23 Movies Starring Naseeruddin Shah

Sparsh

Sparsh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-01-30

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

145 min

IMDB Ratings:

(304 Reviews)

Director:

Sai Paranjape

Fullplot:

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 social worker, 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 this marriage is going to succeed, as he feels he is being patronized, and pittied.

Aakrosh

Aakrosh

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

144 min

IMDB Ratings:

(369 Reviews)

Director:

Govind Nihalani

Cast:

Writer:

Satyadev Dubey (dialogue)

Vijay Tendulkar

Fullplot:

After working with his mentor and Public Prosecutor Dushane for many years, Advocate Bhaskar Kulkarni is assigned a legal aid case of Bhiku Lahanya, who is accused of brutally killing his wife, Nag, for disobeying him and refusing to have sex with other men. Bhiku remains silent when asked to plead guilty or otherwise. Bhaskar's efforts to get him to subsequently confide in him, prove in vain. Even when Bhaskar goes to talk to Bhiku's dad and sister, he is shunned. When he persists his window panes are broken, then one night he is attacked and knifed. He gets Police protection through the courts and persists with his questions - only to run into nothing but a wall of silence. Then he is contacted by a Social Worker who tells him what really happened. Before Bhaskar could do anything, the Social Worker goes missing, & Bhiku's dad passes away. When Bhiku is permitted to attend his funeral - this is where Bhiku will break his silence - a silence that will see him face another charge of cold-blooded murder!!

Who Pays the Piper

Who Pays the Piper

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-08-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (5392 Reviews)

Director:

Kundan Shah

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue)

Satish Kaushik (dialogue)

Sudhir Mishra (screenplay)

Sudhir Mishra (story)

Kundan Shah (screenplay)

Kundan Shah (story)

Fullplot:

Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir (Ravi Baswani) are two professional photographers trying to start a photo studio. The first real assignment that they get, from the activist magazine Khabardar (literally meaning beware), draws them into the shady world of Bombay real estate. They discover that one of the biggest builders in Bombay, Tarneja, is trying to bribe Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah) into giving him a bridge contract. Meanwhile D'Mello is negotiating with Tarneja's arch rival Ahuja (Om Puri). The contract is finally awarded to a third person. By chance Vinod and Sudhir find out that Tarneja has murdered D'Mello...

Masoom

Masoom

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

165 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (1916 Reviews)

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Fullplot:

D.K. Malhotra lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Indu, and two school-going daughters, Pinky and Minni. He works in the office of an Architect. One day while the family is relaxing, D.K. gets a phone call that results in him bringing home a young school-going boy by the name of Rahul. Indu is shocked to learn that Rahul is D.K.'s son from another woman, Bhavana, who is no more. D.K. does his best to make Rahul comfortable, but fails. Rahul also feels that Indu does not really like him, though Pinky and Minni have taken to him in a big way. Finally, D.K. decides to admit Rahul in a boarding school in far off Nainital. Rahul reluctantly goes along with this new-found uncle/friend. It is when Rahul is asked to put his papers together for school that Rahul finds out that D.K. is his biological father. Watch what happens when Rahul disappears from D.K.'s house, and the impact this has on D.K., Indu, and her two daughters.

Mohra

Mohra

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-01

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

177 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2378 Reviews)

Director:

Rajiv Rai

Cast:

Writer:

Shabbir Boxwala (screenplay)

Rajiv Rai (screenplay)

Rajiv Rai (story)

Naeem Sha (dialogue director)

Dilip Shukla (dialogue)

Fullplot:

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, Jindal that Vishal was compelled to take the law in his own hands when the courts failed to punish the assailants of his sister and sweetheart. Soon, Vishal is released from prison, and begins to work for Jindal. It is then that he realizes that he has just walked from a walled prison, to an open prison, as the truth behind his release slowly but surely starts to dawn on him.

Such a Long Journey

Such a Long Journey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Canada

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (412 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Rohinton Mistry (novel)

Sooni Taraporevala

Fullplot:

Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to his place of employment, namely the Central Bank of India. He has three children, Sohrab - who has finished his college studies and is now being admitted, much to his dislike, to Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.); while Darius, his second son, and daughter, Roshan, are school-going; his wife, Dilnavaz, looks after the children and the household. Their neighborhood is filthy, people urinate and defecate near the wall which encloses their building. Gustad asks a pavement artist to move near his building, draw pictures of religious Gods and Goddesses depicting the four main religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism. The Artist agrees, and soon the place is transformed into a huge temple where people of all religions come to pay their respects. It is only a handful of people who know that Gustad is involved with a rebel RAW Agent, Major Jimmy Billimoria, who is actively involved with an extremist organization in East Pakistan, Awami League, aiding them financially and with manpower to overcome the Pakistani Government. The question remains what will Gustad's plight be when the news gets out of his involvement in this activity, especially when he receives 10 lakh rupees to be deposited in small installments in his Bank, in the midst of sentiments running high, war being declared between Pakistan and India, emergency blackout conditions and air raid sirens.

Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-30

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (12692 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Hriday Lani (dialogue)

John Mathew Matthan (screenplay)

John Mathew Matthan (story)

Pathik Vats (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Ajay Rathod is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan. During one of Hassan's concerts, they meet for the first time and become great friends. Meanwhile, Ajay's investigation into the Pakistan-supported cross-border terrorism takes him to Rajasthan and reveals an unsettling truth about someone close to his heart.

China Gate

China Gate

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

175 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (763 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Vijay Deveshwar (dialogue associate)

K.K. Raina (dialogue)

K.K. Raina (screenplay)

Anjum Rajabali (screenplay)

Rajkumar Santoshi (dialogue)

Rajkumar Santoshi (screenplay)

Rajkumar Santoshi (story)

Fullplot:

Colonel Krishnakant Puri and his colleagues are all court-Marshall from the Indian army because they all are accused of aborting mission 'China-Gate'. 17 years later a young woman, Sandhya watch helplessly as a notorious bandit, Jageera crush her Forest Officer father, Sundar Rajan to death; this then forces her to approach Puri and his colleagues for assistance in liberating her village, Devdurg from the terror of Jageera. She lodges the battalion stay in an abandoned house in the village and provide them with all the necessary arms, ammunitions and materials needed to combat Jageera and they start there preparations and training for the mission; while at the same time their efforts are frustrated by the village police headed by the corrupt police inspector, Barot but they do manage to handle him. Then several attacks are launch on Devdurg by Jageera and his gang forcing Puri and his men to retaliate by the exchange of gun-battle which leaves many causalities on both sides.

Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-26

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India, USA, Italy, Germany, France

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (18451 Reviews)

Director:

Mira Nair

Fullplot:

A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music and even a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-07-11

Languages:

English, German, Italian

Countries:

USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (132898 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alan Moore (comic books)

Kevin O'Neill (comic books)

James Robinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.

Asambhav

Asambhav

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-07-23

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

3.6 (410 Reviews)

Director:

Rajiv Rai

Cast:

Writer:

Rajiv Rai

Naeem Sha (dialogue)

Naeem Sha (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Adit, played by Arjun Rampal, is in the Indian army. When the Indian president is kidnapped, Adit is sent undercover to rescue the president and his daughter. Adit becomes a journalist for IndiaTimes, and manages to make his way to Switzerland with the help of a police officer called Bhatnagar. On the flight, Adit meets Alisha (Priyanka Chopra). Alysia is a singer, and has come to Switzerland under a contract in order to do a show with Sam Hams. Her friend Shilpa accompanies her. However the people who Alysia and Shilpa have come to Switzerland with, are drug smugglers. Shilpa is murdered when she finds this out, and Alysia pretends she knows nothing. She meets up with Adit, and together they help each other. In the end, Adit saves the president and Alysia is able to go back to India with Adit.

Maqbool

Maqbool

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-30

Languages:

Urdu, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (3945 Reviews)

Director:

Vishal Bhardwaj

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Abbas Tyrewala (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue)

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy 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. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham wood.

Valley of Flowers

Valley of Flowers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-24

Languages:

Hindi, Japanese

Countries:

India, France, Japan, Germany

Runtime:

155 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1383 Reviews)

Director:

Pan Nalin

Cast:

Writer:

Pan Nalin

Sarah Besan Shennib

Anurag Kashyap (Hindi dialogue)

Fullplot:

Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) and his gang earn their living by stealing from unsuspecting travelers. Abiding by their own, unique codes of honor and dividing the spoils equally, all is routine until the arrival of the mystifying, beautiful Ushna (Mylene Jampanoi). Appearing mysteriously after the raid of a pilgrim caravan, Ushna adheres to Jalan, claiming to have seen him in her dreams, and refusing to leave his side. Sensing the unease of the rest of the men, Ushna offers to help them in their endeavors, under condition that they not ask why or how she is able to guide them to success. In the time that follows, Ushna leads the gang to tremendous exploits, gaining the respect of the men, and the admiration of Jalan, who begins to fall passionately in love with this mysterious woman. As their success increases, seemingly unstoppable, so the love between Jalan and Ushna mounts in intensity, until they seem to have entered a world of their own. No longer heeding of the world around them, Jalan and Ushna venture too far in their exploits, progressing from the theft of material objects to tampering with elements that should never be tampered with; stealing energy, luck and even the powers of levitation, the two cross over into the bounds of the supernatural. Word of the duo and their strange exploits reaches the shrewd, robust Yeti (Naseeruddin Shah), who takes after them with his three experienced bounty hunters. In the confusion of pursuit, Jalan and Ushna face a temporary separation, the shock of which drives each to desperation. Having lost luck, wealth and friends, the fated two are nevertheless fortuitously reunited. Their passion running higher than ever, they vow never to be separated again, even if this entails deceiving fate and cheating mortality. But life always reserves surprises.

Being Cyrus

Being Cyrus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2054 Reviews)

Director:

Homi Adajania

Cast:

Writer:

Homi Adajania (original screenplay)

Kersi Khambatta (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

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 father Fardoonjee. When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is soon revealed that things aren't quite right with the Sethna family. The original Indian title is "Akoori."

Iqbal

Iqbal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-20

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (6445 Reviews)

Director:

Nagesh Kukunoor

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

India - a Nation obsessed with cricket - and it is not very often one comes across anyone who loathes cricket as much as farmer Anwar Khan, who feels that it is a waste of time watching some grown men playing, not only getting paid, but costing the nation millions of lost work hours. His family, especially his wife, Saida, does not quite agree with him. As a matter of fact, she broke water when watching a cricket match with a TV set perched on a branch of a tree with almost the entire village in attendance. This is how Iqbal was born, followed by the birth of his sister, Khadija. Iqbal, though deaf and dumb, shared his mother's and sister's passion for cricket, he would tend to the buffaloes, who though all female, had been named after male cricketers, including Kapil Dev. While tending to them, he would stop and watch youngsters being trained by the renowned Guruji. When Guruji finds out about Iqbal's interest in the game, he recruits him, but lets him go when a dispute flares up between his top pupil, Kamal, and Iqbal. A disheartened Iqbal finds a new mentor, in the form of alcoholic farmhand, Mohit, who reluctantly decides to tutor Iqbal, so much so that Iqbal qualifies to play in the Andhra Pradesh team for a Ranjee trophy match. The match is won, and a way is cleared for Iqbal to find a place in the Indian team. Then all chaos breaks lose when Anwar refuses to let Iqbal indulge anymore in this waste of time, and asks him to go to the farm and help him. But Mohit is able to convince him to change his mind, only to find out that Guruji, who favors his star pupil Kamal, for a place in the Indian cricket team, and will do his utmost to foil any attempt by Mohit to promote Iqbal.

Amal

Amal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-08

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (894 Reviews)

Director:

Richie Mehta

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richie Mehta (screenplay)

Shaun Mehta (screenplay)

Shaun Mehta (short story "Amal: The Autorickshaw Wallah")

Rajesh Tailang (hindi dialogue)

Fullplot:

Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small, but vital, role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away. With only one month to discover and claim the inheritance, Amal's struggles with duty and wealth are threatened by all those around him - from a young injured beggar girl and a lovely store merchant, to the danger of the old man's upper-caste friends and siblings, all seeking to claim their share of the riches.

A Wednesday

A Wednesday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-09-05

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (33224 Reviews)

Director:

Neeraj Pandey

Cast:

Writer:

Neeraj Pandey (story)

Neeraj Pandey (script)

Fullplot:

A man calls up the Mumbai police, and tells them he has placed five different bombs in the city -- all set to go off in some time. He wants four terrorists in exchange. Does he get them? Who is behind it all? What's his motive? Is there more than meets the eye?

Raajneeti

Raajneeti

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-04

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

163 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (9475 Reviews)

Director:

Prakash Jha

Cast:

Writer:

Prakash Jha

Anjum Rajabali

Sameer (lyrics)

Fullplot:

Belonging to a prominent Uttar Pradesh-family of ruthless politicians, Samar Pratap is about to return to his Irish-American girlfriend, Sarah, in the U.S. and obtain a PhD, but cancels his trip when his father, Chandra, is shot dead. He decides to stay put and avenge this slaying but ends up dealing with aspiring politician, Indu Sakseria, who wants to wed him; his brother, Prithviraj, who has been granted control of the Rashtrawadi Party but is facing imprisonment on charges of Assaulting a Police Officer and Sexual Molestation; his cousin, Veerendra, who wants control of the party; and his astute maternal uncle, Brij Gopal - who secretly controls the entire family. Before he could even handle these situations, Sarah arrives in India and will soon accuse him of being a manipulative and conniving politician.

Ishqiya

Ishqiya

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-29

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5591 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay)

Sabrina Dhawan (screenplay)

Abhishek Chaubey (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogues)

Fullplot:

Ishqiya is a story about love arising in characters, portrayed uniquely according to their own personal traits. The situations in the plot lead the characters to experience the emotion creeping into their lives in the most unexpected manner.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-15

Languages:

Hindi, Japanese, Spanish, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

155 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (36742 Reviews)

Director:

Zoya Akhtar

Cast:

Writer:

Farhan Akhtar (dialogue)

Zoya Akhtar (story)

Zoya Akhtar

Reema Kagti (story)

Fullplot:

Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their number becomes engaged.

The Dirty Picture

The Dirty Picture

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-02

Languages:

Hindi, Tamil, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

144 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (5730 Reviews)

Director:

Milan Luthria

Cast:

Writer:

Rajat Arora

Aditi Mediratta (associate writer)

Fullplot:

Rebellious and uninhibited Reshma lives an impoverished lifestyle with her mother, Ratnamma, in 1980s South India. She is an ardent fan of film actor, Suryakant, and her one ambition in life is to meet and act with him. She runs away to Madras, and like, hundreds of young women, lines up outside Jupiter Studios to try and get noticed. With her plain, next-door-girl looks, she gets ignored but as fate could have it she is given a chance to play a minor role after she manages to sneak into the studios. The role exploits her as a sex symbol, driving males to the cinema houses to absorb her movements and beauty. Virtually overnight she, now renamed Silk, becomes a sensation, and together with the aging superstar, Suryakant, the one she had always fantasized about, she sizzles the silver screen with her sex appeal. Suryakant's brother, Ramakant, an author, is smitten by her - so much so that he would like her to opt out of movies altogether, so that he could marry her. But the rebellious woman that she is, jeopardizes her chance of impressing his parents - by challenging the upcoming siren, Shakila, to a competition. And it is this move that will bring about even more changes in her life.

Dedh Ishqiya

Dedh Ishqiya

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-10

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

152 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4221 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue)

Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay)

Abhishek Chaubey (screenplay)

Darab Farooqui (story)

Fullplot:

Dedh Ishqiya is a 2014 Indian comedy thriller film. Out from jail, Khalujaan a.k.a Iftekhar (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) have stolen a necklace made of royal jewels and are on the run. They part ways and meet at the Majidabad palace, where Iftekhar is competing with Urdu poets to win the heart of the nawab's widow Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit). Her quick-witted and mysterious friend and assistant Munniya (Huma Qureshi) slowly warms up to Babban and they together plot a kidnapping. Khalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah)and Babban (Arshad Warsi), the two romantic thieves are back in Dedh Ishqiya, sequel to the acclaimed and successful Ishqiya with their romantic adventures. And this time love will take them through the SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE... with the beautiful and dangerous Madhuri Dixit as Begum Para and Huma Qureshi as Munniya.

Finding Fanny

Finding Fanny

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-12

Languages:

Hindi, English, Konkani

Countries:

India

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (4440 Reviews)

Director:

Homi Adajania

Fullplot:

A man embarks on a road trip to find his lost love.

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