Naseeruddin Shah

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Naseeruddin Shah

Born July 20, 1950 · Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India (age 76)

Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian film and stage actor and director, and a prominent figure in Indian parallel cinema. Shah has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and an award at the Venice Film Festival. The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards for his contributions to Indi…

Known For

The League of Extraordinary GentlemenThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen · 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
★ 6.02003
MovieFantasyAction
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Andha YugAndha Yug · 1989
Andha Yug
1989
MovieDramaWar
"Andha Yug"—literally 'Age of Blindness'—is an allegorical play written in the aftermath of the Partition of India by Shri Dharamvir Bharti. Rooted in the epic Mahabharata, this landmark 1989 Delhi performance was staged for the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh Festival and has since been preserved by the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Set on the final day of the Kurukshetra war, the narrative chronicles the end of the Dvapara Yuga and the immediate descent into the dark Kali Yuga, triggered by Lord Krishna's demise. This five-act masterpiece explores the moral collapse, cycles of revenge, and psychological trauma of war. It depicts the pyrrhic reality of the Kali Yuga—the worst, shortest, and darkest of the four cosmic ages—in which recursive violence degrades the fabric of civilization, blinding individuals to reason as they are forced to reckon with the devastation's fallout.
Main Hoon NaMain Hoon Na · 2004
Main Hoon Na
★ 6.62004
MovieDrama
An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
Main Vaapas AaungaMain Vaapas Aaunga · 2026
Main Vaapas Aaunga
★ 7.22026
MovieRomanceDrama
Haunted by a childhood romance and recollections of love lost during the 1947 Partition of India, 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal shares his story with his grandson Nirvair, the past unfolding through memories of migration, longing, and a romance that endures across generations.
Zindagi Na Milegi DobaraZindagi Na Milegi Dobara · 2011
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
★ 7.62011
MovieDramaComedy
Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?
Monsoon WeddingMonsoon Wedding · 2001
Monsoon Wedding
★ 6.82001
MovieComedyDrama
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
KrrishKrrish · 2006
Krrish
★ 6.52006
MovieActionScience Fiction
In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Krrish 3Krrish 3 · 2013
Krrish 3
★ 5.62013
MovieActionScience Fiction
Krrish and his father must team up to save the world from a psychokinetic evil man named Kaal and his army of mutants.

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Andha YugAndha Yug · 1989
Andha Yug
1989
MovieDramaWar
"Andha Yug"—literally 'Age of Blindness'—is an allegorical play written in the aftermath of the Partition of India by Shri Dharamvir Bharti. Rooted in the epic Mahabharata, this landmark 1989 Delhi performance was staged for the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh Festival and has since been preserved by the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Set on the final day of the Kurukshetra war, the narrative chronicles the end of the Dvapara Yuga and the immediate descent into the dark Kali Yuga, triggered by Lord Krishna's demise. This five-act masterpiece explores the moral collapse, cycles of revenge, and psychological trauma of war. It depicts the pyrrhic reality of the Kali Yuga—the worst, shortest, and darkest of the four cosmic ages—in which recursive violence degrades the fabric of civilization, blinding individuals to reason as they are forced to reckon with the devastation's fallout.

Ashwatthama

RaajneetiRaajneeti · 2010
Raajneeti
★ 6.32010
MovieDramaThriller
It is the story of a fiercely fought election campaign, where money power and corruption are the accepted norms, and where treachery and manipulation are routinely used weapons. As the personal drama of these conflict-ridden characters unfolds against this gritty backdrop, love and friendship become mere baits, and relationships get sacrificed at the altar of political alignments. The darkness that rises from their souls threatens to envelope all that they hold precious. Until eventually, in the crescendo of increasing violence, the line between good and evil blurs, making it impossible to distinguish heroes from villains. Raajneeti is the story of Indian democracy. And its ugly underside. It is about politics. And beyond.

Bhaskar Sanyal