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Naseeruddin Shah (Urdu: نصیرالدین شاہ, Hindi: नसीरुद्दीन शाह, born 20 July 1950) is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema. Shah was born on 20 July 1950 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, india. He is a descendant of the 19th-century Afghan warlord Jan Fishan Khan, and related to the Afghan writer Idries Shah, the Pakistani actor, Syed Kamal Shah , Director General of IB, Pakistan, Shah Mahboob Alam and the cricketer Owais Shah.... MORE

Naseeruddin Shah (Urdu: نصیرالدین شاہ, Hindi: नसीरुद्दीन शाह, born 20 July 1950) is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema. Shah was born on 20 July 1950 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, india. He is a descendant of the 19th-century Afghan warlord Jan Fishan Khan, and related to the Afghan writer Idries Shah, the Pakistani actor, Syed Kamal Shah , Director General of IB, Pakistan, Shah Mahboob Alam and the cricketer Owais Shah. Naseeruddin Shah did his schooling at St. Anselm's Ajmer and St Joseph's College, Nainital. He graduated in arts from Aligarh Muslim University in 1971 and attended National School of Drama in Delhi. He has seen success in both mainstream Bollywood cinema as well as in Parallel Cinema. He also appeared in international films, notably playing Captain Nemo in the Hollywood comic book adaptation The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. His elder brother Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah PVSM, SM, VSM, also an alumnus of St. Joseph's Nainital, retired from the Indian Army in early 2008 as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Planning and Systems) and formerly LESS