Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher are such actors of Hindi films, who have great recognition and reputation. At the age of seventy-five, Naseeruddin Shah is in the news for his recent film 'I will be back' and web series 'The Titan Story'. His acting in both is once again being praised a lot. This is considered to be a unique offering in Naseer's career. At the age of seventy-one, Anupam Kher is also continuously playing select and challenging roles. Most recently, during the promotion of his upcoming film Shrirambhoomi, he told that he is playing the role of Ashok Singhal in it.
Anupam Kher has played the role of many political personalities before. He considers these films as achievements in his career. Sometimes he became Jaiprakash Narayan, sometimes Manmohan Singh, sometimes Mahatma Gandhi and long ago he even played the role of Rajiv Gandhi. Now Ashok will come on screen as Singhal. What story will be shown in it, what events will happen – all this will be known only after the release. Presently he came into limelight by giving statement on Ashok Singhal's look and Shri Ram temple offering controversy. Then an old video of Naseeruddin Shah started going viral, in which he is seen attacking Anupam Kher with harsh words.
There is no doubt that Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher There are two artists who believe in different ideologies and in the clash of two different ideologies, politics finds its place. There is a long history of dispute between the two. There have been many times counter-attack statements. But if we keep this politics aside, then both actors Naseer and Anupam are the pride of our film industry today. The achievements of both provide inspiration for new artists. Both of them struggled for a long time on the basis of their talent and courage and achieved the heights of success. Both of them have a background in theater and today they are at the heights of fame.
Even though ideology and politics separate them and some people find their own space to comment, but both the veteran actors have done films together on not just one but many occasions. Be it the famous 2008 film A Wednesday directed by Neeraj Pandey or Subhash Ghai's 1986 Karma, both these films have Naseer and Anupam Kher in the lead roles. In A Wednesday Day, Anupam Kher is Mumbai Police Commissioner and Naseeruddin Shah is a common man, whereas in Karma, Anupam Kher is in a negative role and Naseeruddin Shah is a brave man. Both these films have been superhits at the box office in their respective times.
Apart from this, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher have also worked together in films like Tridev, Misaal and Dirty Politics. Both have passed out from NSD. Yes, due to some difference in age, Naseeruddin Shah is senior to Anupam Kher. Naseeruddin Shah first debuted in 1975 with Shyam Benegal's film Nishant, while Anupam Kher made his debut in 1984 with Mahesh Bhatt directed Saaransh. In his film career, Naseeruddin Shah surprised with many subsequent films but Anupam Kher first gained fame overnight in the role of a retired senior citizen in Saransh. At that time he was only twenty-eight years old.
Talking about achievements, both Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher have received many big honors. Naseeruddin Shah especially has a big contribution in parallel cinema. Apart from three National Awards, three Filmfare Awards, he has also received the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival. Naseer has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1987 and Padma Bhushan in 2003 by the Government of India for his contribution to cinema. The number of his all types of films is around two hundred.
Even though Anupam Kher had no direct connection with parallel cinema, he played various roles in all types of films from 1984 till now. He is considered a good actor. The number of his films is more than five hundred. Anupam Kher has received the National Award for Best Actor twice while he has received eight Filmfare Awards. Anupam Kher has also received Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution to cinema.
In fact, there is a need to celebrate the contribution and talent of both the great artists in the art and cinema world and not to do dirty politics because of two different ideologies and past controversies. Whereas Anupam Kher has clearly said that there is no dispute between them now. In such a situation, it should be hoped that some such film comes in the future in which both will be seen together once again. Cinema lovers and fans of both are waiting for that day, maybe it will be a historical film.
