Naseeruddin Shah is undoubtedly one of the finest actors in the film industry. The actor is recently in headlines after he decided to make a directorial comeback after 17 years with the short film Man Woman Man Woman which will also star his wife Ratna Pathak Shah.

Following this, Naseer ji  recently commented over  the heightened popularity of some films referring to it as ‘disturbing’. He further added that the filmmakers are so busy in making the films that praise wrong things, that the ones who make reality based films are ignored.

Naseer ji said, “It’s disturbing that films like Kashmir Files are so massively popular whereas films made by Sudhir Mishra, Anubhav Sinha, and Hansal Mehta, who are trying to portray the truth of their times don’t get seen. But it’s important that these filmmakers don’t lose heart and continue telling stories. They will be responsible for posterity. A hundred years later, people will see Bheed and they will also see Gadar 2 and see which one portrays the truth of our times because the film is the only medium which could do that. It’s hard to resort to abstraction and capture life as it is. So regressive is a pretty mild word for what’s going on."

He continued, "It’s frightening that filmmakers are being coopted into making films that praise all the wrong things and run down other communities for no reason at all. It’s a dangerous trend.”

Source: The Free Press Journal