Naseeruddin Shah sets record straight about his fallout with the late Dilip Kumar
The country known to worship the dead couldnt take the criticism of the acting God in their stride. Now clearing the air once and for all Naseer says Those who decided to take offence at what I said about Dilip Saab should have read the entire article and they would have realised that my praise, though conditional for his acting chops was nothing less than glowing.So what exactly was Naseers complaint My complaint had nothing to do with that at all. However the reaction of people who choose to see meanings where there are none doesnt bother me.It was widely rumoured that there were problems between Dilip Saab and Naseer Saab during the shooting of Subhash Ghais Karma the only films in which the two brilliant actors came togetherReplies NaseerThe supposed problems we had during the making of a film which I'd rather forget was all the invention of the media and some vested interests who made our working together sound like some sort of acting duel that was to take place, when considering the nature of our respective roles I actually didn't stand a chance.For Naseer acting is never about one-upmanship. I dont consider acting to be a contest or a game of one-upmanship and I was far from happy with all the talk of Dilip Kumar Versus Me.