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Piyush Mishra Questions Naseeruddin Shah Over Selective Support for Public Causes
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Moneycontrol•05-10-2026, 14:36
Piyush Mishra Questions Naseeruddin Shah Over Selective Support for Public Causes
- •Actor and musician Piyush Mishra has openly questioned veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah for his selective support of public protests and causes.
- •Mishra's remarks followed Shah's participation in a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
- •In a video message, Mishra asked why Shah remained silent on heroic acts like Captain Smit Machchhar saving 180 lives on a Flydubai flight.
- •Mishra also urged Shah to address student protests and police action at Lovely Professional University instead of only sharing poetry.
- •The actor concluded by warning that Shah will now receive a response from him whenever he makes a public statement.
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Piyush Mishra questioned Naseeruddin Shah over what he viewed as selective support for public causes after Shah attended the Cockroach Janta Party's protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park and met its founder, Abhijeet Dipke.
Piyush Mishra asked Naseeruddin Shah why he had not publicly spoken about or congratulated Captain Smit Machchhar, who recently averted an accident on Flydubai Flight 1073 and saved the lives of 180 people.
Mishra recalled that when he previously sought Naseeruddin Shah's help for protesting students in Jharkhand, Shah sent him a poem by a Pakistani poet instead of the practical supplies like flour and lentils that the students actually needed.
