Acting

Adil Hussain

Born October 5, 1963 · Goalpara, Assam, India (age 62)

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, Hin…

Known For

Life of Pi

Life of Pi · 2012

MovieAdventureDrama

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.

Gangor

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.

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls · 2003

MovieDramaComedy

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

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist · 2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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

2.0

MovieActionScience Fiction

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.

Love Sonia

Love Sonia · 2018

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

What Will People Say

What Will People Say · 2017

What Will People Say

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

English Vinglish

English Vinglish · 2012

English Vinglish

MovieComedyDrama

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

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Life of Pi

Life of Pi · 2012

MovieAdventureDrama

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.

Production Office Assistant

Gangor

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.

Upin

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls · 2003

MovieDramaComedy

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

Jem's Friend 1

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist · 2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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

Mustafa Fazil

2.0

MovieActionScience Fiction

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.

Home Minister

Love Sonia

Love Sonia · 2018

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

Shiva

What Will People Say

What Will People Say · 2017

What Will People Say

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

Mirza

English Vinglish

English Vinglish · 2012

English Vinglish

MovieComedyDrama

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

Satish Godbole

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie · 2026

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie

MovieDramaMystery

After the Sino-Indian 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?

Ramkishore Negi

Yatchan

Yatchan · 2015

MovieRomanceComedy

A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due to a mix-up. Now, the gangster who ordered the hit is after all the three of them.

Selvam/Vetri

Parched

Parched · 2015

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

Mystic Lover

Crash Test Aglae

Crash Test Aglae · 2017

Crash Test Aglae

Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.

Shankar

52 Blue

52 Blue · 2026

Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his idol, Messi, in the 2022 world cup in Qatar. Starting a journey that leads him to discover himself and the world for the first time.

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail · 2017

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

MovieActionThriller

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.

Vicky Chadda

Unfreedom

Unfreedom · 2015

MovieRomanceCrime

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.

Devraj Singh

Ulajh

MovieDramaThriller

The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from her home turf, at a career-defining post.

Dhanraj Bhatia

Good Newwz

Good Newwz · 2019

MovieRomanceComedy

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.

Dr. Anand Joshi

Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh · 2019

MovieDramaRomance

Kabir, a highly intelligent but short-tempered medical surgeon spirals into addiction after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.

College Dean

Bell Bottom

Bell Bottom · 2021

MovieActionThriller

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.

Santook

India Sweets and Spices

India Sweets and Spices · 2021

India Sweets and Spices

MovieComedyDrama

A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.

Ranjit Kapur

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

Secret of a Mountain Serpent · 2025

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

In a 1990s Himalayan town, teacher Barkha, whose husband serves at the border, develops feelings for enigmatic newcomer Manik amid a community of waiting women where silence and local myths prevail.

Manik Guho

Angry Indian Goddesses

Angry Indian Goddesses · 2015

Angry Indian Goddesses

MovieComedyDrama

A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.

Police Superintendent

Force 2

Force 2 · 2016

MovieActionAdventure

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

Brijesh Yadav

Lootera

Lootera · 2013

MovieDramaRomance

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

K. N. Singh

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery · 2017

Star Trek: Discovery

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

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.

Aditya Sahil

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War · 2026

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War

As the Kargil War erupts between India and Pakistan, the Golden Arrows squadron of the Air Force takes flight on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.

Vinod Patney

Musafir Cafe

Musafir Cafe · 2026

Chander feels an undeniable connection with Sudha. Years later, he builds a new life in the hills with Preeti, but memories of the past linger.

Mark Uncle

Delhi Crime

Delhi Crime · 2019

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

Kumar Vijay

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites · 2023

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

SeriesComedyMystery

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?

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy · 2022

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

SeriesMysteryDrama

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?

Ramkishore Negi