Adil Hussain
Date of birth: 1963-10-05
Place of birth: Goalpara, Assam, India
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 阿迪爾・胡賽恩
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
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Shantanu finally agrees to return to his birthplace Assam after seven long years to attend his siste
Max, Min and Meowzaki
2022-10-10
Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including
Ishqiya
2010-01-29
While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
Life of Pi
2012-11-20
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena,
Sergeant
2023-06-30
Sergeant Nikhil Sharma suffers from severe depression after losing a limb while on duty. However, af
English Vinglish
2012-09-21
In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns
Otta
2023-10-27
Otta is the thrilling saga of two young men and their unexpected journey towards an unforeseen futur
Lootera
2013-04-04
In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doom
The Storyteller
2022-10-08
After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached re
In Othello
2003-06-05
Within the Delhi based English theater group, a crisis in the personal and professional relationship
Har Har Byomkesh
2015-12-18
Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to cele
The Xposé
2014-05-16
This is a dramatic chain of events in the most glamorous ,swinging era of Hindi films... the 1960s.
Child of Empire
2022-06-15
Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan
Lorni - The Flaneur
2019-11-20
Shem (Adil Hussain), an out of work, self-styled detective with a sharp sense of the streets escapes
Sunrise
2014-10-03
Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she
Unfreedom
2015-05-29
A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted
Yatchan
2015-09-11
A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong
Umrika
2015-07-29
When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually go
Parched
2015-11-14
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural diff
Riding on the Moon Boat
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Ulajh
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The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled
Blue 52
Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his
Main Aur Charles
2015-10-30
In the 1980s, Charles, an enigmatic con man and a vicious killer and Commisioner Amod Kanth are embr
The Violin Player
2016-09-26
A Bollywood session violinist finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal start
Calendar Girls
2003-09-02
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a c
Feast of Varanasi
2016-03-11
An investigator is dispatched to Varanasi to look into a series of grisly murders.
Lessons in Forgetting
2013-04-19
The film revolves around Meera, a happy corporate wife and cookbook writer whose life turns upside d
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015-10-10
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her
A Knock on the Door
2023-01-25
As they prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, politically committed professors Hari and Ra
The Umesh Chronicles
2024-06-02
Radha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a privileged, middle class home in the 1980s, is surrounded
Agent Vinod
2012-03-23
Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague
2.0
2018-11-29
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harmi
Hotel Salvation
2016-09-02
An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news
Golmaal Gharana
"Golmaal Gharana" is a quirky and hilarious film about an eccentric joint family living in an ancest
Force 2
2016-11-18
ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.
Angry Indian Goddesses
2015-12-04
A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017-03-02
India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a saf
Love Sonia
2018-09-14
Inspired by a real story of young girl's journey escape from the world of international sex traffick
Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017-05-19
An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It
Nawal the Jewel
2017-08-18
Asma Beevi, a 14-year-old Muslim girl is married to an old Arabic man. After few days of the wedding
Chutney
2016-11-28
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Mantra
2017-03-17
An Indian business owner struggles to keep his company afloat amid global competition while trying t
What Will People Say
2017-10-06
Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani dau
Bioscopewala
2018-05-25
Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s famous short story 'Kabuliwala', the film is about a young girl’s que
Tigers
2014-11-08
Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he w
Ahare Mon
2018-06-22
A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves
Aiyaary
2018-02-16
An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threat
Kaminey
2009-08-14
Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself i
Raag
2017-02-07
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Sringkhal
2014-10-17
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Rodor Sithi
2014-11-07
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Bombairiya
2019-01-11
It follows the story of Meghna, who gets embroiled in a series of events after her phone gets stolen
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014-05-14
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Abyakto
2020-01-31
Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother and son. The story encapsulates the unusual journey of Indra
Maati
2018-07-13
Meghla, who after years discovers that her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013-04-24
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11
Kabir Singh
2019-06-20
Kabir, a genius yet hostile medical student, falls in love with Preeti from his college. When Preeti
The Wayfarers
2019-10-07
It is a story of two strangers, perpetually on the fringes of survival. They share a journey and mee
Nirvana Inn
2019-10-06
Jogi, once a dancer but now a boatman, deliberately overthrows his boat full of people to kill himse
The Illegal
2021-03-23
A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to d
Ram Part I
Good Newwz
2019-12-27
Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies.
Zed Plus
2014-11-28
Aslam (Adil Hussain), a villager who runs a small business, accidentally meets the prime minister of
Gangor
2011-01-01
An Italian film from Italo Spinelli
Maj Rati Keteki
2017-10-27
After a long gap of more than ten years, renowned writer Priyendu Hazarika returns to the town where
Axone
2019-10-02
This bittersweet comedy follows North-east Indians in Delhi who are attempting to organize a wedding
Marichjhapi
2020-12-31
In January 1979, refugees in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh encounter police surrounding their
Pareeksha
2020-07-26
The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of
Crash Test Aglae
2017-08-02
Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When sh
Bell Bottom
2021-08-19
By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was m
Iti Srikanta
2004-06-04
The film portrays the disreputable life of Srikanta and his encounters with various women. After fac
MEAL
2019-04-27
A child in school uniform picks up broken remnants from a wall clock. Today happens to be the first
Footprints on Water
2023-05-13
The story travels through the life of the family, who faces a tough time when their daughter goes mi
Lord of the Orphans
2020-07-17
Lord of the Orphans is the story of a family (The Palit Family) reeling under a hundred year old cur
India Sweets and Spices
2021-11-19
A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.
The Confession
A new film.
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
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‘Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein’ is an ode to love and alienation in small-town India.
Mercy
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On the eve of Christmas, Shekhar is faced with the life-altering predicament of having to end life s
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
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In a 1990s Himalayan town, teacher Barkha, whose husband serves at the border, develops feelings for
Lakadbaggha 2 - The Monkey Business
Sequel to Lakadbaggha (2023). Plot TBA.