<p>Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has revealed that his lifetime regret remains not having worked with acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray, who had appreciated his performance in Ketan Mehta's 'Mirch Masala'.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Naseeruddin, who plays a butcher in upcoming Bengali film 'Khasi Katha', says, "So many times I had wished to write a letter to Satyajit Ray requesting a role, but I did not muster the courage.<br /><br />"Now I regret why I didn't. A film by Ray never happened to me," said Naseeruddin, who has starred in films like 'A Wednesday', 'Sarfarosh', 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Iqbal'.<br /><br />"I had met Manikda when I was a 22-year old NSD student watching Bergman's 'Silence' at Max Mueller Bhavan when he sat before me and I remember I could not watch the film properly. How can you with the 'Pather Panchali' maker sitting in your front row?" Naseeruddin said.<br /><br />"I had first bumped into him at the age of 12 and remember I mistook him as a police officer wearing a starched uniform and cap," he recalled.<br /><br />Naseeruddin, who has starred in Ribhu Dasgupta's yet unreleased film 'Michael' two years ago, says the comfort level with long time friend-director Judhajit Sarkar matters besides the story line of 'Khasi Katha'.<br /><br />"I haven't yet seen the film, but I have expectations from my shooting experience," he says.<br /><br />Naseeruddin plays a butcher about to slaughter a 'khasi' or a goat when the animal pleads for its life and turns into a chronicler of events. "Khasi is the human conscience which mirrors our self. It also narrates the story of underdogs, including a female boxer."<br /><br />In the film Naseeruddin talks with the animated version of the goat with the voice over done by popular Bengali comedian and character actor Kanchon Mallick.</p>
<p>Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has revealed that his lifetime regret remains not having worked with acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray, who had appreciated his performance in Ketan Mehta's 'Mirch Masala'.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Naseeruddin, who plays a butcher in upcoming Bengali film 'Khasi Katha', says, "So many times I had wished to write a letter to Satyajit Ray requesting a role, but I did not muster the courage.<br /><br />"Now I regret why I didn't. A film by Ray never happened to me," said Naseeruddin, who has starred in films like 'A Wednesday', 'Sarfarosh', 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Iqbal'.<br /><br />"I had met Manikda when I was a 22-year old NSD student watching Bergman's 'Silence' at Max Mueller Bhavan when he sat before me and I remember I could not watch the film properly. How can you with the 'Pather Panchali' maker sitting in your front row?" Naseeruddin said.<br /><br />"I had first bumped into him at the age of 12 and remember I mistook him as a police officer wearing a starched uniform and cap," he recalled.<br /><br />Naseeruddin, who has starred in Ribhu Dasgupta's yet unreleased film 'Michael' two years ago, says the comfort level with long time friend-director Judhajit Sarkar matters besides the story line of 'Khasi Katha'.<br /><br />"I haven't yet seen the film, but I have expectations from my shooting experience," he says.<br /><br />Naseeruddin plays a butcher about to slaughter a 'khasi' or a goat when the animal pleads for its life and turns into a chronicler of events. "Khasi is the human conscience which mirrors our self. It also narrates the story of underdogs, including a female boxer."<br /><br />In the film Naseeruddin talks with the animated version of the goat with the voice over done by popular Bengali comedian and character actor Kanchon Mallick.</p>