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Adil Hussain

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Adil Hussain

Born October 5, 1963 in Goalpara, Assam, India84 films

Adil Hussain (born October 5, 1963) 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.

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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.

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Life of Pi posterFirst watchLife of Pi20127.4as Santosh PatelThe story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific…View film

Essential films

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English Vinglish poster7.2English Vinglish2012What Will People Say poster7.3What Will People Say2017Calendar Girls poster6.5Calendar Girls2003The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster6.6The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013Parched poster7.3Parched2015Kabir Singh poster6.3Kabir Singh2019Kaminey poster6.8Kaminey2009Lootera poster7.0Lootera2013

Filmography

84 films as actor
  1. TBARiding on the Moon Boat
  2. TBAGolmaal GharanaMr. Khanna
  3. TBARam Part IChithambaravel
  4. TBAIndications
  5. TBAOperation Ganga
  6. 2026Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
  7. 2026Reporting Live
  8. 2026Max, Min and MeowzakiRamesh Mahadevan
  9. 2026Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The MovieRamkishore Negi
  10. 2026Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
  11. 202652 Blue
  12. 2025Secret of a Mountain SerpentManik Guho
  13. 2025The Confession of MaryKrishna Swamy
  14. 2025MercyFather Joel
  15. 2024UlajhDhanraj Bhatia
  16. 2024The Umesh Chronicles
  17. 2023Otta
  18. 2023Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
  19. 2023SergeantHaider Ali
  20. 2023Footprints on WaterRaghu
  21. 2023Dr. Bezbaruah 2Dr. Bezbaruah
  22. 2023A Knock on the DoorHari
  23. 2022The StorytellerRatan Garodia
  24. 2021India Sweets and SpicesRanjit Kapur
  25. 2021Bell BottomSantook
  26. 2021The IllegalPapa
  27. 2020PareekshaBuchchi Paswan
  28. 2020Lord of the OrphansFather
  29. 2020AbyaktoRudra
  30. 2019Good NewwzDr. Anand Joshi
  31. 2019Lorni - The FlaneurShem
  32. 2019The WayfarersLakhua
  33. 2019Nirvana InnJogiraj
  34. 2019AxoneGuest Appearance
  35. 2019Kabir SinghCollege Dean
  36. 2019MEALFather
  37. 2019BombairiyaPandya
  38. 20182.0Home Minister
  39. 2018Love SoniaShiva
  40. 2018MaatiJamil
  41. 2018Ahare MonPurnendu Pahari
  42. 2018BioscopewalaRobi Basu
  43. 2018AiyaaryRetd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
  44. 2017Maj Rati KetekiPriyendu Hazarika
  45. 2017What Will People SayMirza
  46. 2017Nawal the Jewel
  47. 2017Crash Test AglaeShankar
  48. 2017TigersBilal
  49. 2017Dobaara: See Your EvilAlex Merchant
  50. 2017MantraMan from Jharkhand
  51. 2017Commando 2 - The Black Money TrailVicky Chadda
  52. 2017Raag
  53. 2016ChutneyViriji
  54. 2016Force 2Brijesh Yadav
  55. 2016The Violin PlayerThe Stranger
  56. 2016Mukti BhawanRajiv
  57. 2016Feast of VaranasiArjun
  58. 2015Har Har ByomkeshZamindar
  59. 2015Angry Indian GoddessesPolice Superintendent
  60. 2015ParchedMystic Lover
  61. 2015Main Aur CharlesAmod Kanth
  62. 2015Kothanodi: The River of FablesDevinath
  63. 2015YatchanSelvam/Vetri
  64. 2015UmrikaAgent de l’Immigration
  65. 2015UnfreedomDevraj Singh
  66. 2015Hail Democracy!Major Baruah
  67. 2014Zed PlusAslam Puncturewala
  68. 2014Rodor Sithi
  69. 2014Sringkhal
  70. 2014SunriseJoshi
  71. 2014The XposéRajan
  72. 2014Nanak Shah FakirRai Bullar
  73. 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistMustafa Fazil
  74. 2013Lessons in ForgettingJak
  75. 2013LooteraK. N. Singh
  76. 2012Life of PiSantosh Patel
  77. 2012English VinglishSatish Godbole
  78. 2012Agent VinodColonel
  79. 2011GangorUpin
  80. 2010IshqiyaVidyadhar Verma
  81. 2009KamineyFlight Purser
  82. 2004Iti SrikantaSrikanta
  83. 2003Calendar GirlsJem's Friend 1
  84. 2003In Othello