Actors are worshipped and praised for their acting skills, until they don’t express their political opinion. This is something you might have heard in popular cases such as Naseeruddin Shah. The story that is propagated regarding the downfall of such actors is that they scripted their downfall, by opting for an anti-establishment path. However, contrary to this, the story of actor Naseeruddin Shah becoming Ravish Kumar of the Indian film industry is entirely different.
Naseeruddin Shah was a born-actor
Born on 20th July 1950, in Barabanki, Shah completed his primary studies from Saint Anamous School Ajmer and Saint Joseph School, Nainital. He had a zeal for acting since childhood and this was the reason why he got himself into National School of Drama after completing his higher studies at Aligarh Muslim University.
He began his career in the art cinema industry which is also referred to as parallel cinema. Directors like Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani recognised the actor in Naseeruddin Shah. He gained the tag of actor with films like Nishant, Sparsh, Mirch Masala, Trikal, Junoon. He went to prove his mettle and never looked back from this.
He became a popular face of grand filmi gatherings, like Venice Film festival, National Film Awards, Filmfare awards among others. He was later awarded with Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri for his contributions in the field of arts. However, he became a household name with Neeraj Pandey’s ‘A Wednesday’.
Shah’s journey from being anti-Modi to anti-India
Shah became a recognised name and was pro-actively seen in the mainstream cinema. From there, Shah had two ways, either move upwards and gain a respectable pedestal or he can stoop lower than predicted. Well, he picked the latter.
Naseeruddin Shah pro-actively became the part of the anti-Modi brigade whose work was only to criticise then contender for the PM post, Narendra Modi. Naseeruddin’s opposition against Modi was formed on bases like he is the culprit of Gujarat riots, it was Modi who threw the Muslims of Gujarat under the bus. However, the SIT formed by the Supreme Court of India had given him a clean-chit in 2012 only. This was only the beginning.
It seems that Shah personified the character of Gulfam Hasan portrayed by him in Sarfarosh, and in registering his protest against PM Modi, he gradually turned anti-India and his rants continue till date.
Naserruddin Shah is the old man of the family, who craves for all the attention, but due to his own misdeeds he ends up gaining nothing.
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