Naseeruddin Shah filmography

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950 ^[1] ) is an Indian actor and director. He has acted in over 100 films and directed the 2006 Bollywood film, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota , starring Irrfan Khan and Konkana Sen Sharma.

He began his acting career playing Vishwan in the 1975 Hindi film, Nishant . Since then, he has done several movies in English and some regional languages of India while he mainly appeared in Hindi films.

He launched his autobiography in the year 2014, titled And then one day: A Memoir.

Feature films

Year	Film	Role	Language
1975	Nishant	Vishwam	Hindi
1976	Manthan	Bhola
1977	Bhumika	Sunil Verma
	Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane	Shastri	Kannada
	Godhuli	Priest	Hindi
1978	Junoon	Sarfaraz Khan
	Hungama Bombay Ishtyle	Raju
1979	Sparsh	Aniruddh Parmar
	Sunayana	Raju
1980	Beqasoor	Sunil Verma
	Aakrosh	Bhaskar Kulkarni
	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai	Albert Pinto
	Bhavni Bhavai	King Chakrasen	Gujarati
	Hum Paanch	Suraj	Hindi
	Khwab	Gopal 'Gopi' Mathur
1981	Chakra	Lukka
	Sazaye Maut	Uday Jagirdar / Omkar Puri
	Tajurba
	Umrao Jaan	Gohar Mirza
1982	Bazaar	Salim
	Sitam	Subhash
	Dil...Akhir Dil Hai
	Naseeb Ni Balihari		Gujarati
1983	Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro	Vinod Chopra	Hindi
	Katha	Rajaram Purshottam Joshi
	Masoom	D.K. Malhotra
	Mandi	Tungrus
	Protidan	Prabhat Roy	Bengali
	Woh Saat Din	Dr. Anand	Hindi
	Ardh Satya	Mike Lobo
1984	Paar	Naurangia
	Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!	Advocate Malkani
	Maan Maryada [2]	Thakur Ganga Singh
	Holi	Professor Singh
	Khandhar	Subhash
1985	Ghulami	SP Sultan Singh
	Trikaal	Ruiz Pereira
	Mirch Masala	Subedar
	Apna Jahan	Anil Sahani
	Khamosh	Captain Bakshi
1986	Karma	Khairuddin Chishti
	Genesis
	Musafir
1987	Jalwa	Inspector Kapil
	Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin	Trivedi
	Ijaazat	Mahender
1988	Hero Hiralal	Hero Hiralal
	Maalamaal	Raj
	Pestonjee	Phirojshah
	The Perfect Murder	Inspector Ghote	English
1989	Tridev	Jay Singh	Hindi
	Mane (The House)	Rajshekar	Kannada
1990	Police Public	Sr. Inspector Mahar Singh Gadhwal	Hindi
	Chor Pe Mor
1991	Ek Ghar	Rajashekhara K. S
	Sau Crore	Somnath
	Lakshmanrekha	Amar Kapoor
1992	Vishwatma	Suryapratap Singh
	Chamatkar	Amar Kumar (Marco)
	Panaah	Devaa
	Hasti	Vishal
	Tahalka	Captain Ranvir
1993	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Father Breganza
	Sir	Professor Amar Verma
1994	Ponthan Mada	Sheema Thampuran	Malayalam
	Mohra	Mr. Kushal Jindal	Hindi
	Drohkaal	DCP Abbas Lodhi
1995	Naajayaz	Raj Solanki
	Takkar	Inspector De Costa
1996	Himmat	Luka
	Chaahat	Ajay Narang
1997	Bombay Boys	Mastana
	Daava	Bhishma
1998	Chinagate	Major Sarfaraz Khan
	Such A Long Journey	Jimmy Bilimoria	English Hindi
	Dandnayak
1999	Sarfarosh	Gulfaam Hasan	Hindi
	Bhopal Express	Bashir
	Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail	Punjabi Restaurant Owner
2000	Hey Ram	Mahatma Gandhi	Tamil Hindi
2001	Kasam	Mangal Singh	Hindi
	Monsoon Wedding	Lalit Verma
2002	Encounter: The Killing	Inspector Bharucha
2003	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Captain Nemo	English
	Maqbool	Inspector Purohit	Hindi
2004	Asambhav	Sameer "Sam" Hans
	3 Deewarein	Ishaan
	Main Hoon Na	Brig. Shekhar Sharma
2005	Paheli	Male Puppet (Voice)
	Iqbal	Mohit
	The Great New Wonderful	Avi	English
2006	Being Cyrus	Dinshaw Sethna	Hindi
	Krrish	Dr. Siddhant Arya
	Omkara	Bhaisaab
	Shoonya	Old man
	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota	Narrator
	Banaras	Babaji
	Valley of Flowers	Yeti	French German Hindi
2007	Parzania	Cyrus	Hindi
	Amal	G.K. Jayaram
	Khuda Ke Liye	Maulana Wali	Urdu
	Dus Kahaniyaan	(Anthology film) story Rice Plate	Hindi
2008	Mithya	Gawde
	Shoot on Sight	Tariq Ali
	Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na	Amar Singh Rathore
	A Wednesday!	A Common Man
	Maharathi	Jaisingh Adenwalla
	Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Nirmal Kapoor
	Bombay to Bangkok	Khan
2009	Barah Aana	Shukla
	Firaaq	Khan Sahab
	Today's Special	Akbar	English
	Bolo Raam	N.S. Negi	Hindi
2010	Peepli Live	Salim Kidwai
	Ishqiya	Iftikhar
	Raajneeti	Bhaskar Sanyal
	Allah Ke Banday	Warden
2011	7 Khoon Maaf	Dr. Modhusudhon Tarafdar
	That Girl in Yellow Boots	Diwakar
	The Blueberry Hunt	Colonel
	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Salman Habib
	The Dirty Picture	Suryakanth
	Deool	Dacoit	Marathi
	Chaalis Chauraasi	Pankaj Purushottam Suri (Sir)	Hindi
	Michael	Michael
	Chargesheet	The Boss
2012	Maximum	Arun Inamdar
2013	Sona Spa	Baba Dayanand
	Jackpot	Boss
	Khasi Katha– A Goat Saga	Butcher	Bengali
	Siddharth	Jisa	Hindi
	Mastaan
	Zinda Bhaag	Pehlwan	Punjabi
	John Day	John Day	Hindi
	The Coffin Maker	Anton Gomes	Indo-American
	Krrish 3	Dr. Siddhant Arya (Cameo)	Hindi
	Sunglass / Taak Jhaank		Bengali/Hindi
2014	Dedh Ishqiya	Iftekhar (Khalu Jaan)	Hindi
	Finding Fanny	Ferdinand "Ferdie" Pinto	English
	Khasi Katha	Butcher	Bengali
	Dil Bhi Khaali Jeb Bhi Khaali		Hindi
2015	Dirty Politics	Manoj Singh
	Dharam Sankat Mein	Neel Anand Baba
	Welcome Back	Wanted Bhai
	Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein
	Waiting	Prof. Shiv Kumar
2016	Bankster	Babbar
	Teraa Surroor	Robin "Bird" Dharamraj Santino
	The Blueberry Hunt
	Mango Dreams	Abhay	English
	Jeewan Hathi		Urdu
	Gardaab
2017	Ok Jaanu	Gopi Shrivastava	Hindi
	Irada	Parabjeet Walia
	Begum Jaan	Raja Sahib
	The Hungry	Tathagat Ahuja
	Dhh	Magician Surya Samrat	Gujarati
2018	Aiyaary	Baburao Shastri	Hindi
	Hope Aur Hum	Nagesh Srivastava
2019	The Tashkent Files	PKR Natrajan
	Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi	Babuji
2020	Mee Raqsam	Hashim Seth
2022	Gehraiyaan	Vinod Khanna
2023	Kuttey	Narayan Khobre
2025	Fateh	Raza

As director

• Yun Hota To Kya Hota (2006)

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1975	Hand Held
	Hero
1976	A Proposal
2010	Wilson Periera		Voice
2014	Interior Cafe Night	The Man		[3]
2017	Punarjanma	Narrator	Voice	[4]
2018	Skin Of Marble	Bhupinder Singh		[5]
	Rogan Josh	Vijay Kapoor		[6]
2019	Bin Bulaaye	Saket Diwan
	The Wallet	Samar
2022	Half Full	Stranger
	The Miniaturist Of Junagadh	Hussain Sahab
	The Daughter			[7]
2023	2100 Foot	Gulshan Jorahat
	The Broken Table	Giridhar
	Man Woman Man Woman	—	Director and writer only	[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Bharat Ek Khoj	Shivaji I
	Mirza Ghalib	Ghalib
	Param Vir Chakra	Abdul Hamid
1992	Electric Moon	Rambuhj Goswami	Television film
1998	Turning Point	Host [9]
1999	Tarkash	Praveen	[10]
2015	Mid Wicket Tales	Host
2020	Bandish Bandits	Radhe Mohan Rathod
2022	Kaun Banegi Shikharwati	Raja Mrityunjay Singh Shikharwat
	Modern Love: Mumbai	Pappi Singh [11]
2023	Taj: Divided by Blood	Akbar
	Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo	Sahebji
	Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley	Dr. Rai
2024	Showtime	Viktor Khanna
	IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack	Cabinet Secretary IAS Vinay Kaul	Netflix series

References

1. Shah, Naseeruddin (2014). And then one day: A memoir. Hamish Hamilton. p. 1. ISBN   978-0670087648.
2. "Maan Maryada (1984) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
3. "Interior Cafe Night - Naseeruddin Shah". YouTube. 18 July 2016.
4. "Pinjra - Naseerudin Shah". YouTube. 16 January 2017.
5. "Skin of Marble - Naseeruddin Shah". YouTube. 10 March 2018.
6. "Rogan josh - Naseeruddin Shah". YouTube. 26 November 2018.
7. "Short film The Daughter to screen at Dharamshala International Film Festival 2022 on November 4". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
8. Rahul Desai (25 August 2023). "Man Woman Man Woman review". Film Companion.
9. "Turning Point makes a comeback with new host and producer". India Today. 30 March 1998.
10. "A quiver full of arrows". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
11. Kumar, Anuj (13 May 2022). "'Modern Love: Mumbai' review: A slam-dunk of an anthology if ever there was one". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.