Naseeruddin
Shah
Doesn't
Feel
That
Films
Can
Educate
"I
feel
that
cinema
can't
change
society
or
bring
a
revolution.
I'm
also
not
sure
of
cinema
as
a
medium
of
education.
Documentaries
can
be
educative,
not
feature
films.
People
see
them
and
forget.
The
only
serious
function
films
can
serve
is
to
act
as
a
record
of
their
times," Shah
told
PTI.
He
Further
Added..
The
actor
says
it's
for
this
reason
that
he
chose
to
work
in
movies
like
A
Wednesday
or
his
recent
short
film,
Rogan
Josh,
set
in
the
aftermath
of
26/11
attacks.
"I
consider
it
my
responsibility
to
take
part
in
such
films.
All
my
serious
works
are
a representative of
their
times.
Cinema
will
survive.
These
films
would
be
seen
200
years
later."
Naseeruddin
Shah
Takes
A
Dig
At
Salman
"People
should
know
what
the
India
of
2018
was
like.
They
shouldn't
end
up
seeing
only
Salman
Khan
films
200
years
later. India is
not
like
that.
Cinema
is
for
posterity," he
adds.
What's
Rogan
Josh?
Rogan
Josh
by
Sanjeev
Vig
features
Shah
as
a celebrated
chef at
The Taj
Hotels who
invites
his
family
and
friends
home
for
dinner
to
celebrate
his
birthday.
The
dinner
table
conversation
meanders
to
the
shared
experience
of
26/11
and
questions
the
quality
of
their
existence
after
the
life-changing
event.
Shah,
68,
says
he
is
always
keen
to
work
with
young
people
who
are
struggling
against
the
odds
to
make
what
they
believe
in.
'I
Am
Totally
For
First
Timers'
"If
there's
a
young
man
trying
to
make
a
song
and
dance
film,
I
wouldn't
give
him
a
second.
But
here
was
a
young
man
trying
to
make
a
film
on
a
subject
he
believes
should
be
made."
"I
am
totally
for
first
timers.
I
always
hear
them
seriously.
I
have
done
so
many
films
with
first
timers
and
I've
never
regretted
it,"
he
says.
Naseeruddin
On
Short
Films
R
Rogan
Josh,
by
Royal
Stag
Barrel
Select
Large
Short
Films,
was
screened
at
the
20th
edition
of
Jio
MAMI
Mumbai
Film
Festival.
The
actor,
who
has
worked
in
a
couple
of
short
films,
says
the
medium
is
absolutely
liberating
for
budding
filmmakers.
"The
great
thing
about
short
films
is
that
there's
no
pressure
of
producers
sitting
on
thesefilmmakers
head and
telling
them
who
the
hero
should
be
and
what
kind
of
songs
(to
he
used)."
"They
are
having
the
freedom
to
make
the
kind
of
film
they
want
to
make
without
the
worry
of
box
office,"
he
adds.