was based on when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan. He was hung in 1979. A book was also written about this story.

Starred in the shelved film, Amko Movies and Bioscopewala Films Internationals "Masoom Gawah". Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Anita Raaj,Baby Guddu,Prem Chopra,Saaed Jaffery,Satish Shah,Guddi Maharuti,Mac Mohan Bob Christo,Ankush Mohit, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced by Mukund B. Anam, M.M. Baig,Praful Patel, Directed by M.M. Baig. Naseeruddin Shah and director M.M.Baig had a fist fight over a matter and the film got shelved after the shooting was almost complete. Audio cassettes for the film were also released. M.M.Baig is the father of Baby Guddu who also starred on the film.

Starred in the shelved movie,Vaishnav Movietones "Dayalu". Starring, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhavi,Suresh Oberoi,Swapna,Shahbaaz Khan,Ranjeet,Goga Kapoor,Puneet Issar,Shiva ,Mac Mohan,Adi Irani,Johnny Lever,Music by Usha Khanna, Produced by Shekhar Sinha, Directed by Nazir Herekar.

Starred in the shelved film,R.R.Pictures "Pabandi" Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Suresh Oberoi,Nilesh Malhotra,Sana,Paresh Rawal, Kulbushan Kharbanda,Alok Nath,Radha Seth, Shiva, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Ravinder Sonu, Directed by Sunil Tiwari.

Starred in the shelved movie Veshaaka Chitras "Ek Aur Bhishma"Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Armaan Kohli,Siddharth Ray,Tapasya,RadhaSeth. Music by Anand-Milind,Directed by Partho Ghosh. Reels:6.

Starred in the shelved movie,Waris Pictures "Tanaav" Starring Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah,Moushami Chatterjee,Deepti Bhatnagar,Guddu Rizvi,Divya Jaiswal,Asif Shaikh,Nishigandha Wad,Mohan Joshi Kiran Kumar,Music by Jatin Lalit, Produced by Waris Ali Rizvi, Directed by Vijay Reddy.

Starred in the shelved film,R.R.Movies "Yaaron Ka Yaar"Starring Vinod Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Vicky Arora, Anu Aggarwal,Somy Ali,Baba Sehgal,Suresh Oberoi,Babusha,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Anand Balraaj,Music by Mahesh Kishor, Directed by Rakesh Kumar, Reels:13.

Living on the Edge, on Star Plus is making a definite niche for itself, thanks to anchorperson Naseeruddin Shah..

Starred in Vishesh Films shelved movie "Garam Hawa". Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihothri, Paresh Rawal. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt.

Starred in the shelved film Triple Aar Films "Ghadi"(Gaadi). Starring Naseerudin Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Sudesh Berry, Shilpa Shirodkar. Directed by N. Chandra/ Anil Matoo.

Was engaged to actress Anjali Paighankar in 1974.

Daughter Heeba has a half sister (From Parveens second marriage) named Bushra. She grew up in Iran with Heeba.

Starred in the shelved film VIPs "101 Days". Staring Jeetendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Avinash Wadhawan, Zeba Bhaktiar, Anu Aggarwal, Ayesha Jhulka. Lyrics by Dev Kohli, Music by Raam Laxman, Produced by H.Kohli, Directed by Partho Ghosh. The audio cassette was also the released.

Starred in the completed and unreleased film "Tere Sheher Mein". Starring Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Marc Zuber, Rohini Hathangadi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sonu Walia,Music Khayyam, Writer - Sagar Sarhadi,Producer - Mr. Brocka,Director - Sagar Sarhadi. The producer took finance from a Delhi financier. The producer could not pay back the money. The financier then took away the reels. The film never saw a release.

In 1996, he lent his voice to a cassette of stories from the Panchatantra. The cassette was brought out by Sky Music.

Nephew is actor Mohammed Ali Shah.

Starred in the shelved movie "Exchange Offer" (Previously titled Ghost Ghost Na Raha" Cast : Rahul Bose, Esha Deol, Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Vatsal Seth. Directed by Shivam Nair.

Starred in the shelved film "Nargis" Starring Naseeruddin Shah , Hema Malini, Zeba Bhaktiar and Introducing Manzoor Ali (Mehmoods youngest son),Music by Basu Chakravorthy, Directed by Khalid Mohammed, It lays completed and unreleased due to financial problems.

Starred in the shelved film "Bandhua" Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Waheeda Rehman, Naseeruddin Shah,Pooja Bedi ( replaced Shilpa Shirodkar), Produced and Directed by J.P. Dutta.

Was best friends with Deepak Parashar (elder brother of director Pankaj Parashar). Deepak was an assistant to Shyam Benegal.

Starred in the shelved film "Shahadat". Starring Naseeruddin Shah and newcomer Shahid Khan Directed by Lilliput.

Wifes cousin Sanjeev Gandhi acted in the film Holi. He is a dentist by profession.

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