By
Ruby Zaidi
Veteran Actor Kanwaljit Singh, who is recently garnering acclaim for his performance in Sanya Malhotra’s Mrs, shared his views on parallel cinema and addressed
Naseeruddin Shah’s comment about Amitabh Bachchan, where Naseeruddin Shah, a living legend called Superstar of the millennium Amitabh Bachchan a businessman rather than an actor.
Speaking to the media about Naseeruddin Shah’s remark, he said, “No, no, I have great regard for Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. I think he is a very fine actor.” Kanwaljit added that he considers Naseeruddin Shah ‘lucky’ to have realized that his potential lay in parallel cinema. However, he refused to agree with Naseeruddin Shah’s opinion that Amitabh Bachchan is a businessman and not an actor. “Naseeruddin Shah was lucky to realize that he wouldn’t be cast in commercial films because that was the time when people were making parallel cinema. If those kinds of films weren’t being made, then what? Naseeruddin Shah is my jaan, I call him the God of acting, but we can’t say that for Bachchan sahab,” he shared.
Naseeruddin Shah’s fans came in defense of their icon and said, ” Mr.Kanwaljit, Don’t you forget Tridev, Karma, Sarfarosh, Kahani, Wednesday, Wo Saat Din, and many more commercial films? Naseeruddin Shah has done more commercial cinema than Offbeat films and he is immensely popular in both the genres.”
