Enough of Bollywood: Naseer 14th July 2004
09.47 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
After giving meritorious performances in about 150 movies, Nasseeruddin Shah , the name synonymous with meaningful cinema, says he has had enough of Bollywood.
However, he adds that he would never quit acting and will continue to live his passion through theatre.
Naseer, who was recently in New Delhi to perform his highly acclaimed plays 'Ismat Apa ke Naam' and 'Dear Liar' says he had lost interest in Hindi movies.
"I will continue to do theatre lifelong, Hollywood movies fall in lap at times but I can't say about Bollywood." "Mera dil bhar gaya hai," says the actor unequivocally.
"I will be doing a few Hindi movies," says Naseer whose forthcoming venture Asambhav with Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra is slated for release soon.
“Asambhav is a regular commercial movie," he adds.
"But apart from Asambhav I am working in non-commercial movies like 'The great new wonderful', and a couple of other movies."
On why performances like Sparsh and 'Albert Pinto ko gussa kyuon ata hai' were becoming sparse and he had switched over to commercial movies like Main Hoon Na he says, "Art of meaningful cinema has dwindled because those film-makers have abandoned the cause and jumped onto the common bandwagon."
Naseer, however, feels that all is not lost yet and commends the work done by some young filmmakers who have dared to be different and yet appealing to the audiences.
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