Adil Hussain

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Adil Hussain

Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain[1] (pronounced [ʕaːdɪl ħuˈseːn]; born 5 October 1963) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several Indian independent and mainstream film productions, 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 64th National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki.

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Adil Hussain
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Hussain at Life of Pi press meet
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 61)
Goalpara, Assam, India
Alma materB. Borooah College
National School of Drama
Drama Studio London
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Known forLife of Pi, Jasoos Vijay
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He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.[2][3]

Early life and education

Born in an Assamese Muslim family in Goalpara, Assam on 5 October 1963,[4][5][6] where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children.[1][4][7][8] His ancestors had traditionally been appointed as private tutors, known as Khandkar, to the Mughal Emperors.[1] In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots.[1]

Hussain acted in school plays.[9] He left home at age 18[10] to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati,[7] 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,[10][11] 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.[12][4][13]

Career

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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.[7] 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, Pondicherry, before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi.[7]

As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First,[12] 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,[11] and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague.[14] He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.[11][13]

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.[15]

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,[13] 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,[16] 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.[4]

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.[17] After these he acted in Aditya Bhattacharya's Bombay Most Wanted and Partho Sen-Gupta's Sunrise.[11]

His next role as Inspector K. N. Singh was in the Ranveer Singh-Sonakshi Sinha Lootera under Vikramaditya Motwane's direction. This followed with Amit Vats' comedy Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, the story of four young men with similar problems in life, who eventually find their way to true love.[18]

Hussain opened 2014 with the Assamese film Raag: The Rhythm of Love playing Iqbal, which marked his first Assamese film in a lead role. Sringkhal and Rodor Sithi were his other Assamese releases in the year. He was also seen in Hindi films like Kaanchi: The Unbreakable as a CBI officer, The Xposé as Rajan starring Himesh Reshammiya in the lead, and Tigers as Bilal starring Emraan Hashmi. Tigers, based on a real-life story about a salesman, was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. His first lead role in a Hindi film came with the drama Zed Plus as Aslam Puncturewala.[19]

Hussain had his maximum number of film appearances in 2015 as he had releases in English, Hindi, Bengali and his first Tamil and Marathi movies. His Hindi movies include Main Aur Charles as Amod Kant,[1] Jai Ho Democracy as Major Baruah, and Angry Indian Goddesses as a police superintendent. He debuted in Tamil cinema with Yatchan portraying the significant role of Selvam/Vetri, He also worked in his first Marathi movie Sunrise as Joshi. His Bengali film of the year was Arindam Sil's mystery thriller Har Har Byomkesh as Zamindar Deepnarayan Singh.

His 2016 projects include the drama film Parched directed by Leena Yadav, which premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It is about four women who lead a tightly controlled-by-traditions life in a village in Rajasthan. His other project in the year is the action thriller Force 2 directed by Abhinay Deo featuring John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead. His Assamese film in 2016 is Kothanodi. Adil Hussain's 2017 releases include Commando 2: The Black Money Trail, Love Sonia, Mantra, Mukti Bhawan, Dobaara: See Your Evil,[20] Kabuliwala, and Naval Enna Jewel.

In 2018, he acted in S. Shankar's 2.0[21] as well as in Aiyaary and Bioscopewala. In 2022, Hussain became the first-ever personality to hoist the Indian National Flag in the Metaverse at the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' Metaverse event organised by Piro Space.[22]

Life membership

In 2013, after having conducted a film workshop at University Film Club, Aligarh Muslim University, Hussain was granted a lifetime membership in the university's film club.[23]

Hussain has been honoured by Sandeep Marwah with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television at Noida Film City.[citation needed]

Personal life

During the 1999 Edinburgh Film Festival, Hussain, cast as Othello, fell in love with Kristen Jain, who was playing Desdemona. He ended up tightly hugging her, much to her and the audience's shock, instead of "killing" her as per the script, thus forcing the curtains to be brought down immediately. They eventually got married eight years later, in 2007.[24]

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1986XongkolpoPulakAssameseFilm was based on "Assam Movement(1979-85)"
1987SutrapaatAssameseScenario of "Assam Movement" was shown in the film
1988Pita PutraAssamese2nd film directed by Munin Barua
1989Bhai Bhaidancing in the song "uduli muduli gao milijuli"Assamesedirected by Biju Phukan
2002-2003Jasoos VijayVijayHindiTV series, Season 1 and 2
2003In OthelloAdil/OthelloEnglish
2004Iti SrikantaSrikantaBengali
2009KamineyFlight PurserHindi
For RealRavi ShuklaEnglish
2010IshqiyaVidyadhar Verma/Shyam Prasad KulshreshthaHindi
GangorUpinBengali
2012Agent VinodColonelHindi
The Reluctant FundamentalistMustafa FazilEnglish
English VinglishSatish GodboleHindiThis film was partially re-shot in Tamil-language in the same title
Life of PiSantosh PatelEnglish
Lessons in ForgettingJ.A. KrishnamoorthyEnglish
2013LooteraInspector K.N. SinghHindi
Boyss Toh Boyss HainHindi
2014Raag: The Rhythm of LoveIqbalAssameseFirst Assamese film in a lead role
Kaanchi: The UnbreakableCBI officerHindi
The XposéRajanHindi
Sringkhal[25]KalidasAssamese
Rodor Sithi[26]Assamese
Zed PlusAslam PuncturewalaHindiFirst Hindi film in a lead role
Tigers / White LiesBilalHindi
2015Main Aur CharlesAmod KantHindi
Jai Ho DemocracyMajor BaruahHindi
Unfreedom / Blemished LightDevrajEnglish/Hindi
ParchedMystic lover Hindi
Feast of VaranasiArjunEnglishBritish film
YatchanSelvam/VetriTamilFirst Tamil film
AhaanHindi
Nanak Shah FakirRai BullarEnglish
Arunoday-SunriseJoshiMarathiFirst Marathi Film
Angry Indian Goddesses[27]Police SuperintendentHindi
Har Har ByomkeshDeepnarayan SinghBengali
Umrika[28]PatelHindi
2016The Violin Player[29]Hindi
Crash test AglaéHindiFrench Film
BombairiyaHindi
Force 2HRD Minister Brijesh Verma Hindi
Kothanodi[30]DevinathAssamese
Leena's Beauty ParlourAssameseGuest role
Chakra[31]Hindi
2017Commando 2Karan's Boss Hindi
Love SoniaShivaHindi /English
MantraMan from Jharkhand English/Hindi
Hotel SalvationRajiv Hindi / English
Dobaara: See Your EvilAlex Merchant Hindi
What Will People Say[32]Mirza Norwegian
Maj Rati Keteki[33]Priyendu HazarikaAssamese
Naval Enna JewelIntelligence police officerMalayalamFirst Malayalam Film
The IllegalPapaEnglish[34]
2018At LargeEnglish
MaatiJamil Bengali
Ahare MonPurnendu Pahari Bengali
AiyaaryRetd. Colonel Mukesh KapoorHindi
BioscopewalaRobi BasuHindi
2.0 [35]Minister S. Vijay Kumar Tamil
Nine Hours In MumbaiVeerHindi[36]
Rajma ChawalcameoHindi
2019BombairiyaPandya Hindi
Delhi CrimeKumar VijayHindi
Kabir SinghDean of the collegeHindi
Good NewwzDr. Anand JoshiHindi
Nirvana InnHindi
Raahgir - The WayfarersLakhuaHindi
PareekshaBucchiHindiMovie on ZEE5
2020Star Trek: DiscoveryAditya SahilEnglish2 episodes
AbyaktoRudraBengali
2021Bell BottomSantookHindi
India Sweets and SpicesRanjitEnglish
RamMalayalam
2022Mukhbir - The Story of a SpyRamkishore NegiHindiWeb Series on zee5
2023Dr. Bezbaruah 2Dr. BezbaruahAssamese
Tooth Pari: When Love BitesAdi DebHindiWeb Series on Netflix
SergeantInspector Haider AliHindion JioCinema
OttaMalayalam[37]
2024 Ulajh Dhanraj Bhatia Hindi
Sikaar English, Assamese First Indo-British film
2025 The Storyteller Ratan Garodia Hindi on Disney+Hotstar
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Short films

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2003 Rasikan Re Hindi
Butterfly Hindi
2010 Doctor, Nurse and Patient Hindi
Tequila Nights (TV movie) Hindi
2012 Infected English
2013 Muniya Hindi
2014 Dwaraka Hindi
One Last Question Hindi [38]
2016 Azaad Hindi
Bandhi Hindi
Chutney Hindi
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National film awards

Norwegian National Film Award for Best Actor award of Amanda Award What Will People Say

Other awards and nominations

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Year Category Film Result
2012 Best Actor - New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest Lessons in Forgetting Won
2014 Best Actor-Prag Cine Awards Raag: The Rhythm of Love Won
2015 Best Actor In A Supporting Role-Stardust Awards Main Aur Charles Nominated
2018 IIFA Award for Best Actor Mukti Bhawan Nominated
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