On July 20th, the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah celebrated his 72nd birthday. “My love for acting has survived many, many phases of being completely stone broke and going without food for several days. That’s happened not only to me, but also guys like Om (Puri) and others. We were the ones given the least chance of succeeding in the film industry. I’ve been broke in Delhi and I’ve been broke in Bombay and in between in Pune,” Naseeruddin told a media channel Film Companion.
“My dad was a government servant. He used to get a salary of a thousand rupees a month and on that he educated the three of us in a boarding school. He and my mom survived on 400 bucks a month, out of which they even saved every month. I never saw my mom and dad buy a new set of clothes for themselves ever,” he added.
On his birthday, Anil Kapoor shared a throwback picture of the duo and wrote, “Two films Woh 7 Din and Karma with the great Naseer Bhai that changed my life …Happy birthday to one of my biggest inspirations and actors I admire!”
