Birthday special: Here are Naseeruddin Shah's most heart-winning films

Known for speaking out and expressing his views in public Naseeruddin Shahs journey from mainstream Bollywood cinema Hum Paanch in 1980 to brilliant Bollywood thriller The Tashkent Files in 2019 has been worth cherishing As the notable awardwinning actor celebrates his 72nd birthday today heres a treat of titles starring Naseeruddin Shah for fans to rejoice onSparsh 1980This 1980 film will surely give you goosebumps Directed by Say Pranajpe this one stars Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in the main lead which shares the story of a visually impaired principal and a sighted teacher The journey of their love followed by some complex relationships to reconnect with the touch of love The film remains most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads plus the handling of the issue of relationships with the visually handicapped revealing the emotional and perception divide between the worlds of the blind and the sighted epitomized by the charactersMasoom 1983An adaptation of the 1980 novel Man Woman and Child by Erich Segal shares the story of Indu Shabana Azmi and DK Naseeruddin Shah having a happy marriage and two daughters mdash Pinky and Minni The tranquillity of their life is interrupted when DK realises that has a son Rahul after having an affair with Bhavana Supriya Pathak during his 1973 visit to Nainital The film shares a complex story of a family leaving you with a lot of questions as the story proceedsJaane Bhi Do Yaaro 1983Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is a tale of two friends attempting to start up their own photo studio and come across shady dealings corruption and murder They must fight to bring the guilty to light Played brilliantly by Naseeruddin Shah and Ravi Vaswani Vinod and Sudhir are outliers in a system that thrives entirely on blatant selfinterest and horrifying corruption This cynical satire is universal and timelessBazaar 1982Set in Hyderabad India Bazaar highlights the issue of bride buying through the tragedy of a young girl being sold by needy parents to affluent expatriate Indians in the Gulf In this one Naseeruddin plays Salim a renowned poet who has been in love with Najma Smita Patil for the past six years The story unravels the journey of the characters and how they overcome complex relationships throughout the filmBegum Jaan 2017Begum Jaan is the story of 11 prostitutes who refuse to part ways with their brothel and each other during the partition between India and Pakistan Begum Jaans brothel is looked after by Raja Sahib Naseeruddin Shah under whose protection they are safe and sound Written and directed by National Film Awardwinning director Srijit MukherjiAlso Read Vivaan Shah wishes to work with father and veteran actor Naseeruddin ShahMidWicket Tales with Naseeruddin Shah 2016Hosted by the Veteran actor MidWicket Tales with Naseeruddin Shah explores the many interesting untold stories of Indian cricket With personal accounts of their experiences from cricketers like Tiger Pataudi and Bishan Singh Bedi anecdotes from personalities like Shashi Tharoor Charu Sharma and Sharmila Tagore reenactments and trivia its a mustwatch for all cricket loversMohra 1994The film went on to become the second highestgrossing Indian film of that year and was declared an AllTime Blockbuster The film received nine Filmfare nominations in 1995 The film is also remembered for its songs which became chartbusters in that year The popularity of the song Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast which was picturised on Raveena Tandon In the film Naseeruddin Shah plays Mr Sandeep Jindal The Main Antagonist owner of Samadhan Newspaper and a ruthless drug lordDedh Ishqiya 2016In the picturesque land of nawabs Shayaris and courtly oldworld romance crooks Khallu and Babban Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi fall for Begum Para Madhuri Dixit Nene and the Begums aide Muniya Huma Qureshi respectively The enthralling performance of the unclenephew team is sure to tickle your funny bone The sequel is definitely better than the original This black comedy is sharp spicy and volatileAlso Read Calls for genocide against Muslims could lead to civil war Naseeruddin ShahFoto 2007This super hit awardwinning Bollywood kids movie is about an 11yearold boy living in a world of imagination and fantasy who struggles to interact with other children When a film crew arrives in town to make a movie the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred Shah plays the lead actor in this beautiful comedyNaseeruddin Shah was last seen in Gehraiyaan where he played Deepika Padukones father