Saeed Mirza

Classic Revisited: Sparsh

The year 1980 was crucial for Naseeruddin Shah. It was the year when two of his career’s most decisive films Saeed Mirza’s Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai and Sai Paranjpye’s Sparsh were released within months of each other. While in Mirza’s film the indomitable Naseer played a very angry member of a minority community in Sparsh he again played an extremely marginalized character from another minority community. The community of the blind. Unlike Albert Pinto who was perpetually angry Anirudh Parmar in Sparsh loses his cool only when reminded of his physical specialness.  | Click Here...