- Films
- 111
- Avg rating
- 6.95
- Peak run
- 1980’83
- 7+ run
- 14 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Naseeruddin by the numbers
Average
6.95
70 rated films
Vote weighted
6.97
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±1.03
rating spread
Career
52y
1975 to 2026
Total votes
978K
across every film
Best
8.3
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
Worst
4.3
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Filmography
| 2026 |  Main Vaapas Aaunga | Ishar Singh | 7.9 | 13,798 |
| 2026 | Safia/Safdar | · | · | 68 |
| 2025 |  Gustaakh Ishq | Babba | 7.1 | 3,948 |
| 2025 | Missing Face | Mr. Williams | · | 38 |
| 2023 |  Kuttey | Narayan Khobre | 5.4 | 11,534 |
| 2022 |  Gehraiyaan | Vinod(Alisha's Father) | 5.6 | 45,334 |
| 2020 | Mee Raqsam | Hashim Seth | · | 636 |
| 2019 |  The Tashkent Files | PKR Natarajan | 8.0 | 39,545 |
| 2018 | Aiyaary | Baburao Shastri | 5.3 | 5,623 |
| 2018 | Nude | Malik- Special appearance | · | 679 |
| 2018 | Hope Aur Hum | Nagesh | · | 481 |
| 2017 | OK Jaanu | Gopi Shrivastava | 5.4 | 5,934 |
| 2017 | Begum Jaan | Rajaji | 5.6 | 3,156 |
| 2017 | The Hungry | Tathagat Ahuja | 7.0 | 1,452 |
| 2017 | Irada | Parabjeet Walia | 6.3 | 1,625 |
| 2017 | Dhh | Magician | · | 587 |
| 2016 | Teraa Surroor | Robin 'The Bird' Dharamraj Santino | 2.7 | 1,004 |
| 2015 | Welcome Back | Wanted Bhai | 4.3 | 7,792 |
| 2015 | Dharam Sankat Mein | Neelanand Baba | 6.3 | 2,602 |
| 2015 | Waiting | Shiv Kumar | 7.2 | 1,974 |
Better together?
Naseeruddin Shah's regulars
- Shabana AzmiCo-star · 10 films · 7.80 avg▲+1.04
- Om PuriCo-star · 10 films · 7.39 avg▲+0.65
- Smita PatilCo-star · 8 films · 7.73 avg▲+0.62
- Amrish PuriCo-star · 5 films · 7.33 avg▲+0.56
- Shyam BenegalDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.59
- Paresh RawalCo-star · 4 films · 6.77 avg▲+0.21
- Madhuri DixitCo-star · 4 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.12
- Rajiv RaiDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.67 avg▼−0.22
- Annu KapoorCo-star · 4 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.24
- Satish ShahCo-star · 3 films · 8.30 avg▲+1.76
- Mithun ChakrabortyCo-star · 3 films · 8.00 avg▲+1.57
- Nagesh KukunoorDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.95 avg▲+0.87
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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