Naseeruddin Shah

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Naseeruddin Shah

Date of Birth

: 7/20/1950

Place of Birth

Awards

: Filmfare Awards : Best Actor: Aakrosh (1980)Best Actor: Chakra (1981)Best Actor: Masoom (1983) National Film Awards : Best Actor: Sparsh (1980)Best Actor: Paar (1985)

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Biography : Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. 20 July 1950) is an Indian film actor. He has seen success in both mainstream Bollywood movies as well as in art films.Shah showed interest in an acting career from his childhood. He graduated with BA from the Aligarh Muslim University, National School of Drama in 1973 and enrolled in the Film and Television Institute of India the same year.

Filmography : He became active in mainstream movies, popularly known as Bollywood with the 1986 film Karma in which he was one of the heroes. Sole hero films such as Ijaazat (1987), Jalwa (1988) and Hero Hiralal (1988) followed. He acted in several supporting roles as well in films such as Tridev (1989) and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993). In 1994, he acted as the villain in Mohra, his 100th film as an actor. He strongly believed that the distinction between art and commercial films had largely reduced, especially with the directors of the former also making commercial films. Later, he starred in international projects such as Monsoon Wedding in 2001 and a movie adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (co-starring Sean Connery) where he played the role of Captain Nemo. His portrayal of Nemo was very close to the design of the graphic novel, although his Nemo was far less manic. He worked in an Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, titled Maqbool. He then went on the work in The Great New Wonderful. He was most recently seen in Omkara which is an Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello. He will make his film debut in Pakistan in Khuda Ke Liye to be released in the summer of 2007

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