Naseeruddin Shah was nominated at the top award soires for his crackling performance in A Wednesday. Here he reveals why he'll never attend oneu00a0

AS a chubby cat saunters into his living room, Naseeruddin Shah presents the roomful of reporters with a mini-introduction, his tone full of the charm of a practiced raconteur. "His name is Buddhu because there was a pigeon once sitting on the scaffolding and the cat took flight after it, straight into the air. Cats land on their feet and this one did too, but broke his leg," laughs Naseer.

And so, this interview is interrupted when Buddhu gets stuck inside an almirah and has to have Naseer rescue him.u00a0u00a0

In your new film Barah Aana, you play a driver?
Yes, he's a reluctant participant in the mission with a waiter (Arjun Mathur) and a watchman (Vijay Raaz). But he goes along so he can settle his own scores.
I thought this was a wonderful story. I didn't have any work on hand those days. But this appealed to me because it was few days of work and no dialogue, except at the very end.
I'd done A Wednesday and Maharathi the only film I had was Nandita's (Das) Firaq, which is also releasing with Barah Aana.