Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has turned 72 at present. His four-decade-long profession boasts of a number of the most pioneering initiatives within the Indian Movie Trade. Being the face of parallel cinema in India, the actor has featured in legendary motion pictures like Masoom and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. In his memoir titled ‘And Then One Day’, the actor has talked about an incident the place he was stabbed by an actor good friend Jaspal and Om Puri saved the day by coming to his assist.
Whereas taking pictures for the 1977 movie Bhoomika, Naseeruddin was eating out with Om Puri. Simply then, his good friend Jaspal, with whom the actor shared a strained relationship entered the restaurant. Naseeruddin Shah narrates, “We ignored one another however, eyes mounted on me, he handed to take a seat on one other desk behind me, so I assumed. After some time, I used to be reminded of his presence by what felt like a brief sharp punch in the course of my again. I began to rise, wearily getting ready myself for one more free-for-all. Earlier than I may transfer, Om with a strangled cry lunged at one thing behind me. I turned to see Jaspal holding a small knife, its level dripping blood, his hand raised to strike once more, and Om and two others grappling to subdue him.”
The actor revealed additional, “Om returned to tell me that Jaspal had been taken to the kitchen and was being given the remedy. He needed to take me to a physician however was thwarted by the restaurant employees refusing to allow us to transfer until the police arrived. When the ambulance got here, Om made the cardinal error of climbing in as nicely with out permission and managed to rile the boss-man, thereby asking the cops to be light with me. He was ordered to get off and after appreciable pleading with the goon in cost was allowed to remain. Neither of us had an thought the place we had been headed however I prayed it was not the police station.”
The actor was rushed to Cooper Hospital in Juhu as he was bleeding profusely from his damage.
The actor divulged in his autobiography that Jaspal was later bailed out by filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza.
He stated, “Whereas recuperating I learnt that Jaspal, after spending two nights in custody, had been bailed out by Saeed Mirza in whose movie Arvind Desai he had changed me after I was unable to seek out the time for it. Saeed had all the time been vastly biased in the direction of Jaspal since our FTII days and was now sheltering him in his own residence; I hoped he knew what he was doing.”
The ace actor additionally revealed in his memoir that Jaspal had come to fulfill him when he was dwelling alone. However as an alternative of apologizing, he defined that no matter occurred was not ‘private.’
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