Naseeruddin Shah reveals he never wanted to be like his father, says 'Used to think of him as a villain'

Naseeruddin Shah recently dropped some truth bombs when asked about his father in a recent interview for We Are Yuvaa. When he broke the news to him about his desire and aspiration to be an actor, his father quipped, “What will you eat if you do Nautanki?” Shah added, “I never wanted to become like my father. I wanted my children to be relaxed around me, and be my friends. I have been only partially successful, because some behaviours are ingrained in you, not because of genetics, but memetics – what a person gathers from their surroundings. I tend to lose my temper some times. I have never raised my hand on them. I don’t want them to be afraid of me.” The veteran actor also revealed, “I used to think of him as the villain of my life. But I’d forgotten how open-hearted he was. It was impossible for him to understand me, and he was afraid of what he would find out if he tried to understand me.” On his father’s death and a dream It was two or three years after his death. In the dream, we’re sitting across from each other with a long interview table between us. And he says to me, ‘Tell me about your father’. And I don’t hold back. I tell him every complaint I’ve ever had against him. And he listens silently, smiling as if he understands. I found some closure, but alas, we never saw eye to eye. Also, back in June, Shah spoke about how attacking Muslims has become convenient. In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Shah said, “Mogul has become an English word, an American word; movie Mogul. Running them down is very convenient for the present dispensation to paint all Muslims in one colour and to claim that they looted the country, they destroyed temples, they did this and that and they had many wives. Every king does this.” Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News , India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.