Mumbai: National Award-winning actor Naseeruddin Shah is utilising a substantial part of his lockdown hours catching up on the plays of William Shakespeare along with his sons.
"I am one of those people who can stay at home and enjoy a lot of indoor. I am watching movies, reading books. I have started helping in the kitchen that I kind of stopped after marriage. I did not cook for a long time. I am reading a couple of plays of Shakespeare to my son. We are spending quality time," the veteran actor told IANS.
Shah has two sons, Vivaan and Imaad, both actors.
His 2017 film, The Hungry directed by Bornali Chatterjee, was a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
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Meanwhile, the veteran actor is back with a short film. Titled Half Full, the short is directed by debutante filmmaker Karan Rawal and also features Vikrant Massey.
The story is about a man on the verge of taking a crucial decision when he meets an older person. The meeting alters his perspective towards life, death and self.
Shah said it is a strange case of happenstance that the core idea of the film has become relevant to the current times.
"When the film was made, we were hardly in this kind of situation. The situation has become relevant to the movie, I would say. I'm sure that a lot of people today will find identification with that young protagonist of the movie... This is a hopeful film and might help people cope with this time when loneliness is all around us," Shah told in an interview.
With inputs from IANS.
