Naseeruddin Finds Fascination With Oscars Laughable
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Actor
Naseeruddin
Shah,
a
veteran
in
the
Hindi
film
world,
says
Indian
filmmakers'
fascination
for
the
Academy
Awards
is
'laughable'.
He
believes
"we
are
never
going
to
win
any".
The
63-year-old,
who
has
featured
in
films
like
Masoom,
Sarfarosh,
Iqbal
and
The
Dirty
Picture,
was
asked
what
he
makes
of
the
current
scenario
of
Indian
filmmakers
fighting
with
each
other
to
make
it
to
the
Oscars.
"The
fascination
with
the
Oscar...I
find
it
laughable,
because
we
are
never
going
to
win
any.
I
mean
those
who
are
hoping
about
it
just
forget
about
it,
because
it's
never
going
to
happen.
It's
like
chasing
the
rainbow," he
said.
This
year,
Gujarati
film
The
Good
Road
is
India's
official
submission
for
the
foreign
language
film
category
at
the
86th
Academy
Awards.Naseeruddin
says
the
fascination
for
an
Oscar
is
futile.
"It's
just
a
yearning
for
worldwide
recognition
and
we
feel
that
Oscars
guarantees
us
that,
so
that's
why
there
is
this
hankering
for
an
Oscar.
It's
ridiculous.
I
think
everybody
should
just
keep
making
the
kind
of
films
they
want
to
make,"
he
added.
Meanwhile,
the
actor
is
currently
busy
promoting
his
film
Dedh
Ishqiya.
He
shares
the
frame
with
Bollywood's
dancing
diva
Madhuri
Dixit
and
sets
the
record
straight
about
his
reported
"steamy
scenes"
with
her
in
the
movie.
"There
are
no
such
scenes
in
the
film.
I
think
people
just
enjoy
talking
about
this
kind
of
stuff,
so
I
am
assuring
those
who
want
to
see
Dedh
Ishqiya
that
there
are
no
steamy
scenes
between
Madhuri
and
myself.
It's
all
poetry
but
its
good
poetry,"
he
said.
Directed
by
Abhishek
Chaubey,
Dedh
Ishqiya
also
features
Arshad
Warsi
and
Huma
Qureshi.