ACTOR
Naseeruddin Shah
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- #001
Naseeruddin Shah was stabbed by the actor and classmate Rajendra Jaspal. Rajendra was jealous that Naseeruddin was signing some films that he believed should have been his. The incident took place in the FTII canteen.
- #002
Feroz Khan approached Naseeruddin Shah to play Fardeen Khan's father in Prem Aggan. Naseeruddin said he appreciated Feroz as an actor and director but wanted a more challenging role. Naseeruddin turned the role down, saying it was not strong enough. Feroz hugged Naseeruddin and said he understood what he meant.
- #003
Naseeruddin Shah is the father of the Bollywood actress Heeba Shah.
- #004
At the age of 18, Naseeruddin Shah appeared in the Raj Kapoor and Hema Malini film Sapnon Ka Saudagar. His scene was cut before the film was released.
- #005
Naseeruddin Shah's nephew is Major Muhammed Ali Shah, a member of the Indian Army. He is the son of Lieutenant Zameeruddin Shah, who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
- #006
Naseeruddin Shah is the father of the Bollywood actors Vivaan Shah and Heeba Shah.
- #007
Naseeruddin Shah was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for 2003.
- #008
Naseeruddin Shah is the uncle of the Bollywood superstar Shahid Kapur. Naseeruddin's wife, Ratna Pathak, is the sister of Supriya Pathak. Supriya's stepson is Shahid Kapur.
- #009
Naseeruddin Shah is the former brother-in-law of the Bollywood actress Surekha Sikri.
- #010
Naseeruddin Shah appeared in the completed but unreleased film Tere Sheher Mein (1985). The cast included Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Marc Zuber, Rohini Hathangadi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Sonu Walia, with music by Hayyam, writer Sagar Sarhadi, producer Bay Brocka and director Sagar Sarhadi. The producer obtained financing from a financier in Delhi. The producer could not repay the money. The financier then took the reels. The film was never released.
- #011
Naseeruddin Shah is the father of Imaaduddin Shah.
- #012
Naseeruddin Shah is the uncle of the Bollywood/TV actor Salim Shah. Salim's father is Naseeruddin's cousin.
- #013
Naseeruddin Shah appeared with Chandrachur Singh and Suchitra Krishnamurthy in the shelved film Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya. It was to be directed by Joy Augustine. This was to be Chandrachur Singh's first film, in 1991. The film was shelved after 60% of the shooting.
- #014
Naseeruddin Shah's father-in-law, Baldev Pathak, used to stitch Rajesh Khanna's clothes. He was a very famous tailor.
- #015
Naseeruddin Shah appeared in the shelved Amko Movies and Biscopewala Films International film Masoom Gawah (1990). The cast included Naseeruddin Shah, Anita Raaj, Baby Guddu, Prem Chopra, Saaed Jaffery, Satish Shah, Guddi Maharuti, Mac Mohan, Bob Christo and Ankush Mohit, with music by Kalyanji Anandji, producers Mukund B. Anam, M. M. Baig and Praful Patel, and director M. M. Baig. Naseeruddin Shah and director M. M. Baig came to blows over an issue, and the film was shelved after shooting was nearly complete. The film's audio cassettes were also released. M. M. Baig is also the father of Baby Guddu, who appeared in the film.
- #016
Naseeruddin Shah was engaged to the actress Anjali Paighankar in 1974.
- #017
In 1996, Naseeruddin Shah lent his voice to a cassette of stories from the Panchatantra. The cassette was released by Sky Music.
- #018
Naseeruddin Shah appeared in the shelved film Nargis (1992). The leads were Naseeruddin Shah, Hema Malini, Zeba Bhaktiar and the newcomer Manzoor Ali (Mehmood's youngest son), with music by Basu Chakravorthy and direction by Khalid Mohammed. It remains completed but unreleased due to financial problems.
- #019
Naseeruddin Shah and Deepak Parashar (the elder brother of director Pankaj Parashar) were best friends. Deepak was Shyam Benegal's assistant.
- #020
After the success of Naam, the same team — Rajendra Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt and Salim Khan — planned to make a film titled Naaraz starring Rakhee Gulzar, Kumar Gaurav, Madhuri Dixit, Naseerudin Shah and Amrish Puri, but the film was never made. Mahesh Bhatt and Amrish Puri, after working in the same industry for decades, never got the chance to work together. Naraaz was shelved. Years later, Mahesh Bhatt made another film titled Naaraaz with a different cast and story.
- #021
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved film Five Star Hotel (1982). The film, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Amjad Khan, was to be directed by Saeed Mirza.
- #022
In 2006, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi were to appear together in Rituparno Ghosh's Londra Yazı. Shooting was to be completed entirely in London from August, with Arindam Choudhuri producing. The film dealt with the cultural differences faced by an Indian family settled in London. The project was shelved.
- #023
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved bilingual film Kanchan Rekha (Hindi) / Swambar (Bengali). This was in 1982. The cast included Naseeruddin Shah, Amol Palekar, Farooq Sheikh, Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Geeta Siddhartha and Dina Pathak. Mrityunjoy Sarkar was the producer and Shankar Bhattacharya the director. The film was shelved after the producer died following kidney surgery.
- #024
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved M. M. Enterprises film Gehrai (1994). Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Alok Nath, Raza Murad, Mohnish Bahl; music by Anand-Milind; director Gautam Verma. Reels: 4.
- #025
Naseeruddin Shah's eldest brother is named Zaheeruddin Shah.
- #026
Naseeruddin Shah had two brothers who died as infants.
- #027
Naseeruddin Shah is the father-in-law of the actor and singer Saba Azaad (married to his son Imaaduddin Shah).
- #028
Naseeruddin Shah's daughter Heeba has a stepsister named Bushra (from Parveen's second marriage). She grew up with Heeba in Iran.
- #029
Naseeruddin Shah's nephew is the actor Muhammed Ali Shah.
- #030
Naseeruddin Shah's wife's cousin Sanjeev Gandhi appeared in the film Holi. His profession is dentistry.
- #031
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in Aron Govil's shelved film Paltan (1994). Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Paresh Rawal, Deepak Zaveri, Mushtaq Khan; music: Nadeen Shravan; producer: Aron Govil; director: Mahesh Bhatt.
- #032
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved film Annadatta (1983). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Supriya Pathak and Parikshat Sahni, it was to be directed by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas. It was to be made in Hindi and English.
- #033
Naseeruddin Shah was cast alongside Kajal Kiran in Bhushan Bhanmali's untitled film. This was in 1981.
- #034
In 1997, Naseeruddin Shah was cast in Virendra Saini's shelved untitled film. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Smriti Mishra and Rajeshwari Sachdev, it was to be directed by Virendra Saini.
- #035
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved Emkay Films production Dil Aur Deemag (Jeevan Yudh) (1988). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Govinda, Kimi Katkar, Juhi Chawla, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan; music by Laxmikant Pyarelal; producers: Madan Chopra and Kishore Malhotra.
- #036
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved Heena Productions film Hookum (1989). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar, Sujata Mehta, Satish Shah, Dina Pathak, Abid Shah, Salim Shah and Anupam Kher; music by Manoj Saran; producer Taher B. Khan; director Taher Hakoon.
- #037
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in the shelved Kuldeep Art Productions film Nishan Nahin Mitega (1989). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Govinda and Aditya Pancholi, with Krishna introduced; also Vishal Dutt and Satish Shah; music by Annu Malik; story by Pradeep; edited and directed by Kawal Sharma.
- #038
Naseeruddin Shah was cast in Jwala Pictures P. Ltd's shelved film Rakshak (1987). Starring Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Rekha, Sanjay Dutt, Farha Naaz, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Kulbhshan Kharbanda and Mahesh Anand; story by Suraj Sanim; music by Kalyanji Anandji; producer Sandeep Sethi; director Mahesh Bhatt.
- #039
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved Monica Arts film "Kharidar" (1985). It starred Rekha (replaced by Poonam Dhillon) and Naseeruddin Shah (replaced by Farooq Sheikh), along with Amjad Khan; the writer was Gulzar, the music was by Hayyam, and the director was Meraj.
- #040
Naseeruddin Shah acted in Khanna Arts International's shelved film "Do Hathon Ka Khel" (1988). It starred Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Anita Raj, Farha Naaz, Puneet Issar, Raza Murad and Kiran Kumar, with music by Jagjit Singh, produced by Satish Khanna and directed by Avtar Bhogal.
- #041
Naseeruddin Shah acted alongside Sunny Deol and Tabu in Quasar Films Pvt Ltd's shelved film "Champion". Shekher Kapur produced and directed it in 1987/1989, and it was Tabu's first announced film. In 1990 Shekhar Kapur wanted Manisha Koirala for the film, but Subhash Ghai did not allow her to sign it because of her contract.
- #042
In 1988 it was reported that B. K. Adarsh had agreed with Rajkumar Santoshi to direct a film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan and Sunny Deol. Nothing further came of the announcement.
- #043
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved Khanna Art Internationals film "Kaarnaama" (1987). It starred Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Naseeruddin Shah, Anita Raj, Chunky Pandey, Kimi Katkar, Raza Murad, Mahesh Anand and Amrish Puri, with story by Talukdaars, music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, produced by Satish Khanna and directed by Mukul Anand.
- #044
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved P. M. film "Aag Hamare Seene Mein" (1996). It starred Naseeruddin Shah and Sunil Shetty, and was produced by Vinod Avlani.
- #045
Naseeruddin Shah played the lead in a shelved Base Industries Group film, an untitled project shelved in 1995. It starred Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty and Saif Ali Khan, with music by Jatin Lalit, produced by Firoz Nadiadwala and directed by Bharat Rangachary.
- #046
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved Triple Aar Films film "Ghadi" (1993). The cast included Naseerudin Shah, Amrita Singh, Aditya Pancholi, Sudesh Berry, Sunita Rao, Shilpa Shirodkar, Suresh Oberoi and Mahesh Anand, with music by Anand Milind, produced by Ramesh J. Sharma and directed by N. Chandra/Anil Matoo.
- #047
Ramchandra Guha encouraged Naseeruddin to publish his autobiography after he began writing as a hobby.
- #048
The actress Tarla Mehta is Naseeruddin's sister-in-law (the aunt of his wife, Ratna Pathak).
- #049
Naseeruddin Shah acted in Vaishnav Movietone's shelved film "Dayalu" (1990). The cast included Naseeruddin Shah, Madhavi, Suresh Oberoi, Swapna, Shahbaaz Khan, Ranjeet, Goga Kapoor, Puneet Issar, Shiva, Mac Mohan, Adi Irani and Johnny Lever, with music by Usha Khanna, produced by Shekhar Sinha and directed by Nazir Herekar.
- #050
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved R. R. Pictures film "Pabandi" (1990). The cast included Naseeruddin Shah, Suresh Oberoi, Nilesh Malhotra (who replaced Shekhar Suman), Sana, Paresh Rawal, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Alok Nath, Radha Seth and Shiva, with music by Anand Milind, produced by Ravinder Sonu and directed by Sunil Tiwari.
- #051
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved Veshaaka Chitra's film "Ek Aur Bhishma" (1996). It starred Naseeruddin Shah, Armaan Kohli, Siddharth (replaced Prithvi), Anjali Jathar, Tapasya (Poonam Jhaver) and RadhaSeth. The music was by Anand-Milind and the director was Partho Ghosh. Reels: 6.
- #052
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved Waris Pictures film "Tanaav" (1999). The cast included Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Moushami Chatterjee, Deepti Bhatnagar, Guddu Rizvi, Divya Jaiswal, Asif Shaikh, Nishigandha Wad, Mohan Joshi and Kiran Kumar, with music by Jatin Lalit, produced by Waris Ali Rizvi and directed by Vijay Reddy.
- #053
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved R. R. Movies film "Yaaron Ka Yaar" (1995). It starred Vinod Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Vicky Arora, Anu Aggarwal, Somy Ali, Baba Sehgal, Suresh Oberoi, Babusha, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Anand Balraaj, with music by Mahesh Kishor and directed by Rakesh Kumar. Reels: 13.
- #054
Naseeruddin Shah acted in Mushir and Riaz's shelved film "Garam Hawa" (1995). It starred Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihothri and Paresh Rawal, with music by Anu Malik, produced by Tanvir, Tauriq and Arif, and directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
- #055
Naseeruddin Shah acted in VIP's shelved film "101 Days" (1992). The cast included Jeetendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Avinash Wadhawan, Zeba Bhaktiar, Anu Aggarwal and Ayesha Jhulka. The lyrics were by Dev Kohli, the music by Raam Laxman, the producer was H. Kohli and the director was Partho Ghosh. The audio cassette was also released.
- #056
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved film "Bandhua" (1989), which starred Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Waheeda Rehman, Naseeruddin Shah and Pooja Bedi (who replaced Shilpa Shirodkar). J. P. Dutta produced and directed it.
- #057
Naseeruddin Shah acted in the shelved film "Shahadat" (1992). The film starred Naseeruddin Shah and newcomer Shahid Khan, and was directed by Lilliput. It was financed by the underworld and was shelved because of the problems that arose.
- #058
Naseeruddin Shah appeared in Rajan Films' shelved film "Mere Apne" (1993). The film starred Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar (who replaced Kamal Sadanah), Pooja Bhatt and Zeba Bhaktiar, and was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It was a remake of Henry'ye Dair.
- #059
Naseeruddin Shah has a nephew named Sam Shah who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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