Arif Zakaria

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Arif Zakaria
Born (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57)
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]

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Early life

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.

Personal life

Zakaria married Namrata Sharma, a Fashion Writer, in 2002. The couple divorced in 2010.

Career

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]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
1987 Chunauti
1988 Mujrim Hazir
1989 Bhootnath
1996Campus
1997Gaatha
Darmiyaan: In Between Immi, Mahzuddin Khan, Sitara
1998Dawn
AmanatAzhar
1999Dhudh
2010 Adaalat Cannibal

Film

YearFilmRole
1998 1947: Earth Rustam Sethna
1999 Sangharsh
2001Shirdi Sai BabaYoung 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 RoomInspector Victor Anthony
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
2005Gilli Gilli Atta
Home Delivery Page 3 Psycho
2006BanarasInspector Satpal Shukla
2007Highway 203Police Officer
2009 Aladin Professor Abu Nazir
2010 My Name Is Khan Dr. Faisal Rehman
RokkVishwatma
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 HazareMaster
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

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatform
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 Pakistan General Riaz Ahmed Disney+Hotstar
2024 Freedom at Midnight Mohammad Ali Jinnah SonyLIV

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