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Danish Husain is the stage name of Murtaza Danish Husaini, an Indian actor, storyteller, poet [1] and theatre director. [2] [3] He has also been credited as Dan Husain [4] and Murtaza Danish Husain. [5]

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Early life, family and education

Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family. [3] His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University. [3] His father was an economist. [3]

Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management. [3]

Career

Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old. [3]

Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, [5] [1] and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling. [3] [6] His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory. [3] [1]

He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010), [6] Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018). He has also acted in televisions series, such as Taj Mahal 1989 (2020), [7] Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021) [8] and Bard of Blood (2019). [9] [10]

Personal life

Husain resides in Mumbai. [3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Peepli Live Vijay Ranjan Prasad
Dhobi Ghat Salim
2013 Ankhon Dekhi Gopi
2015 Welcome 2 Karachi Pakistani Minister
2017 Newton DIG of Police
2018 Soorma Kartar Singh
2019 Baazaar Dubey
2020 Mee Raqsam Salim
Jai Mummy Di Gurpal Bhalla
2021 Bansuri: The Flute Albert Rozario
2022 Dasvi Rai BareliFilm released on Netflix
Ariyippu KailashFilm released on Netflix
Malayalam film
2023 Tiger 3 General Riaz

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Bard of Blood Mullah Khalid
Taj Mahal 1989 Sudhakar Mishra
2020 Hostages Arjun Bhasin
2021 Bombay Begums Naushad Irani
2022 Tanaav

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