Naseeruddin Shah filmography
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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.
Hindi films
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Nishant | Vishwam | |
| 1976 | Manthan | Bhola | |
| 1977 | Bhumika | Sunil Verma | |
| Godhuli | Priest | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hum Paanch | Suraj | ||
| 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 | |||
| 1983 | Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro | Vinod Chopra | |
| Katha | Rajaram Purshottam Joshi | ||
| Masoom | D.K. Malhotra | ||
| Mandi | Tungrus | ||
| Woh Saat Din | Dr. Anand | ||
| Ardh Satya | Mike Lobo | ||
| 1984 | Paar | Naurangia | |
| Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! | Advocate Malkani | ||
| Maan Maryada | 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 | ||
| Rihaee | Mansukh | ||
| Pestonjee | Phirojshah | ||
| 1989 | Tridev | Jay Singh | |
| 1990 | Police Public | Sr. Inspector Mahar Singh Gadhwal | |
| 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 | Mohra | Mr. Kushal Jindal | |
| 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 | |
| Dandnayak | |||
| 1999 | Sarfarosh | Gulfaam Hasan | |
| Bhopal Express | Bashir | ||
| Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail | Punjabi Restaurant Owner | ||
| 2000 | Hey Ram | Mahatma Gandhi | Bilingual film |
| 2001 | Kasam | Mangal Singh | |
| Monsoon Wedding | Lalit Verma | ||
| 2002 | Encounter: The Killing | Inspector Bharucha | |
| 3 Deewarein | Ishaan | ||
| 2003 | Maqbool | Inspector Purohit | |
| 2004 | Asambhav | Sameer "Sam" Hans | |
| Main Hoon Na | Brig. Shekhar Sharma | ||
| 2005 | Paheli | Male Puppet (voice) | |
| Iqbal | Mohit | ||
| 2006 | Being Cyrus | Dinshaw Sethna | |
| Krrish | Dr. Siddhant Arya | ||
| Omkara | Bhaisaab | ||
| Shoonya | Old man | ||
| Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota | Narrator | ||
| Banaras | Babaji | ||
| Valley of Flowers | Yeti | Bilingual film | |
| 2007 | Parzania | Cyrus | |
| Amal | G.K. Jayaram | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | story Rice Plate | ||
| 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 | ||
| Bolo Raam | N.S. Negi | ||
| 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 | ||
| Chaalis Chauraasi | Pankaj Purushottam Suri (Sir) | ||
| Michael | Michael | ||
| Chargesheet | The Boss | ||
| 2012 | Maximum | Arun Inamdar | |
| 2013 | Sona Spa | Baba Dayanand | |
| Jackpot | Boss | ||
| Siddharth | Jisa | ||
| Mastaan | |||
| John Day | John Day | ||
| Krrish 3 | Dr. Siddhant Arya | Cameo | |
| Taak Jhaank | Bilingual film | ||
| 2014 | Dedh Ishqiya | Iftekhar (Khalu Jaan) | |
| Dil Bhi Khaali Jeb Bhi Khaali | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2017 | Ok Jaanu | Gopi Shrivastava | |
| Irada | Parabjeet Walia | ||
| Begum Jaan | Raja Sahib | ||
| The Hungry | Tathagat Ahuja | ||
| 2018 | Aiyaary | Baburao Shastri | |
| Hope Aur Hum | Nagesh Srivastava | ||
| 2019 | The Tashkent Files | PKR Natrajan | |
| Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Babuji | ||
| 2020 | Mee Raqsam | Hashim Seth | |
| 2022 | Gehraiyaan | Vinod Khanna | |
| Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal | Himself | documentary[2] | |
| 2023 | Kuttey | Narayan Khobre | |
| 2025 | Fateh | Raza | |
| Gustaakh Ishq | Aziz Baig / Babba | ||
| 2026 | Safia/Safdar | ||
| Assi | |||
| Main Vaapas Aaunga † | TBA | [3] |
Other language films
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane | Shastri | Kannada | |
| 1980 | Bhavni Bhavai | King Chakrasen | Gujarati | |
| 1982 | Naseeb Ni Balihari | |||
| 1983 | Protidan | Prabhat Roy | Bengali | |
| 1988 | The Perfect Murder | Inspector Ghote | English | |
| 1990 | Mane (The House) | Rajshekar | Kannada | |
| 1994 | Ponthan Mada | Sheema Thampuran | Malayalam | |
| 1998 | Such A Long Journey | Jimmy Bilimoria | English | |
| 2000 | Hey Ram | Mahatma Gandhi | Tamil | Bilingual film |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Captain Nemo | English | |
| 2005 | The Great New Wonderful | Avi | ||
| 2006 | Valley of Flowers | Yeti | Japanese | |
| 2007 | Khuda Ke Liye | Maulana Wali | Urdu | |
| 2009 | Today's Special | Akbar | English | |
| 2011 | Deool | Dacoit | Marathi | |
| 2013 | Khasi Katha– A Goat Saga | Butcher | Bengali | |
| Zinda Bhaag | Pehlwan | Punjabi | ||
| The Coffin Maker | Anton Gomes | English | ||
| Sunglass | Bengali | |||
| 2014 | Finding Fanny | Ferdinand "Ferdie" Pinto | English | |
| Khasi Katha | Butcher | Bengali | ||
| 2016 | Mango Dreams | Abhay | English | |
| Jeewan Hathi | Urdu | |||
| Gardaab | ||||
| 2017 | Dhh | Magician Surya Samrat | Gujarati |
As director
- Yun Hota To Kya Hota (2006)