Naseeruddin Shah ko gussa kyon ata hai: Here is a list of his past remarks and rows

While a remark on the incident in Bulandshahr was a scathing attack on the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh, his remarks on Kohli many felt were unprovoked. But Shah is no stranger to stirring up controversies with his uncharitable remarks that riled even his industry people in the past.

In this season, it all started with his remark on Virat Kohli for his onfield aggression when Shah called the sports icon of the country as the world's "worst behaved player".

The iconic actor even took a jibe at Kohli's "leave India" comment which had stirred massive row.

Shah's post reads, "Virat K is not only the worlds best batsman but also the worlds worst behaved player. His cricketing brilliance pales beside his arrogance and bad manners.. And I have no intention of leaving the country by the way."

Kohli often draws criticisms from the cricketing world for his on-field aggression.

But away from Kohli, Shah once again triggered a controversy while commenting on the Bulandshahr violence, where a police officer was killed by a frenzied mob over suspicion of cow slaughter.

On Monday, in an interview with Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Shah said: "There is complete impunity for those who take law into their own hands. In many areas we are witnessing that the death of a cow is more significance than that of a police officer."

“I feel anxious for my children because tomorrow if a mob surrounds them and asks, ‘Are you a Hindu or a Muslim,’ they will have no answer. It worries me that I don’t see the situation improving anytime soon,” the 68-year old actor added.

The remarks triggered a massive row and in the immediate aftermath, organisers of a literature festival in Rajasthan's Ajmer cancelled an event where actor Naseeruddin Shah was supposed to deliver a keynote address following protests by right-wing groups. Some others said he should go to Pakistan.

We bring you the past controversies of Shah and wonder why he gets angry like his 1980 film's title "Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai"
 

Shah criticises Salman Khan and his movies:

Shah recently said he would not like to see Indian cinema being remembered for only movies made by Khan.

Khan, who is considered as one of the biggest superstars in Bollywood, produces a hit movie nearly every year.

The action-comedy genre masala entertainer movies associated with Salman Khan are generally crowd pullers. This year he was seen in Race 3.

Shah took a dig at this popular actor and recently told a news outlet: "I feel that cinema can't change society or bring a revolution. I'm also not sure of cinema as a medium of education. Documentaries can be educative, not feature films. People see them and forget. The only serious function films can serve is to act as a record of their times."

 

"I consider it my responsibility to take part in such films. All my serious works are a representative of their times. Cinema will survive. These films would be seen 200 years later," he said.

"People should know what the India of 2018 was like. They shouldn't end up seeing only Salman Khan films 200 years later. India is not like that. Cinema is for posterity," Shah said.

Shah once called Rajesh Khanna a limited actor:

Years ago, Shah had once called India's late icon Rajesh Khanna as a 'limited actor'.

Shah was quoted as saying: "In fact, it was the 70’s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That’s when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor. Intellectually, he wasn’t the most alert person I have ever met. His taste ruled the industry."

Khanna is known for presenting his fans numerous hit movies over the years which include Anand,Safar,Haathi Mere Saathi and Bawarchi among others.

Leaving a legacy behind, Khanna passed away on July 18, 2012 at age 69.

Shah had slammed Farhan for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag:

Shah had even criticised actor Farhan Akhtar for his performance in 2013 sports movie based on the life of former Indian athlete Milkha Singh, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (BMB), and told the media: "It’s a completely fake film. Farhan has no doubt worked very hard but building up muscles and growing your hair is not exactly working hard on your acting."

His 'Masoom' co-actor Shabana Azmi came out in Farhan's support that time and was quoted as saying by media: "Farhan was outstanding in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. His performance gave me gooseflesh. He has raised the bar for what actors should demand from them while portraying real-life characters. Naseer is entitled to his opinion. But most Indians don’t agree with him.”

Javed Akhtar once slammed Shah for 'disliking successful people':

Popular lyricist and former Rajya Sabha MP Javed Akhtar had once attacked Shah or his remarks on Rajesh Khanna and said the 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' actor does not like successful people.

“It’s simple - Naseeruddin Shah does not like successful people. I have never heard him praise any successful person. He criticises Dilip Kumar; he criticises Amitabh Bachchan,” Akhtar once told the media.