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Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah 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 awa... more

Naseeruddin Shah 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 Indian cinema. Shah has also appeared in the Pakistani Film Industry, Lollywood, through the films Khuda Kay Liye and Zinda Bhaag.

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Monsoon Wedding
(2001)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Mira Nair
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Vasundhara Das
7.4
95%
77
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
(2003)
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Stephen Norrington
Cast:
Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend
5.8
17%
30
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In the Name of God
(2007)
Action, Drama
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educate...
Runtime:
168 min
Director:
Shoaib Mansoor
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Fawad Khan, Shaan Shahid, Iman Ali, Simi Raheal
8.4
N/A
N/A
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Krrish
(2006)
Action, Science 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.
Runtime:
174 min
6.3
100%
68
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Mohra
(1994)
Action, Thriller
Journalist Roma Singh is the daughter of a jailer. While taking a tour of the jail, she is molested by some of the inmates, and an inmate, Vishal Agnihotri comes to her assistance. She finds out that Vishal is in for four homicides, and decides to investigate further. She finds out, with the help of the owner of her publications, Jinda...
Runtime:
177 min
Director:
Rajiv Rai
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Poonam Jhawer
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Dedh Ishqiya
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A team of con men fall for a Begum and her female confidante. Does their love fructify?
Runtime:
152 min
Director:
Abhishek Chaubey
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Today's Special
(2009)
Comedy, Romance
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
David Kaplan
Cast:
Aarti Mann, Dean Winters, Kevin Corrigan, Jess Weixler, Naseeruddin Shah
6.7
81%
57
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7 Khoon Maaf
(2011)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
Runtime:
148 min
Director:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast:
Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Naseeruddin Shah
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Finding Fanny
(2014)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five friends from Goa get lost during a journey to discover the lot of the childhood sweetheart of an old postman.
Runtime:
102 min
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Being Cyrus
(2005)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Sethna family resides in the hills of Panchgani. A retired sculptor Dinshaw heads the family of Dinshaw's wife Katy , brother Farokh, sister-in-law Tina and second brother Fardoonjee . When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is soon revealed that things aren't quite right with the Sethna family
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Homi Adajania
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Simone Singh
7.3
N/A
N/A
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3 Deewarein
(2003)
Crime, Drama
Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for murdering his wife too, but he claims that it was an accident where she falls off the sidewalk ...
Runtime:
120 min
7.9
N/A
N/A
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Valley of Flowers
(2006)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
A Himalayan legend of a love struggling against the inevitability of death, an astonishing tale spanning from the early 19th century mountain existence, to hectic, bustling modern day Tokyo.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Pan Nalin
Cast:
Mylène Jampanoï, Milind Soman, Naseeruddin Shah, Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Anil Yadav
7.0
N/A
N/A
Zinda Bhaag
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Zinda Bhaag
(2013)
Drama, Family, Music
Three young men try to escape the reality of their everyday lives and succeed in ways they had least expected.
Runtime:
120 min
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Shoot on Sight
(2008)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of Scotland Yard. On the other hand, Tariq - a British citizen is himself a suspect in the eyes of...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Jag Mundhra
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Alex McSweeney, Gulshan Grover, India Wadsworth
6.1
20%
45
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Mirch Masala
(1987)
Drama, Thriller
The film opens with an arrogant subedar (local tax collector in colonial India) and his soldiers rampaging through a village. The subedar has an eye for women and soon spots Sonbai on the riverbank. Sonbai is an intelligent, beautiful and strong woman. Her confidence intrigues the subedar.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Ketan Mehta
Cast:
Om Puri, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Suresh Oberoi
7.8
N/A
N/A
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A Wednesday!
(2008)
Drama, Thriller
A retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career, wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Neeraj Pandey
Cast:
Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepal Shaw, Aamir Bashir, Rohitash Gaud
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Umrao Jaan
(1981)
Drama, Music
Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Many years later, she grows up to be an accomplished poetess and a renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan.
Runtime:
145 min
Cast:
Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar
7.9
N/A
N/A
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The Great New Wonderful
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Danny Leiner
Cast:
Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom McCarthy
5.6
73%
57
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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?
Runtime:
166 min
Director:
Zoya Akhtar
Cast:
Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin
8.1
100%
N/A
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Sparsh
(1980)
Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with the recently widowed Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he slowly also gets attracted to her. When marriage is proposed, both agree to marry each other. Then Anirudh starts having doubts whether ...
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
Sai Paranjape
Cast:
Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri
8.2
N/A
N/A
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Holi
(1984)
In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer from the common apathy of most teachers in similar colleges. The administration has the usual problems, with ill-paid employees periodically going on strike. On the whole, the college is a v...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Ketan Mehta
Cast:
Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ashutosh Gowariker
7.6
N/A
N/A
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Manthan
(1976)
Drama
A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Shyam Benegal
Cast:
Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohan Agashe
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Ponthan Mada
(1994)
Drama
Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada ha...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
T. V. Chandran
Cast:
Mammootty, Naseeruddin Shah, Laboni Sarkar, V.K Sriraman
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Bhopal Express
(1999)
Drama, Romance
A newly-wed couple's lives are changed during the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Mahesh Mathai
Cast:
Kay Kay Menon, Nethra Raghuraman, Naseeruddin Shah, Zeenat Aman
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Ghulami
(1985)
Near India and Pakistan's border-town of Fatehpur, lives Ranjit Singh Choudhary who has been labeled as a rebel by his schoolmaster and his dad, Makhan's employer, Bade Thakur, as he could not stand the injustice that was meted to farmers like his dad, and his ancestors who had become economic slaves to the upper-caste Thakurs, who loa...
Runtime:
146 min
Director:
J.P. Dutta
Cast:
Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Bazaar
(1982)
Drama
Bazaar is a 1982 Indian film directed by Sagar Sarhadi and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil and Supriya Pathak.The film highlights the tragedy of young girls being sold by needy parents to affluent Indians in the Gulf.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Sagar Sarhadi
Cast:
Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak, Bharat Kapoor
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Main Hoon Na
(2004)
Drama
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.
Runtime:
179 min
Director:
Farah Khan
Cast:
Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two best friends being convinced that they are not in love search for each other's love.
Runtime:
155 min
Director:
Abbas Tyrewala
Cast:
Imran Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Genelia D'Souza, Manjari Phadnis, Manjari Phadnis
7.5
N/A
N/A
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Maalamaal
(1988)
Raj (Naseeruddin Shah) is a slum dweller, who one day comes to know that he has inherited the business and property from his grand-father worth 3.3 billion Indian rupees. Stunned and delighted at the same time, he gleefully arrives at his former grand-father's estate to claim his inheritance, only to be told that there is a clause atta...
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Poonam Dhillon, Aditya Pancholi
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Omkara
(2006)
Crime, Drama
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives an...
Runtime:
155 min
Director:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast:
Ajay Devgn, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Saif Ali Khan
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Sarfarosh
(1999)
Action, Drama
When terrorists kill a cop's brother and disable his father, he fights back against the smuggling of guns and drugs which plagues his country.
Runtime:
174 min
Director:
John Mathew Matthan
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi
8.2
N/A
N/A
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Red Alert: The War Within
(2010)
Action, Drama, Thriller, War
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, Chinna; and son, Mohan, but Velu keeps on putting it off. Narasimha gets to know and sympath...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Anant Mahadevan
Cast:
Sunil Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas
6.5
17%
N/A
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Iqbal
(2005)
Drama
This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Runtime:
150 min
Director:
Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Basu Prasad, Yatin Karyekar
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
(1994)
Comedy, Drama
A man belongs to a middle-class family and is intent on pursuing his career with a music group, despite his dad's disapproval. He is also in love with the lead singer, but she sees him mainly as a friend.
Runtime:
158 min
Director:
Kundan Shah
Cast:
Deepak Tijori, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Rita Bhaduri, Shah Rukh Khan, Satish Shah
7.8
N/A
N/A
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John Day
(2013)
Drama
A mysterious death of a young girl unfolds a web of secrets and a conspiracy. The father of the girl, John day, is a simple , honest and god fearing man. Gautam , a nihilistic cop, the key player behind the tragic incident gets embroiled and sucked into the deep abyss that turns lethal. The thin line that separates the saint and the be...
Runtime:
137 min
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
(1983)
Comedy
Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly thrusts them into a world of corruption, murder, and hijinks.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Kundan Shah
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Satish Shah, Om Puri, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur
8.4
N/A
N/A
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The Perfect Murder
(1988)
Mystery, Thriller
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his in...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Zafar Hai
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Stellan Skarsgård, Amjad Khan, Madhur Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Hero Hiralal
(1988)
Action, Comedy, Drama
A Bollywood obsessed auto-rickshaw meets and falls in love with an actress. When the film crew packs up and leaves, he too sets off to Bombay to be close to her.
Runtime:
154 min
Director:
Ketan Mehta
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Sanjana Kapoor, Deepa Sahi, Kiran Kumar, Rohini Hattangadi
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Maqbool
(2003)
Action, Crime, Drama
The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast:
Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Raajneeti
(2010)
Drama, Thriller
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 sa...
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
Prakash Jha
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif
7.1
14%
N/A