Naseeruddin Shah
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Born: July 1950
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian film actor and director. He is considered to be one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema.Born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, he is a descendant of the 19th-century Afghan warlord Jan Fishan Khan, and related to the Afghan writer Idries Shah, the famous Pakistani actor, Syed Kamal Shah , Director General of IB, Pakistan, Shah Mahboob Alam and the cricketer Owais Shah.. Naseeruddin Shah did his schooling at St. Anselm's Ajmer and St Joseph's College, Nainital. He graduated in arts from Aligarh Muslim University in 1971 and attended National School of Drama in Delhi.He has seen success in both mainstream Bollywood cinema as well as in Parallel Cinema. He also appeared in many international films most notably playing Captain Nemo in the Hollywood comic book adaptation The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.His elder brother Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah PVSM, SM, VSM, also an alumnus of St. Joseph's Nainital, retired from the Indian Army in early 2008 as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Planning and Systems) and formerly commanded Dimapur based 3 Corps. He also served as Director Indian Defence Attache to Saudi Arabia from Feb 1994 -April 1997.
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A Wednesday tells the story of certain events that unfold between 2 and 6 p. m. on a Wednesday in Mumbai. Events that do not exist in any record. The Police Commissioner, Prakash Rathod, gets an anonymous call. The caller demands that he release militants in exchange for information about the many bombs planted across Mumbai city. The caller is obviously serious as the police find a bomb planted v... read more
7 Khoon Maaf is a 2011 thriller film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Priyanka Chopra in the lead role of Susanna [Priyanka Chopra] is unlucky in love. Her first husband, Major Edwin [Neil Nitin Mukesh], is overtly possessive and suspicious. After his demise, Susanna marries Jimmy [John Abraham] as she is floored by his musical talent. Jimmy becomes successful, but with success comes girls an... read more
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Ishqiya is a story about love arising in characters, portrayed uniquely according to their own personal traits. The situations in the plot lead the characters to experience the emotion creeping into their lives in the most unexpected manner. Arshad Warsi plays Naseeruddin’s nephew. Both of them are criminals who intend to retire. On of their travels, they meet a femme fatale widow, played by Vid... read more
A woman, depressed that she in unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consisting of 11 other children. Geeta Malhotra (Shabana Azmi) gets married to a young man, Bhupinder (Farooq Shaikh) her mom (Rohini Hattangadi) and dad do not approve of. They are happy together and she soon expects a baby. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes... read more
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Rajkumar is an Indian film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Reena Roy, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. Rani Maa's(Reena Roy) husband is killed by the neighboring kingdom's evil Prime Minister Man Singh (Naseeruddin Shah). The Prime Minister absolves himself from this killing and blames it on the king, the father of Rajkumari Vishaka (Madhuri Dixit). Rani Maa swears to avenge the death against the Rajkuma... read more
Najma and Salim are in love, but their's is a platonic relationship, as Salim is a deep thinker and prefers that women like Najma be financially independent, and not be dependent on men. On the other hand, Sarju and Shabnam are in love, and would like to get married, however, Shabnam's dad has finalized her marriage with a much older man, who is wealthy, and has shown an interest in Shabnam. An en... read more
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Shikari: The Hunter is a 1991 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Varsha Usgaonkar, Irina Kushnareva and Amrish Puri. Shikari: The Hunter is an action film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Naseeruddin Shah in lead roles. The film was shot in Russia and it was jointly directed by Indian director Umesh Mehra and... read more
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Panaah is a Family Drama movie released in year 1992. This movie is directed by Krishnakant Pandya & starring by Naseeruddin Shah, Siddharth, Jeet Upendra, Pallavi Joshi, Kiran Kumar, Pran. The music for this movie is given by Shravan Rathod, Nadeem Saifee. read more
Himmat is a 2001 Bollywood action film directed by Sunil Sharma, starring Sunny Deol, Tabu and Shilpa Shetty. Two Indian Secret Service Agents, Ajay Saxena and Abdul, are not only co-workers, but also live like brothers and family. 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, h... read more
Bedardi is a 1997 movie starring Ajay Devgn, Urmila Matondkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Reena Roy and Kiran Kumar in pivotal roles. 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 they fall in love with... read more
