Naseeruddin Shah, in an article written for the Indian Express, claimed that he got a real shock when the people present at the event were told that he himself had refused to come. He writes, “After telling me that I did not need to come, the university added salt to the matter by announcing that I had refused to come.” Shah completely rejected this claim.
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