Mumbai: Actor Naseeruddin Shah recently described The Kashmir Files as an ‘almost fictionalised version’ of Kashmiri Hindu sufferings, drawing a barb from its director Vivek Agnihotri.
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has come out in support of her niece and CPI-M candidate from West Bengal's Ballygunge constituency, Saira Shah Halim, who is taking on turncoat Babul Supriyo fielded by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee
Bengal bypolls: CPI-M fields Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim from Ballygunge constituency
Kolkata/IBNS: The Left Front has fielded veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah's niece Saira Shah Halim as the Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M candidate for the upcoming bypolls in the Ballygunge assembly constituency of West Bengal.
Dissent gagged in India, says Naseeruddin Shah in Amnesty India video
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has raised concerns about the gagging of dissent in India in an Amnesty India video.
Everyone has right to share thoughts: Ashutosh Rana on Naseeruddin comment
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS): Actor Ashutosh Rana has come out in support of colleague Naseeruddin Shah, who is facing a backlash over his comments on cow slaughter being more important than a policeman's life and how he fears for his children in today's India.