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Adil Hussain‌

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Adil Hussain

Goalpara, Assam, India

Adil Hussain

Goalpara, Assam, India

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1963-10-05

Popularity

star13.4

Biography

Adil Hussain is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children. In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots. Hussain acted in school plays. He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian. He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the Bhaya Mama Group. He worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and also did some local cinema, before moving to Delhi, where he studied at National School of Drama (1990–1993). He also studied at the Drama Studio London on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship. After his return to India in 1994, Hussain joined the mobile 'Hengul Theater' in Assam, where he worked for three years, before moving to Delhi. He started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji. After Tyabji he trained with Swapan Bose at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi. As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First, and later Goodbye Desdemona also directed by Roysten Abel. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in Hampi from 2004 to 2007, and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague. He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama. In 2004, he made his Bengali film debut along with Soha Ali Khan in the period drama Iti Srikanta, where he played the lead role. On television, he appeared in the lead role, in the detective series Jasoos Vijay (2002–2003), produced by BBC World Service Trust. Though he had appeared in a few Assamese films, did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey and Sona Jain's For Real, it was his role in Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya (2010) that got him attention in Bollywood, though his first major role was in Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Agent Vinod released in early 2012. In the same year, he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinelli's Gangor, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Ang Lee's Life of Pi. He next appeared alongside Sridevi in the comedy drama English Vinglish (2012), and also received critical acclaim for his role in Lessons in Forgetting at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest. After these he acted in Aditya Bhattacharya's Bombay Most Wanted and Partho Sen-Gupta's Sunrise. ... Source: Article "Adil Hussain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Dr. Bezbaruah 2

Dr. Bezbaruah 2‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Max, Min and Meowzaki

Max, Min and Meowzaki‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Ishqiya

Ishqiya‌
star6.5
calendar 2010

Life of Pi

Life of Pi‌
star7.4
calendar 2012

Sergeant

Sergeant‌
star2.0
calendar 2023

English Vinglish

English Vinglish‌
star7.2
calendar 2012

Otta

Otta‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Lootera

Lootera‌
star7.0
calendar 2013

The Storyteller

The Storyteller‌
star9.5
calendar 2022

In Othello

In Othello‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Har Har Byomkesh

Har Har Byomkesh‌
star6.3
calendar 2015

The Xposé

The Xposé‌
star4.8
calendar 2014

Child of Empire

Child of Empire‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Lorni - The Flaneur

Lorni - The Flaneur‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Sunrise

Sunrise‌
star6.2
calendar 2014

Unfreedom

Unfreedom‌
star5.2
calendar 2015

Yatchan

Yatchan‌
star6.3
calendar 2015

Umrika

Umrika‌
star6.0
calendar 2015

Parched

Parched‌
star7.4
calendar 2015

Riding on the Moon Boat

Riding on the Moon Boat‌
star0.0
calendar

Ulajh

Ulajh‌
star6.0
calendar 2024

Blue 52

Blue 52‌
star0.0
calendar

Main Aur Charles

Main Aur Charles‌
star4.4
calendar 2015

The Violin Player

The Violin Player‌
star5.4
calendar 2016

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls‌
star6.5
calendar 2003

Feast of Varanasi

Feast of Varanasi‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

The River of Fables

The River of Fables‌
star8.1
calendar 2015

Lessons in Forgetting

Lessons in Forgetting‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

A Knock on the Door

A Knock on the Door‌
star2.0
calendar 2023

The Umesh Chronicles

The Umesh Chronicles‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod‌
star5.6
calendar 2012

2.0

2.0‌
star5.9
calendar 2018

Hotel Salvation

Hotel Salvation‌
star6.8
calendar 2016

Golmaal Gharana

Golmaal Gharana‌
star0.0
calendar

Force 2

Force 2‌
star6.7
calendar 2016

Angry Indian Goddesses

Angry Indian Goddesses‌
star6.9
calendar 2015

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail‌
star6.1
calendar 2017

Love Sonia

Love Sonia‌
star7.5
calendar 2018

Dobaara: See Your Evil

Dobaara: See Your Evil‌
star4.7
calendar 2017

Nawal the Jewel

Nawal the Jewel‌
star5.5
calendar 2017

Chutney

Chutney‌
star6.9
calendar 2016

Mantra

Mantra‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

What Will People Say

What Will People Say‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Bioscopewala

Bioscopewala‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

Tigers

Tigers‌
star7.2
calendar 2014

Ahare Mon

Ahare Mon‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Aiyaary

Aiyaary‌
star5.8
calendar 2018

Kaminey

Kaminey‌
star6.7
calendar 2009

Raag

Raag‌
star5.0
calendar 2017

Rodor Sithi

Rodor Sithi‌
star4.0
calendar 2014

Sringkhal

Sringkhal‌
star5.0
calendar 2014

Bombairiya

Bombairiya‌
star7.2
calendar 2019

Nanak Shah Fakir

Nanak Shah Fakir‌
star8.0
calendar 2014

Unsaid

Unsaid‌
star9.0
calendar 2020

Maati

Maati‌
star9.0
calendar 2018

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh‌
star6.5
calendar 2019

The Wayfarers

The Wayfarers‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Nirvana Inn

Nirvana Inn‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

The Illegal

The Illegal‌
star10.0
calendar 2019

Ram Part I

Ram Part I‌
star0.0
calendar

Good Newwz

Good Newwz‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

Zed Plus

Zed Plus‌
star7.3
calendar 2014

Gangor

Gangor‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

Maj Rati Keteki

Maj Rati Keteki‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

Axone

Axone‌
star6.0
calendar 2019

Marichjhapi

Marichjhapi‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Pareeksha

Pareeksha‌
star5.8
calendar 2020

Crash Test Aglae

Crash Test Aglae‌
star6.2
calendar 2017

Bell Bottom

Bell Bottom‌
star6.2
calendar 2021

Iti Srikanta

Iti Srikanta‌
star10.0
calendar 2004

MEAL

MEAL‌
star8.0
calendar 2019

Footprints on Water

Footprints on Water‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Lord of the Orphans

Lord of the Orphans‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

India Sweets and Spices

India Sweets and Spices‌
star5.8
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites‌
star6.1
calendar 2023

Delhi Crime

Delhi Crime‌
star7.8
calendar 2019

Comedy Nights with Kapil

Comedy Nights with Kapil‌
star7.2
calendar 2013

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy‌
star4.5
calendar 2022

Comedy Nights Bachao

Comedy Nights Bachao‌
star5.5
calendar 2015

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery‌
star7.1
calendar 2017