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Biography:
Recently honoured by the India-EU Film Initiative, a Britain-based film
organisation, for his contribution to Indian cinema, Naseeruddin Shah has
been the inspiration of millions.
Needless to say "the versatile" actor Naseer was born on July 20, 1950. As
it is rightly said that action speaks more than words, Shah's interest in
acting was prominent from his childhood. As a schoolgoer, he joined the Pune
Film Institute.
In 1973 he graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD) and enrolled
himself in the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He made his
first appearance in Shyam Benegal's film "Nishant" in 1975. Nasseruddin Shah
got his big break with "Junoon" in 1978 which he followed up with "Aakrosh"
in 1980. With a string of success followed through films like "Masoom",
"Khandan", "Paar", "Katha", "Pestonjee", "Tridev", "Mohra", & "Vishwatma"
and the actor then never looked back.
The list of his successful films is nowhere restricted to commercial cinema.
Every time Shah performed, he left the audience open mouth - whether it's
alternative cinema, theatre, international projects or a low budget movie.
Some of his recent successes include "Monsoon Wedding", "Maqbool", "Iqbal"
for which he was nominated as best supporting actor at the IIFA 2006 Awards
in Dubai, "Krrish", “Omkara” and “Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.”.
In his upcoming movie, Shah is all set to awestruck his fans yet again in
his role of Tariq Ali in Jagmohan Mundhra's "Shoot On Sight”, which is about
the July 7, 2005 bombings in London.
Naseer: A class act
70's was the time when several young directors were making movies that were
different from those produced till then. They were called New Wave Cinema .
Films made by Shyam Benegal made Shah an icon of the art films . He proved
himself as one of the best of contemporary Indian cinema and won the
National Award for the Best Actor in 1979 for an effective portrayal of a
blind man in "Sparsh". "Nishant" (1975), "Manthan" (1976), "Bhumika" (1977),
"Junoon" (1978), "Sparsh" (1979), "Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai"
(1980), " Bhavni Bhavai" (1980), "Chakra" (1981), "Katha" (1981), "Paar"
(1984), "Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho" (1984), "Mirch Masala" (1985), "Such A Long
Journey", "Bombay Boys" are some of the art films of the actor that display
his remarkable performance.
From 1986, Shah started taking active part in the mainstream cinema with
"Karma" and from there on he kept on adding value to popularist cinema - the
won three Filmfare Awards. His performance in " Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron", a
comedy flick, displayed his versatility but at the same time, also made it
difficult to categorise him as an actor born to do serious roles. I n
"Mohra", the audience loved to hate Shah in his negative role, his 100th
film as an actor. Some of his mainstrean hits are "Umrao Jaan" (1981), "
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa" (1993), " Sarfarosh" (1999), "Maqbool" (2003), "
Iqbal" (2005), "Being Cyrus" ( 2006), "Krrish" ( 2006) “Omkara” (2007),
“Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.” (2007).
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