Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian actor of film and theatre. He first became known in parallel cinema of the late 1970s and 1980s, in films such as Nishant, Junoon, Aakrosh, Sparsh, Mandi and Masoom, and later worked in mainstream Hindi cinema, including Mohra, Sarfarosh and A Wednesday.

He won National Film Awards for Sparsh and Paar, and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice for Paar. He received the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. In 1977 he co-founded the theatre company Motley Productions, and he also appeared in Gulzar's television series Mirza Ghalib.