EntertainmentPhoto: NDTV MoviesNaseeruddin Shah to Portray Salman Rushdie in Play on 2022 Attack
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah will play author Salman Rushdie in "27 Seconds," a stage production based on Rushdie's 2022 assassination attempt. The attack occurred on August 12, 2022, at New York's Chautauqua Institution, leaving Rushdie nearly dead and blind in his right eye. The play adapts Rushdie's memoir "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," using his exact words to depict the event and his reflections.
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