Adil Hussain

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 standup comedian He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local standup comedian group the Bhaya Mama Group He worked as a standup 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 19901993 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 20022003 produced by BBC World Service Trust Though he had appeared in a few Assamese films did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwajs Kaminey and Sona Jains For Real it was his role in Abhishek Chaubeys Ishqiya 2010 that got him attention in Bollywood though his first major role was in Saif Ali KhanKareena Kapoor Khan starrer Agent Vinod released in early 2012 In the same year he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinellis Gangor Mira Nairs The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Ang Lees 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 Bhattacharyas Bombay Most Wanted and Partho SenGuptas Sunrise Source Article Adil Hussain from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30