Murtaza Danish Husaini, credited by his stage name Danish Husain, is 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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 Bareli | Film released on Netflix |
Ariyippu | Kailash | Film released on Netflix Malayalam film | |
2023 | Tiger 3 | General Riaz | |
2025 | Lucca's World | Doctor Kumar | [11] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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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