Adil Hussain

Actor

October 5, 1963 (62 years)

Goalpara, Assam, India

Biography

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. As an actor, he first…

Filmography

7.0

Star Trek: Discovery

Aditya Sahil

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

6.8

Comedy Nights with Kapil

Self

Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.

5.5

Gangor

Upin

Sent to cover a story on the exploitation of tribal people, Upin meets a woman he believes is the epitome of Indian beauty. His pictures of her change both of their lives forever.

7.4

Life of Pi

Santosh Patel

The 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 Ocean.

7.7

Delhi Crime

Kumar Vijay

Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and fictional events.

7.2

Love Sonia

Shiva

Inspired by a real story of young girl's journey escape from the world of international sex trafficking.

5.5

Comedy Nights Bachao

Self

Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick humor and make unpleasant jokes about them.

6.3

Kabir Singh

College Dean

Kabir, a genius yet hostile medical student, falls in love with Preeti from his college. When Preeti's father spots the couple kissing, he opposes their relationship and decides to marry her off.

7.3

Parched

Mystic Lover

In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

6.5

Calendar Girls

Jem's Friend 1

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

6.7

Force 2

Brijesh Yadav

ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.

5.9

2.0

Home Minister

An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.

6.7

Good Newwz

Dr. Anand Joshi

Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies. Trouble ensues when they find that the sperms of each couple have been mixed with each other.

6.6

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mustafa Fazil

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

6.6

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

Ramkishore Negi

After the Sino-India war, a highly trained Indian spy enters Pakistan on a mission to gather crucial intelligence and stop Pakistan from launching an attack against India. Will he succeed?

7.3

English Vinglish

Satish Godbole

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

6.0

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

Vicky Chadda

India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with his wife. A team of four is being sent to Malaysia to bring them to India. Apart from the growth of inter-personal relationships, the mission has quite a few twists and turns on its way. The story follows Karan as he uses his brain and brawn to recover all of the laundered black money.

6.2

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

A rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata but will human and mystical forces keep them apart?

5.1

Unfreedom

Devraj Singh

A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist bisexual lover with intent to marry. The resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against unfreedom.

6.1

Bell Bottom

Santook

By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was made to face another such challenge. BellBottom, a RAW Agent, sees through the plan and thus begins India's first overseas covert operation. An operation, lead by a forgotten hero, that went on to create one of the most defining moments for India.