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  • Banaras - A Mystic Love Story
  • Banaras - A Mystic Love Story review by A customer from Surrey, England
    Rated - 4 stars Not bad! 4 March 2007
    ... performances by all - Urmila Matondkar and Asmit Patel, and needless to say Naseeruddin Shah were good. Ashmit Patel was the surprise - he suited the role well and did a go...  
  • Wednesday
  • Wednesday review by A customer from Reading
    Rated - 5 stars Outstanding 31 October 2008
    ... after each blast. Its a movie worth watching...hat's off to the performance of Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher. Others have done equally well. Big thanks to Director Neeraj P...  

Naseeruddin Shah - filmography


  • Firaaq (2008)
    Starring: Tisca Chopra,  Shahana Goswami,  Deepti Naval
    Director: Nandita Das
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently. As an ensemble film, it fo9llows multiple narratives ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • Maharathi on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Neha Dhupia,  Boman Irani,  Om Puri
    Director: Shivam Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maharathi, based on Paresh Rawal's popular Gujarati play by the same name, revolves around a wife who hires a hit man to murder her husband but the killer becomes a source of harassment to the wife.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 77 members
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  • Maqbool (2004)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Om Puri,  Pankaj
    Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Maqbool is the Indianized adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic ‘Macbeth’. The movie is set against the backdrop of Mumbai's mafia world. King Duncan of Scotland in ‘Macbeth’ is replaced by Mafia don Abbaji (Pankaj Kapoor) in this thriller. Maqbool (Irfaan Khan) is Abbaji’s most trusted lieutenant...read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 276 members
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  • 3 Deewarein (2003)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Jackie Shroff,  Juhi Chawla
    Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Three walls is a bittersweet drama-thriller about friendship, hope and learning to survive in a world within a world. This is the story of three men on death row - Jaggu, a lawyer and poet, Nagya, a man angry with the whole world and Ishaan, a happy go lucky who lives to be free.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 307 members
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  • Encounter: The Killing on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Dilip Prabhavalkar,  Tara Deshpande
    Director: Ajay Phansekar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sr. Inspector Sam Bharucha (Naseeruddin Shah) is an honest police Officer in the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police, carrying out his duties dilligently. The film commences with the story of four college going boys in their teens who have resorted to the profession of sharp shooters for easy money.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 88 members
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  • Monsoon Wedding on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Lillete Dubey,  Shefali Shetty
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Combining traditional ideas of marriage and family with the realities of modern life, MONSOON WEDDING is a lighthearted film from director Mira Nair (SALAAM BOMBAY!). The majority of the film takes place inside the home of an extended Punjabi family living in New Delhi who has gathered together for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,752 members
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  • Chaahat on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Anupam Kher,  Pooja Bhatt
    Director: Mahesh Bhatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Can money and power get love? When a woman falls in love with a man she can not have her powerful brother does everything he can to keep his sister happy!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 223 members
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  • Police Public on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Raaj Kumar,  Naseeruddin Shah,  Kabir Bedi
    Director: Esmayeel Shroff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In POLICE PUBLIC, a man considers letting his daughter marry into a wealthy family. But the rich patriarch whose son is available for marriage may have some devious reasons for allowing the union to occur.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 20 members
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  • The Perfect Murder on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Stellan Skarsgard,  Amjad Khan
    Director: Zafar Hai
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the award-winning novel by H.R.F. Keating, Merchant Ivory Productions presents THE PERFECT MURDER, a highly entertaining, exotic detective thriller. Inspector Ghote (NASEERRUDDIN SHAH, Monsoon Wedding) of the Bombay police has just been assigned his most perplexing case: a savage attack on ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 44% from 76 members
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  • Jalwa on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Archana Puran Singh,  Pankaj Kapoor
    Director: Pankaj Parashar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kapil's (Naseeruddin Shah) younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom (Kamini Kaushal). One day his friend from Goa, Albert ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 12 members
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  • Ijaazat (1987)
    Starring: Rekha,  Naseeruddin Shah,  Anuradha Patel
    Director: Sampooran Singh Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sudha and Mahinder are a happy newly married couple. When Sudha comes to know of Mahinders relationship with his old friend Maya, she leaves home without Mahinders consent. After a period of five years Sudha and Mahinder incidently meet again at a railway platform where they both get a chance to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 22 members
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  • Karma on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Jackie Shroff,  Dilip Kumar,  Naseeruddin Shah
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Hailed as the best film on anti-terrorism by the President of India, Karma captures the thrilling action drama that unfolds when criminals become soldiers. Reputed jailer, (Dilip Kumar) engages three death row convicts about to face the gallows (Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Nasseruddin Shah) in ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 44 members
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  • Mirch Masala (1985)
    Starring: Smita Patil,  Naseeruddin Shah,  Raj Babbar
    Director: Ketan Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village, with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confidant women whose husband is away in the city, to sleep with him. She slaps him and flees for safety to a spice factory where ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 51 members
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  • Masoom (1983)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Pran Talwar,  Saeed Jaffery
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    D K Malhotra (Naseeruddin Shah), an architect, has a happy married life with his wife Indu (Shabana Azmi) and two daughters. A bombshell drops on him when he discovers that he has a child from an extra-marital affair. He brings home his son (Jugal Hansraj) and confesses to Indu that he is his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • Mandi (1983)
    Starring: Smita Patil,  Shabana Azmi,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Shyam Benegal,  Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of a whore house in a remote town which becomes the bone of contention between political and business interests. Shyam Benegal has been considered as the leading film maker of the country ever since his first feature film, ANKUR. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely not only in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 55 members
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  • Junoon on DVD
    Starring: Shashi Kapoor,  Jennifer Kendal,  Shabana Azmi
    Director: Shyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1857: the first shot is fired in the Indian mutiny against British colonisation. The bloody events which follow provide the dramatically atmospheric for this star-crossed lovers story in which Muslim rebel Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor) develops a passionate, almost obsessive, love for Ruth (Nafisa Ali)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 56 members
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  • Rajkumar on DVD
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Anil Kapoor,  Madhuri Dixit
    Director: Pankju Parashar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An interesting story of court intrigue, Rajkumar presents the vicissitudes faced by the crown prince Rajkumar on his return from studies abroad. While the king prepares to celebrate the occasion, the commander Narpath Singh conspires with the prince's step mother, who is his own sister, to kill the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 40 members
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  • Takkar on DVD
    Starring: Sunil Shetty,  Sonali Bhendre,  Naseeruddin Shah
    Director: Bharat Rungachary
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Raj Malhotra and Mohini are in love and are to be married. On the day of the wedding, Mohini and her family are informed that Raj has been hospitalised in an enounter with police inspector D'Costa. They are also informed that Raj has been charged with possession of drugs. After Raj recovers he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • Tridev on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Anjana Mumtaz,  Dilip Tahil
    Director: Rajeev Rai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inspector Karan Saxena is an honest and diligent police inspector in Bombay. He lives a middle-class life with his father, a Judge, and loves Divya Mathur, the daughter of Police Commissioner Mathur, who he hopes to marry soon. Things do not go well for Karan as he uses excessive force and is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 35 members
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  • Swami Dada on DVD
    Starring: Dev Anand,  Mithun Chakraborty,  Kulbhushan Kharbanda
    Director: Dev Anand
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hare Mohan is brought up as a petty thief on the streets of Bomaby by a notorious criminal exploiter. He is picked up by a Swami and taken to America. Donning a spiritual mantle he becomes a Swami in his own right. A chance encounter with an American heiress leads to physical intimacy. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 13 members
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  • Omkara on DVD
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Saif Ali Khan,  Viveik Oberoi
    Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A Bollywood interpretation of OTHELLO that follows one man's descent into sexual jealously because of his passionate love for his woman. Omkara is a chieftain who heads a gang of outlaws. When he appoints Kesu and not Langda as his chief lieutenant, Langa hatches a plot to falsely implicate Omkara'..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 965 members
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  • Woh 7 Din
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Padmini Kolhapure,  Naseeruddin Shah
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When Maya tries to commit suicide on her wedding night, her husband Dr Anand discovers she truly loves Prem, a music director. Anand confesses that he only married to fulfil his mother's wishes and tries to unite Maya and Prem, but Prem feels it goes against Hindu culture...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 82 members
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  • Wednesday on DVD
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Anupam Kher,  Jimmy Shergill
    Director: Neeraj Pandey
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "Wednesday" is a thriller, set in the hectic metropolitan city of Mumbai. The film is based on certain events that unfold between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on a particular Wednesday. The story is a cat-n-mouse play between an anonymous caller and the police.
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  • Omkara to Watch Now
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Saif Ali Khan,  Viveik Oberoi
    Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 140 minutes
    A Bollywood interpretation of OTHELLO that follows one man's descent into sexual jealously because of his passionate love for his woman. Omkara is a chieftain who heads a gang of outlaws. When he appoints Kesu and not Langda as his chief lieutenant, Langa hatches a plot to falsely implicate Omkara'..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 29 members
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Naseeruddin Shah facts

5 most recent films

Bombay To Bangkok - 2.5 stars
Firaaq - 3.0 stars
Maharathi - 2.5 stars
Mithya - 2.5 stars
Parzania - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Omkara - 3.5 stars
Sarfarosh - 3.5 stars
Maqbool - 3.5 stars
3 Deewarein - 3.5 stars
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Police Public - 2.0 stars
Such A Long Journey - 2.0 stars
Bhumika - The Role - 2.5 stars
Jalwa - 2.5 stars
Rajkumar - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Om Puri - 5 times - show films
Paresh Rawal - 5 times - show films
Saif Ali Khan - 5 times - show films
Kareena Kapoor - 4 times - show films
Anupam Kher - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Vishal Bhardwaj - 4 times - show films
Shyam Benegal - 3 times - show films
Rajat Kapoor - 2 times - show films
Nagesh Kukunoor - 2 times - show films
Pankaj Parashar - 2 times - show films