Naseeruddin Shah Net Worth

Naseeruddin Shah's 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

Interesting Facts about Naseeruddin Shah

1. Awarded Padma Bhushan for the year 2003 by the Government of India.
2. Father of Imaaduddin Shah
3. Father of Bollywood actors Vivaan Shah and Heeba Shah.
4. Former brother in law to Bollywood actress Surekha Sikri.
5. Uncle to Bollywood/TV actor Salim Shah. Salims father is Naseers cousin.
6. Acted in Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini film Sapnon Ka Saudagar at the age of 18. His scene was edited out before the film released.
7. Father of Bollywood actress Heeba Shah.
8. 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.
9. Uncle to Bollywood Superstar Shahid Kapur. Nasserudin's wife Ratna Pathak sister is Supriya Pathak. Supriya's step son is Shahid Kapur.
10. Actress Tarla Mehta is Naseeruddin's Aunt in Law (Wife Ratna Pathak's aunt).
11. 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.
12. Father in law Baldev Pathak use to stitch Rajesh Khanna's clothes. He was a very famous tailor.
13. Eldest brother's name is Zaheeruddin Shah.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Had two brother's who died in infancy.
18. Father in law of actress, singer Saba Azaad (Married to son Imaaaduddin Shah).
19. 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.
20. 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.