Lilliput (actor)

M. M. Faruqui, known professionally as Lilliput, is an Indian actor and writer, known for the TV series Vikram Vetaal and Bollywood films. He adopted his screen name taking a cue from Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels where Gulliver lands onto an island inhabited by little people.^[3]

Lilliput
Born	M. M. Faruqui (1950-10-03) 3 October 1950 (age 74)[1] Gaya, Bihar, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Height	4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)[2]
Spouse	Sulekha
Children	2

Career

He is best known for writing Doordarshan's popular science fiction series Indradhanush and acted in films such as Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Saagar (1985), and popular 90s sitcoms like Dekh Bhai Dekh , Natkht and Mr. Funtoos, and for starring in Woh (1998) as Woh. He has written the dialogues of critically acclaimed movie Chamatkar(1992). He plays Dadda Tyagi in popular TV series Mirzapur from season 2.^[4][5] He made his Tamil film debut in Vijay starrer Beast.^[6]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Saagar	Cheena	Hindi film debut
1987	Hukumat	Bhimsen, Servant
1988	Woh Phir Aayegi	Girls Hostel Peon
1990	Swarg	Crippled Beggar on the Street
1992	Chamatkar	Writer, Dialogues
1993	Zakhmo Ka Hisaab	Mama
1998	Aunty No. 1	Servant
2001	Style	Receptionist
2002	Shararat	Prisoner in a jail
2005	Bunty Aur Babli	Band Trumpet Player
2010	Prem Kaa Game	Dr. Screwvala
2018	When Obama Loved Osama
2020	Kaamyaab	Himself
2020	Ram Singh Charlie	Short
2022	Beast	Umar Farooq	Tamil film debut
2022	Anth The End
2023	Acting Ka Bhoot

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–1998	Idhar Udhar	Sudhir
1985–1986	Vikram Aur Betaal[7]	Various characters
1993	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Various characters
1996	Natkhat	Bandit
1996–1997	Zabaan Sambhalke	Sheikh
1998	Woh	Woh (Vikram)
1999	Star Bestsellers	Mr. Sinha
2002	Shararat	Television Director
2009	Shaurya Aur Suhani	Bhasundi
2010–2016	Adaalat	Brijesh Kumar (Babloo Joker) / Peter Fernandes
2012	Luck Luck Ki Baat		Television film
2013	Gutur Gu 2	K K's uncle	[8]
2013	Raavi	Kaaleshwar
2013,2014	Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath	Various Characters
2015	Razia Sultan	Maalik
2016	Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!	Mamulal Chaurasiya	Episode 458-460
2019–2020	Vidya	School Principal Manohar Mishra	[9]
2020–present	Mirzapur	Dadda Tyagi	[10]