'Nature has saved me from major stardom,' he said.

According to Naseer, whose acting in Neeraj Pandey's 'A Wednesday' won critical acclaim, the Indian film industry is suffering from a sheer lack of quality scripts.

'We do not exactly produce the greatest scripts in the world. We are still content to churn out what the hacks who pass off as writers in the film industry (write based) on the last Hollywood film they have seen.'

However, he feels 'there are a number of youngsters who are producing promising scripts,' especially in the comedy genre.

The show will go on air on NewsX Thursday at 8:45 a.m. and will be repeated at 11:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.