Naseeruddin Shah

Profession: Actor , Director, Guest Appearance, Producer, Singer, Supporting Actor

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Naseeruddin Shah Personal Details

Also Know as :- Naseeruddin Shah
Profession:- Actor , Director, Guest Appearance, Producer, Singer, Supporting Actor
Gender :- male
Birthdate:- 20 Jul 1950
Status:- Married
Debut Year:- 1980
Active Years:- Till Today

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Naseeruddin Shah Family Details

Father :- Aley Mohammed Shah
Mother:- Farrukh Sultan
Spouse Details :- First wife Parveen Murad was also known as Manara Sikri. Ratna Pathak since 1982

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"He was the first of the several celebrity actors who played the role of a narrator in the popular audiobook series for kids, called Karadi Tales, He was the narrator in the film Paheli, and the Indian Entry to the 2006 Academy Awards. Naseeruddin Shah for years has been giving performances with .. Read More

Naseeruddin Shah Early Life

Naseeruddin Shah Personal Life

"When Naseeruddin Shah was 19 years of age he married a 36-year-old Manara Sikri also known as Parveen Murad. His wife was the sister of actress Surekha Sikri, She was a divorced woman and had children from her previous marriage. Naseeruddin Shah had married her much against his parent's wishes a .. Read More

nd siblings who had not approved of this alliance, but he went ahead and within one year of their marriage the couple became the parents of a daughter the stage actress Heeba Shah. The marriage was on the rocks and the couple celebrated when their daughter was a year old. However, they were not divorced for many years because of the Nikaahnama, a Muslim contract. Naseeruddin had promised a massive amount to his first wife as Mehr, an alimony in case of divorces and he also disclaimed the right to bigamy. The marriage is said to have ended on a bitter note and it took more than twelve years for Naseeruddin Shah to collect the colossal amount of money that he had promised to his wife. In 1982 he got rid of this pending issue and both of them got divorced after he had paid the said amount to her and he was free from this relationship. Manara with Heeba moved to Iran in the early 70’s, shortly after the couple had separated and he was not allowed to see or have any contact with their daughter Heeba, even though they were not yet then divorced. There arose a situation when Heeba grew up and was an adult herself she sought out her father and established contact with him. She later moved to India and since she hasn’t got married herself continues to live with her father and stepmother Ratna Pathak and her two brothers. In the meantime, Manara died in Iran in 1990. In 1970, Naseeruddin met Ratna Pathak during a stage show and married her. She is the daughter of the Stage and film actress Dina Pathak. Ratna Pathak herself is a famous stage and film personality. Her sister Supriya Pathak is married to the actor Pankaj Kapur, father of the film actor Shahid Kapoor by his first marriage. During the making of several films in the early 70’s Ratna Pathak and Naseerudin, they fell in love and they had a live-in relationship as he was putting together the alimony at that time to pay to his first wife Manara. And Ratna Pathak and Naseeruddin were able to marry only in the year 1982 finally after he had secured the divorce from his first wife Manara. With his second marriage, Naseeruddin Shah has two sons, Imaad Shah and Vivaan Shah. They live in Mumbai with their three children."

Naseeruddin Shah Career

"Naseeruddin Shah is an actor known for the films he has aced namely the ones that received acclaim in the film Industry in India and abroad. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003, followed by the film A Wednesday in 2008 and Monsoon Wedding in 2001. Naseeruddin Shah did films such as Nishant, Aakrosh, Sparsh, Mirch Masala, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Ata Hai, Trikal, Bhavani Bhavai, Junoon, Mandi, Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho, Ardh Satya, Katha and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro to name a few. He joined the mainstream of Bollywood with his film in the year 1980 for the film Hum Paanch in 1980 followed by his film Dil Akhir Dil Hai in 1982 co-star with Rakhee. One of his most memorable films was Masoom released in the year 1983 and was shot at Sr. Joseph’s College at Nainital co-starring with Shabana Azmi in which his role is of the estranged husband. Following the success of the film Masoom he was flooded with roles and his next major successful film was Karma along with the veteran actor Dilip Kumar. He further did films like Ijaazat in 1987, Jalwa and Hero Hiralal in 1988, in which he played his role opposite his wife Ratna Pathak as Inspector Ghote. Based on the fictional detective novel Merchant-Ivory English film The Perfect Murder. Thereafter he acted in several multi-starrer Bollywood films as well as such as Ghulami in 1985, Tridev in 1989, Vishwatma in 1992 and Mohra as a villain in 1994. Which was his 100th film as an actor. He has also forayed into Mayalayam cinema in the year 1994 in the well-acclaimed drama film Ponthan Mada. In 2000 he played his dream role of playing Mahatma Gandhi which was released and focused on the Assailant’s point of view. He has also played the role of a drunken coach to a deaf and mute boy in the film Iqbal which was written by Vipul K. Rawal with Naseeruddin Shah in mind. In Sarfarosh he plays a role of a Ghazal singer cum terrorist with the mastermind with the lead role played by 1999. This film was released in 1999. And played a role that he is remembered for in Neeraj Pandey’s film A Wednesday in 2008, Naseeruddin Shah has also starred in International Projects like Monsoon Wedding in 2001 and a Hollywood Comic book adaptation, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 with Sean Connery and in the Indian film adaptation of Shakespeare’s film Maqbool in 2003. In 2004 he played a role opposite Priyanka Chopra in the film Asambhav with Arjun Rampal as the co-star. In 2005 he went on to work in the Great New Wonderful and 2011 he was seen in the blockbuster film The Dirty Picture which did extremely well at the Box office with Vidya Balan stealing the limelight in the major role of her lifetime. He has acted in several other films like The Blueberry Hunt and The Waiting in 2016. Besides this, he has also made his debut in the Pakistani film Khuda Kay Liye by Shoaib Mansoor wherein he plays a short cameo role. His second Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag was selected as the Country’s official entry to the 86th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film Award."

Naseeruddin Shah Filmography

#	Released Date	Type	Credited As	Movie
1	31 Dec 2025	Film	Supporting Actor	MahaRagni
2	31 Dec 2025	Film	Supporting Actor	Ul Jalool Ishq
3	10 Jan 2025	Film	Supporting Actor	FATEH
4	13 Jan 2023	Film	Supporting Actor	Kuttey
5	09 Dec 2022	Film	Supporting Actor	Maarrich
6	29 Nov 2022	Film	Actor	Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal
7	11 Feb 2022	Film	Supporting Actor	Gehraiyaan
8	14 Jan 2021	Film	Supporting Actor	The Power
9	01 Jan 2021	Film	Supporting Actor	Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
10	21 Aug 2020	Film	Actor	Mee Raqsam
11	12 Apr 2019	Film	Actor	The Tashkent Files
12	08 Apr 2019	Film	Supporting Actor	Siddharth