Naseeruddin Shah says he suffers from onomatomania, explains what it means
Actor Naseeruddin Shah has spoken about a condition he suffers from called onomatomania. Here's what it means.
Naseeruddin Shah has said in an interview that he suffers from a condition called onomatomania.
In it, a person keeps fixating on a particular word or phrase. Naseer said that it doesn’t let him be at rest even if he tries. Naseer is one of the most respected and loved actors from the Hindi film industry and has worked in films such as Mohra, Sarfarosh, A Wednesday and more.
The actor was speaking to YouTube channel Chalchitra Talks when he spoke about his condition. “I suffer from an ailment called onomatomania. I’m not joking. It’s a medical condition. You can check it in the dictionary,” he said.
Naseer even explained what the condition means. “Onomatomania is an ailment in which you keep repeating a word or a phrase, a sentence or a verse or a speech for no reason at all. Except that you like to hear it. I do it all the time so I am never quite at rest. Even when I am sleeping, I am going over some passage I love.”
Naseer also talked about his wife, actor Ratna Pathak Shah and their different reading lists. He said that the two often recommend books to each other but rarely pick it up. He takes credit for introducing her to cricket and they both love the Tin Tin comic.
The couple recently attended the wedding of Ratna’s sister Supriya Pathak and husband Pankaj Kapur’s daughter Sanah Kapur. They even posed for a picture with Supriya and Pankaj, which went viral on social media.
Naseer was last seen in Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan. He played the father of Deepika Padukone’s character in the movie. He was also seen in web series Kaun Banega Shikarwati, in which he played a king in debt, who decides to trick his daughters into getting him out of the mess. The show also starred Lara Dutta, Soha Ali Khan and others.