Arif Zakaria | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Namrata Sharma (m. 2002;div. 2010) |
Relatives | Asif Zakaria (brother) Rafiq Zakaria (uncle) Fatima Zakaria (aunt) Fareed Zakaria (cousin) |
Arif Zakaria (born 11 November 1966) is an Indian actor. He has had roles in many films, beginning with his debut film Darmiyaan (1997), 1947: Earth (1998), Dance Like a Man (2004), and biographical projects Mardana and the controversial Nanak Shah Fakir . [1] [2] [3]
Arif Zakaria's uncle Rafiq Zakaria was a veteran politician from the Indian National Congress. His brother Asif Zakaria is also an INC politician and cousin Fareed Zakaria is an American journalist. Zakaria completed his graduation from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics.
Zakaria married Namrata Sharma, a Fashion Writer, in 2002. The couple divorced in 2010.
Zakaria began acting in theatre while in college and later moved on to work in television and films. He acted in numerous television serials like Chunauti, Karambhoomi, Mrityudand, Dhund, Aarzoo, Campus, Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha , etc. Arif acted in diverse roles in films like Darmiyaan, Hero, Asambhav and Dance Like a Man (English). Zakaria travelled the globe since 2005 with the Australian musical show Merchants of Bollywood, performing major roles in the production across Europe, China, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (the last season in Sydney in 2010). [4]
The actor portrayed Rustom Sethna in Deepa Mehta's Earth/1947 and Major Dhillon in Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero . [5] He also appeared in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak , Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , Deewaar and the Shah Rukh Khan film My Name is Khan . [6]
In 2011, Arif played the ghost that haunts the female protagonist in Vikram Bhatt's Haunted and was appreciated for the ghastly portrayal of a piano teacher falling in love with his young student who gets murdered while making advances towards her and rapes her as a ghost, which forces her to commit suicide in the movie. He played the role of a police officer in Jism 2 , starring Sunny Leone, appeared in Lootera and in Krrish 3 as Dr. Varun Shetty.
Other releases of the actor are Dee Saturday Night , Darr At The Mall, Blue Mountain (all 2014) and Nanak Shah Fakir and Ishq Forever (both 2015). He is also acting in the play Gardish Mein Taare, directed by Saif Hyder Hasan, which is based on the life of Guru Dutt. In 2015, Zakaria produced a children's film "Pinti Ka Sabun" for the Children's Film Society of India; (CFSI) this film is directed by Pramod Pathak.
In 2017, Arif was seen in Vikram Bhatt's web series Spotlight - Web series as famous actor/director/producer Dev Bannerjee. Featured in the short film Aamad - written and directed by Neeraj Udhwani for the Terribly Tiny Tales web portal.
Arif Zakaria also worked in Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar, along with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal and the film Ahaan, directed by first-time director Nikhil Pherwani; a tender story of a young man with down syndrome. [7] He is slated to shoot for an English film Swords and Sceptres , a re-telling of the story of the Rani of Jhansi. Plays the role of Gaus Khan. Shooting commenced from October 2017 in Jaipur. At present the actor is playing the role of Gen. Bakhtiyar in a romance-thriller series Qubool Hai 2.0 that will be streamed on all ZEE5 platform. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Role |
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1987 | Chunauti | |
1988 | Mujrim Hazir | |
1989 | Bhootnath | |
1996 | Campus | |
1997 | Gaatha | |
Darmiyaan: In Between | Immi, Mahzuddin Khan, Sitara | |
1998 | Dawn | |
Amanat | Azhar | |
1999 | Dhudh | |
2010 | Adaalat | Cannibal |
Year | Film | Role |
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1998 | 1947: Earth | Rustam Sethna |
1999 | Sangharsh | |
2001 | Shirdi Sai Baba | Young Sai Baba |
Mitti | Pahelwaan | |
2002 | Pyaasa | Roshan Oberoi |
Refugee | ||
2003 | The Hero: Love Story of a Spy | Karimuddin |
Footpath | Shyam | |
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi | Daryll | |
Dance Like a Man | Jairaj Parekh | |
2004 | Deewaar | Rajan |
Asambhav | Music Manager | |
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo | ||
Silence Please...The Dressing Room | Inspector Victor Anthony | |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon | |
2005 | Gilli Gilli Atta | |
Home Delivery | Page 3 Psycho | |
2006 | Banaras | Inspector Satpal Shukla |
2007 | Highway 203 | Police Officer |
2009 | Aladin | Professor Abu Nazir |
2010 | My Name Is Khan | Dr. Faisal Rehman |
Rokk | Vishwatma | |
2011 | Haunted - 3D | Professor Iyer |
2012 | Agent Vinod | |
Jannat 2 | Police Chief | |
Jism 2 | Guru Saldanah | |
2013 | Shootout at Wadala | Sadiq |
Lootera | Bajpai | |
Krrish 3 | Dr. Varun Shetty | |
2014 | Darr @ the Mall | Alok Manchanda |
2015 | Blue Mountains | Mr. Mathews |
2016 | Ishq Forever | |
Anna, Kisan Baburao Hazare | Master | |
Pinti Ka Sabun | ||
2017 | Poorna: Courage Has No Limit | Colonel Khan |
2018 | Raazi | Abdul |
Nanak Shah Fakir | ||
2019 | The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | Ghaus Khan |
War | Dr. Utpal Biswas | |
The Body | Mohammed Shekhawat | |
2020 | Gul Makai | Sufi Mohammed |
2021 | 420 IPC | Neeraj Sinha |
2023 | Mastaney | Wazir |
Mission Raniganj | DG Om Chakravarti |
Year | Title | Role | Platform |
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2017 | Spotlight | Devv Benerjee | Viu |
2019 | Leila | Guru Ma | Netflix |
2020 | Avrodh: The Siege Within | Ali Raza Khan | SonyLiv |
2021 | Qubool Hai 2.0 | Gen. Bakhtiyar | ZEE5 |
1962: The War in the Hills | Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru | Disney+Hotstar | |
2022 | Shoorveer | Disney+Hotstar |
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