Naseeruddin Shah was born on July 20, 1950 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is known for his work on A Wednesday (2008), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and Iqbal (2005). He has been married to Ratna Pathak Shah since April 1, 1982. They have three children.
Naseeruddin Shah
Movies
7 Khoon Maaf
After the passing of his Pondicherry-born mentor, Susanna, Mumbai-based Dr. Arun Kumar Singh narrates his story to his wife, Nalini. With photographs from an old album that he has never shared with anyone, he informs her as to how Susanna caught him stealing; got him to quit his job &…
A Wednesday
A man calls up the Mumbai police, and tells them he has placed five different bombs in the city — all set to go off in some time. He wants four terrorists in exchange. Does he get them? Who is behind it all? What’s his motive? Is there more than…
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Sunil and some of his friends start a band and perform at weddings and special occasions. Sunil is in love with Aana but Aana loves Chris; when Sunil finds out about this he decides to utilize the best of his powers to prevent the couple from meeting only to stand…
Raajneeti
Belonging to a prominent Uttar Pradesh-family of ruthless politicians, Samar Pratap is about to return to his Irish-American girlfriend, Sarah, in the U.S. and obtain a PhD, but cancels his trip when his father, Chandra, is shot dead. He decides to stay put and avenge this slaying but ends up…
Dirty Politics
Krrish
Singapore-based Dr. Siddhant Arya recruits a superhumanly powerful Indian-born man named Rohit Mehra, who was given special powers by a blue-skinned alien named Jadoo, to build a computer that can forecast the future, which results in an accident that kills Rohit. When this news reaches Rohit’s mother, Sonia, in India,…
Finding Fanny
Late one night, an undelivered letter is returned to postmaster and singer Ferdinand ‘Ferdie’ Pinto. He realizes that his one true love Stefanie ‘Fanny’ Fernandes never received the marriage proposal he sent to her forty-six years earlier. Angie, a young widow and Ferdie’s dear friend suggests they go on a…
Firaaq
Following riots in Gujarat, Arati experiences guilt that she didn’t open her door to shelter an injured Muslim woman; her husband Sanjay had looted merchandise from shops and his brother Devan had even sexually molested Muslim women. Young lad Mohsin leaves the safety of an army-guarded camp to look for…
Sarfarosh
Ajay Rathod is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan. During one of Hassan’s concerts,…
Asambhav
Adit, played by Arjun Rampal, is in the Indian army. When the Indian president is kidnapped, Adit is sent undercover to rescue the president and his daughter. Adit becomes a journalist for IndiaTimes, and manages to make his way to Switzerland with the help of a police officer called Bhatnagar.…
Main Hoon Na
When India and Pakistan decide to end their hostilities, there is one army person in India who is unhappy, because of his son’s death in the Indo-Pak war. He decides to launch terror attacks and bring an end to peace, and for this purpose he shoots and gravely injures an…
Main Meri Patni Aur Woh
Employed as a Librarian in Lucknow University’s Tagore Library, Mithilesh Shukla is a 34-year, vertically challenged (just 5’2″) old bachelor, who has an extended family consisting of two sisters and one brother, all married, as well as his widowed mother. His maternal uncle, Advocate Kishorilal Mishra, and his mother persuade…
Maximum
It’s the story of two cops and their struggle to achieve maximum power. But they are not alone in this game, there are other players too, who are planning their next move at every level. Dreams, layers of emotions, betrayal and unpredictable twists – Maximum has it all.
Sunayana
Rajoo (Naseeruddin Shah) is an honest, naive, villager with a heart of gold. When he comes to the big city, he comes across a beautiful young girl, Sunayana (Rameshwari), who almost gets runover by a car. He assists her to her feet, and she tells him that she is blind,…
Songs
Bedardi
Mumbai-based Saxena family consists of Professor Nirbhay, his wife, Preeti, their school-going daughter, Ritu; Nirbhay’s college-going brother and sister, Vijay and Suman respectively. Vijay meets with fellow collegian, Honey, and after a few altercations both fall in love with each other. Vijay is introduced to Honey’s maternal uncle, Bhagwandas, and…
Hey Ram
The film starts with Saketh Ram as a very old man and almost immediately goes into flashback. As a young man he is among his friends, in conviviality. He has taken a Bengali wife, Aparna, and everything is wonderful in his life, However the year is 1946, and the imminent…
Himmat
Two Indian Secret Service Agents, Ajay Saxena and Abdul, are not only co-workers, but also live like brothers. Their Chief asks Abdul to take charge of Project M, dealing with India’s nuclear capability for defense, while Ajay proceeds on a vacation to Switzerland. Once there, he meets with beautiful Anju…
The Dirty Picture
Rebellious and uninhibited Reshma lives an impoverished lifestyle with her mother, Ratnamma, in 1980s South India. She is an ardent fan of film actor, Suryakant, and her one ambition in life is to meet and act with him. She runs away to Madras, and like, hundreds of young women, lines…
Bhumika
Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar). Keshav takes a liking to young Urvashi, and encourages her to explore her talents in films, which she…
Iqbal
India – a Nation obsessed with cricket – and it is not very often one comes across anyone who loathes cricket as much as farmer Anwar Khan, who feels that it is a waste of time watching some grown men playing, not only getting paid, but costing the nation millions…
Nishant
Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest brother of the powerful and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. Vishwam is married to Rukmani (Smita Patil), and…
Chamatkar
Sunder Srivastava (Shah Rukh Khan) is a young graduate whose main ambition in life is to fulfil his father’s dream of starting a school on his half-acre property in his village, though he has no funds to execute his plans. Sunder’s childhood friend Prem, a seasoned conman who operates in…
Vishwatma
Police inspector Prabhat Singh is sent to Kenya on a mission of apprehending the crime lord Azghar Jurrat. Prabhat’s mission is one of duty as well as vengeance: his younger brother had been murdered by Jurrat after Prabhat shot and killed Jurrat’s brother in the line of duty. Prabhat is…
Omkara
Advocate Raghunath Mishra has arranged the marriage of his daughter, Dolly, with Rajan, knowing fully well that Dolly loves Omkara Shukla. Before the marriage could take place, the groom’s party is attacked, they flee, and Dolly is reportedly abducted. Raghunath is able to trace Dolly to Omkara, a criminal and…
Woh 7 Din
Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she…
Paheli
Parsimonious Bhanwarlal is a Bania (businessman) who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along with his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and has a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal loses the race to the Thakur and out of shame leaves home, never to return.…
Jalwa
Kapil’s (Naseeruddin Shah) younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom (Kamini Kaushal). One day his friend from…
Peepli Live
In the lead up to state elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid bank loan. Desperate, they seek help from an apathetic local politician, who scornfully suggests they commit suicide to benefit from a government program that…
Daava
Inspector Arjun and his two siblings, Bhishma and Suraj are made targets when they decides to go against a notorious criminal gang who call themselves, ‘Chamunda brothers’. The gang first kill Suraj when he attempt to expose their unlawful activities and then they attempt to split Arjun and Bhishma over…
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Dedh Ishqiya
Dedh Ishqiya is a 2014 Indian comedy thriller film. Out from jail, Khalujaan a.k.a Iftekhar (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) have stolen a necklace made of royal jewels and are on the run. They part ways and meet at the Majidabad palace, where Iftekhar is competing with Urdu poets…
Fun Facts
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.
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"" (1994) 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. Nasserudin's wife Ratna Pathak sister is Supriya Pathak. Supriya's step son is Shahid Kapur.
Actress Tarla Mehta is Naseeruddin's Aunt in Law (Wife Ratna Pathak's 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 Singh's debut film in 1991. The film was shelved after 60% of shooting.
Father in law Baldev Pathak use to stitch Rajesh Khanna's clothes. He was a very famous tailor.
Eldest brother's 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 Khan's 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 brother's who died in infancy.
Father in law of actress, singer Saba Azaad (Married to son Imaaaduddin Shah).
Starred the shelved International movie,Channel Four's ""The Leopard and The Fox""(1996). 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 International's ""Masoom Gawah"" (1990). 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 cassette's 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 Movietone's ""Dayalu""(1990). 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""(1990) Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Suresh Oberoi,Nilesh Malhotra (Replaced Shekhar Suman),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 Chitra's ""Ek Aur Bhishma""(1996)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""(1999) 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""(1995)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.(1998).
Starred in Mushir and Riaz's shelved movie ""Garam Hawa""(1995). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihothri, Paresh Rawal. Music by Anu Malik, Produced by Tanvir,Tauriq,Arif,Directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
Was engaged to actress Anjali Paighankar in 1974.
Daughter Heeba has a half sister (From Parveen's second marriage) named Bushra. She grew up in Iran with Heeba.
Starred in the shelved film VIP's ""101 Days"" (1992). 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"" (1985). 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"" (2008) (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"" (1992) Starring Naseeruddin Shah , Hema Malini, Zeba Bhaktiar and Introducing Manzoor Ali (Mehmood's 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"" (1989) 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""(1992). 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.
Auditioned for Passage To India and was rejected.
Starred in the shelved film Rajan Films ""Mere Apne"" (1993). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar ( replaced Kamal Sadanah), Pooja Bhatt, Zeba Bhaktiar,Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film was a remake of Regarding Henry .
Starred in Aron Govil's shelved film Paltan (1994). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Paresh Rawal,Deepak Zaveri,Mushtaq Khan,Music by Nadeen Shravan,Produced by Aron Govil,Directed by Mahesh Bhatt .
Starred in the shelved film Annadatta (1983) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil,Supriya Pathak,Parikshat Sahni, Directed by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas. It was to be made in Hindi and English.
Nephew named Sam Shah who lives in Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
Starred in shelved movie Vaishno Movies ""Lafanga"" (Aap Ke Karib)(1986/1990). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Shabana Azmi, Marc Zuber, Moon Moon Sen,Parikshat Sahni,Ranjeet,Huma Khan, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Ajit Asthana.
After the success of Naam, the same team, Rajendra Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt and Salim Khan were to make a film titled Naaraz staring Rakhee Gulzar, Kumar Gaurav, Madhuri Dixit,Naseerudin Shah and Amrish Puri, but this film was not made. Mahesh Bhatt, and Amrish Puri never got the chance to work together after both being in the same industry for decades. Naraaz was shelved. Years later Mahesh Bhatt made another film titled Naaraaz with a different star cast and story.
Starred in Bhushan Bhanmali untitled film opposite Kajal Kiran. This was in 1981.
Starred in the shelved bilingual movie ""Kanchan Rekha"" (Hindi) ""Swambar""(Bengali). This was in 1982. Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Amol Palekar,Farooq Sheikh, Smita Patil,Girish Karnad,Geeta Siddhartha,Dina Pathak. Produced by Mrityunjoy Sarkar,Directed by Shankar Bhattacharya. The film was shelved when the producer died after kidney surgery .
Starred in the shelved film ""Five Star Hotel"" (1982). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Rekha,Shabana Azmi,Smita Patil,Amjad Khan, Directed by Saeed Mirza.
Naseeruddin Shah lent his voice as a narrator to ""The Monkey and the Crocodile - A Panchatantra Classic"". (Book + Audio Cassette) . This was in 1997.
Starred in Virendra Saini's shelved untitled film in 1997. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Smriti Mishra,Rajeshwari Sachdev, Directed by Virendra Saini.
In 2006, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi were to be seen together in Rituparno Ghosh's London Summer. It was to be shot entirely in London from August, the film was to be produced by Arindam Choudhuri. It is about the cultural differences that an Indian family settled in London, faces. The project got shelved.
Starred in the shelved movie Emkay Movies ""Dil Aur Deemag""(Jeevan Yudh)(1988) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Govinda, Kimi Katkar,Juhi Chawla,Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Madan Chopra, Kishore Malhotra.
Starred in the shelved film Champion with Tabu,Sunny Deol. Directed by Shekher Kapur in 1987/1989. This was Tabu 1st film announced. After it got shelved, she was signed for Prem.
Starree in the shelved movie Heena Productions ""Hookum""(1989) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar, Sujata Mehta,Satish Shah, Dina Pathak,Abid Shah,Salim Shah, Anupam Kher,Music by Manoj Saran,Produced by Taher B. Khan, Directed by Taher Hakoon.
Starred in the shelved movie Kuldeep Art Productions ""Nishan Nahin Mitega""(1989) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi,Introducing Krishna,Also starring Vishal Dutt, Satish Shah, Music by Annu Malik, Story by Pradeep,Edited and Directed by Kawal Sharma.
Starred in the shelved movie ""Abhiyan -The Mission""(1997) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon,Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Dinesh Gandhi, Directed by Anil Matoo.
Starred in the shelved movie Jwala Pictures P. Ltd's ""Rakshak""(1987) Starring Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Rekha,Sanjay Dutt, Farha Naaz, Naseeruddin Shah,Anupam Kher, Kulbhshan Kharbanda,Mahesh Anand, Story by Suraj Sanim,Music Kalyanji Anandji, Produced by Sandeep Sethi, Directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
Starred in the shelved movie Monica Arts ""Kharidar""(1985) Starring Rekha(Replaced by Poonam Dhillon),Naseeruddin Shah(Replaced by Farooq Sheikh),Amjad Khan,Written by Gulzar, Music by Khayyam, Directed by Meraj.
Starred in the shelved movie Khanna Arts International's ""Do Hathon Ka Khel""(1988) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar,Anita Raj,Farha Naaz,Puneet Issar, Raza Murad,Kiran Kumar, Music by Jagjit Singh,Produced by Satish Khanna, Directed by Avtar Bhogal.
Starred in the shelved film Quasar Films Pvt Ltd's ""Champion"" with Sunny Deol, Tabu.Produced and Directed by Shekher Kapur in 1987/1989. This was Tabu 1st film announced. In 1990,Shekhar Kapur wanted Manisha Koirala for the film. But Subhash Ghai refused to let her sign the film due to her contract.
Starred in the shelved movie Zoe Movies and TV Productions ""Chup Chup Ke Pyar Karen"" (Nidar -The Fearless)(2001) Starring Dharmendra,Naseeruddin Shah, Moushumi Chatterjee,Heenee Kaushik,Kaif Ali,Deepti Bhatnagar,Kiran Kumar, Asif Sheikh,Johnny Lever, Music by Uttam Singh,Produced by M.L.Chugh,Directed by Vijay Reddy.
In 1988, there was talk of B.K.Adarsh signing Rajkumar Santoshi to direct a film to star Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan and Sunny Deol. Nothing more came after the announcement.
Starred in the shelved movie Khanna Art Internationals ""Kaarnaama""(1987) Starring Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Naseeruddin Shah, Anita Raj, Chunky Pandey, Kimi Katkar,Raza Murad,Mahesh Anand, Amrish Puri, Story by Talukdaars, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Satish Khanna,Directed by Mukul Anand.
Starred in the shelved movie Ram Gopal Varma Productions ""Nayak""(1994) Starring Sanjay Dutt as Daya Nayak and Naseeruddin Shah as Bal Thakeray,Urmila,Ashwini Bhave, Ajinkya Deo, Produced and Directed by Ram Gopal Varma.
Starred in the shelved movie P.M. Films ""Aag Hamare Seene Mein"" (1996) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Produced by Vinod Avlani.
Starred in the shelved movie Base Industries Group shelved untitled film in 1995. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan,Music by Jatin Lalit, Produced Firoz Nadiadwala, Directed Bharat Rangachary.
Starred in the shelved film Triple Aar Films ""Ghadi""(1993). Starring Naseerudin Shah,Amrita Singh, Aditya Pancholi, Sudesh Berry, Sunita Rao,Shilpa Shirodkar,Suresh Oberoi, Mahesh Anand, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Ramesh J. Sharma, Directed by N. Chandra/ Anil Matoo.""}"
Quotes
(2003): I don't enjoy seeing Hindi films.
Actors are the laziest people on the face of this earth ... and I say that being an actor myself. I know my own nature, too. And I know how I have shirked, a lot of the time