Hurled four-letter abuses at her for having trespassed his performance of Waiting for Godot. The stage is sacrosanct for the thespian…

Kunal M Shah (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 27, 2010)

During a staging of Waiting For Godot in Bangalore, Naseeruddin Shah lost his cool when a lady landed up on his stage. Our source said, “The play was going on and Naseer and Benjamin Gilani were in the middle of an extremely serious scene.

Randeep Hooda who plays the God was also on the stage. Just then a lady accompanied by an old man landed up straight on the stage. The lady started shouting and complaining that someone had parked a car right outside her house.

Everyone in the audience was shocked about how someone could interrupt a play this way. Naseer completely lost it and was very angry. He started abusing the lady and the audience agreed with him.

A still from Waiting for Godot

Not only Naseer but also a few people from the audience abused the lady, who quickly hurried away from the scene. Naseer abused her with four-letter words and the lady didn’t know what happened.

Naseer always says that the stage is his temple and no one is allowed to enter when he is performing. The audience also agreed that no one has the right to disturb when an actor is performing on the stage.”

When contacted Randeep Hooda, who plays God on the show, said, “Yes such an incident occurred. The lady accompanied by an old man had to face the brunt from More >