- Was stabbed by fellow actor and classmate Rajendra Jaspal. Rajendra was envious of Nasser signing certain films which he believed should have been his. The incident occurred in the canteen of the FTII.
- Feroz Khan approached him to play Fardeen Khan's father in Prem Aggan. Naseer said he admired Feroz as a actor and director but wanted a role more challenging. Naseeruddin rejected the role saying it was not strong enough. Feroz hugged Naseer and said he understood what he meant.
- Father of Bollywood actress Heeba Shah.
- Nephew name is Major Mohammed Ali Shah. He is a member of the Indian army. He is the son of Lt.Gen Zameeruddin Shah, presently Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
- Acted in Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini film Sapnon Ka Saudagar at the age of 18. His scene was edited out before the film released.
- Father of Bollywood actors Vivaan Shah and Heeba Shah.
- Awarded Padma Bhushan for the year 2003 by the Government of India.
- Uncle to Bollywood Superstar Shahid Kapur. Nasserudin's wife Ratna Pathak sister is Supriya Pathak. Supriya's step son is Shahid Kapur.
- Starred in the completed and unreleased film "Tere Sheher Mein" (1985). Starring Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Marc Zuber, Rohini Hathangadi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sonu Walia,Music Khayyam, Writer - Sagar Sarhadi,Producer - Mr. Brocka,Director - Sagar Sarhadi. The producer took finance from a Delhi financier. The producer could not pay back the money. The financier then took away the reels. The film never saw a release.
- Starred in the shelved film Champion with Tabu,Sunny Deol. Directed by Shekher Kapur in 1987/1989. This was Tabu 1st film announced. After it got shelved, she was signed for Prem.
- Father of Imaaduddin Shah
- Former brother in law to Bollywood actress Surekha Sikri.
- Uncle to Bollywood/TV actor Salim Shah. Salims father is Naseers cousin.
- Starred in the shelved film Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya with Chandrachur Singh and Suchitra Krishnamurthy. To be directed by Joy Augustine. This was to be Chandrachur Singh's debut film in 1991. The film was shelved after 60% of shooting.
- Father in law Baldev Pathak use to stitch Rajesh Khanna's clothes. He was a very famous tailor.
- Starred the shelved International movie,Channel Four's "The Leopard and The Fox"(1996). Starring Naseeruddin Shah. It was based on when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan. He was hung in 1979. A book was also written about this story.
- Starred in the shelved film, Amko Movies and Bioscopewala Films International's "Masoom Gawah" (1990). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Anita Raaj,Baby Guddu,Prem Chopra,Saaed Jaffery,Satish Shah,Guddi Maharuti,Mac Mohan Bob Christo,Ankush Mohit, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced by Mukund B. Anam, M.M. Baig,Praful Patel, Directed by M.M. Baig. Naseeruddin Shah and director M.M.Baig had a fist fight over a matter and the film got shelved after the shooting was almost complete. Audio cassette's for the film were also released. M.M.Baig is the father of Baby Guddu who also starred on the film.
- Was engaged to actress Anjali Paighankar in 1974.
- In 1996, he lent his voice to a cassette of stories from the Panchatantra. The cassette was brought out by Sky Music.
- Starred in the shelved film "Nargis" (1992) Starring Naseeruddin Shah , Hema Malini, Zeba Bhaktiar and Introducing Manzoor Ali (Mehmood's youngest son),Music by Basu Chakravorthy, Directed by Khalid Mohammed, It lays completed and unreleased due to financial problems.
- Was best friends with Deepak Parashar (elder brother of director Pankaj Parashar). Deepak was an assistant to Shyam Benegal.
- Auditioned for Passage To India and was rejected.
- After the success of Naam, the same team, Rajendra Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt and Salim Khan were to make a film titled Naaraz staring Rakhee Gulzar, Kumar Gaurav, Madhuri Dixit,Naseerudin Shah and Amrish Puri, but this film was not made. Mahesh Bhatt, and Amrish Puri never got the chance to work together after both being in the same industry for decades. Naraaz was shelved. Years later Mahesh Bhatt made another film titled Naaraaz with a different star cast and story.
- Starred in the shelved film "Five Star Hotel" (1982). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Rekha,Shabana Azmi,Smita Patil,Amjad Khan, Directed by Saeed Mirza.
- In 2006, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi were to be seen together in Rituparno Ghosh's London Summer. It was to be shot entirely in London from August, the film was to be produced by Arindam Choudhuri. It is about the cultural differences that an Indian family settled in London, faces. The project got shelved.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Abhiyan -The Mission"(1997) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon,Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Dinesh Gandhi, Directed by Anil Matoo.
- Starred in the shelved bilingual movie "Kanchan Rekha" (Hindi) "Swambar"(Bengali). This was in 1982. Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Amol Palekar,Farooq Sheikh, Smita Patil,Girish Karnad,Geeta Siddhartha,Dina Pathak. Produced by Mrityunjoy Sarkar,Directed by Shankar Bhattacharya. The film was shelved when the producer died after kidney surgery .
- Starred in shelved film,M.M.Enterprises,"Gehrai" (1994) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Alok Nath, Raza Murad, Mohnish Bahl, Music by Anand-Milind,Directed by Gautam Verma.Reels:4.
- Eldest brother's name is Zaheeruddin Shah.
- Had two brother's who died in infancy.
- Father in law of actress, singer Saba Azaad (Married to son Imaaaduddin Shah).
- Living on the Edge, on Star Plus is making a definite niche for itself, thanks to anchorperson Naseeruddin Shah.(1998).
- Daughter Heeba has a half sister (From Parveen's second marriage) named Bushra. She grew up in Iran with Heeba.
- Nephew is actor Mohammed Ali Shah.
- Wifes cousin Sanjeev Gandhi acted in the film Holi. He is a dentist by profession.
- Starred in Aron Govil's shelved film Paltan (1994). Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bhatt,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Paresh Rawal,Deepak Zaveri,Mushtaq Khan,Music by Nadeen Shravan,Produced by Aron Govil,Directed by Mahesh Bhatt .
- Starred in the shelved film Annadatta (1983) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil,Supriya Pathak,Parikshat Sahni, Directed by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas. It was to be made in Hindi and English.
- Starred in shelved movie Vaishno Movies "Lafanga" (Aap Ke Karib)(1986/1990). Starring Naseeruddin Shah,Shabana Azmi, Marc Zuber, Moon Moon Sen,Parikshat Sahni,Ranjeet,Huma Khan, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Ajit Asthana.
- Starred in Bhushan Bhanmali untitled film opposite Kajal Kiran. This was in 1981.
- Naseeruddin Shah lent his voice as a narrator to "The Monkey and the Crocodile - A Panchatantra Classic". (Book + Audio Cassette) . This was in 1997.
- Starred in Virendra Saini's shelved untitled film in 1997. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Smriti Mishra,Rajeshwari Sachdev, Directed by Virendra Saini.
- Starred in the shelved movie Emkay Movies "Dil Aur Deemag"(Jeevan Yudh)(1988) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Govinda, Kimi Katkar,Juhi Chawla,Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Madan Chopra, Kishore Malhotra.
- Starree in the shelved movie Heena Productions "Hookum"(1989) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar, Sujata Mehta,Satish Shah, Dina Pathak,Abid Shah,Salim Shah, Anupam Kher,Music by Manoj Saran,Produced by Taher B. Khan, Directed by Taher Hakoon.
- Starred in the shelved movie Kuldeep Art Productions "Nishan Nahin Mitega"(1989) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi,Introducing Krishna,Also starring Vishal Dutt, Satish Shah, Music by Annu Malik, Story by Pradeep,Edited and Directed by Kawal Sharma.
- Starred in the shelved movie Jwala Pictures P. Ltd's "Rakshak"(1987) Starring Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Rekha,Sanjay Dutt, Farha Naaz, Naseeruddin Shah,Anupam Kher, Kulbhshan Kharbanda,Mahesh Anand, Story by Suraj Sanim,Music Kalyanji Anandji, Produced by Sandeep Sethi, Directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
- Starred in the shelved movie Monica Arts "Kharidar"(1985) Starring Rekha(Replaced by Poonam Dhillon),Naseeruddin Shah(Replaced by Farooq Sheikh),Amjad Khan,Written by Gulzar, Music by Khayyam, Directed by Meraj.
- Starred in the shelved movie Khanna Arts International's "Do Hathon Ka Khel"(1988) Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar,Anita Raj,Farha Naaz,Puneet Issar, Raza Murad,Kiran Kumar, Music by Jagjit Singh,Produced by Satish Khanna, Directed by Avtar Bhogal.
- Starred in the shelved film Quasar Films Pvt Ltd's "Champion" with Sunny Deol, Tabu.Produced and Directed by Shekher Kapur in 1987/1989. This was Tabu 1st film announced. In 1990,Shekhar Kapur wanted Manisha Koirala for the film. But Subhash Ghai refused to let her sign the film due to her contract.
- Starred in the shelved movie Zoe Movies and TV Productions "Chup Chup Ke Pyar Karen" (Nidar -The Fearless)(2001) Starring Dharmendra,Naseeruddin Shah, Moushumi Chatterjee,Heenee Kaushik,Kaif Ali,Deepti Bhatnagar,Kiran Kumar, Asif Sheikh,Johnny Lever, Music by Uttam Singh,Produced by M.L.Chugh,Directed by Vijay Reddy.
- In 1988, there was talk of B.K.Adarsh signing Rajkumar Santoshi to direct a film to star Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan and Sunny Deol. Nothing more came after the announcement.
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