Faisal Malik | |
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Born | Faisal Malik 1 September 1980 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2012–present |
Known for |
Faisal Malik (born 1980) is an Indian actor, best known for his role of Prahladcha (or chacha) "Prahlad" Pandey in Amazon Prime Video's Panchayat, [1] Fraud Saiyaan , Black Widows and Anurgag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2 . Also in Ariyippu [2] directed by Mahesh Narayanan, this will be his Malayalam debut.
Faisal Malik hails from Prayagraj and left the city to become an actor in Bollywood. He has worked as an assistant director, promo producer, reality show producer, and line producer. [3]
While Malik had a brief stint acting in the 2012 film Gangs of Wasseypur, he gained fame after his role as Prahlad in the web-series Panchayat. [4]
He has co-produced web-series such as ‘Smoke’, ‘Revolver Rani’ and ‘Main aur Charles’. [5]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur | Inspector Gopal Singh | [6] |
2019 | Fraud Saiyaan | Inspector | [3] |
2020 | Declaration ( Ariyippu ) | Dinesh Singh | Malayalam movie |
2023 | Mast Mein Rehne Ka | Baburam | |
2024 | Dedh Bigha Zameen | TBA |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Black Widows | Inspector Bholey | [ citation needed ] | |
2020-2024 | Panchayat | Prahlad Pandey | Season 1,2 and 3 | [3] |
2024 | Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper | Police Inspector Haider Ali | Season 1 | [7] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Critics’ Choice Shorts and Series Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Panchayat | Won | [8] |
2023 | Hitlist OTT Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Male | Nominated | [ citation needed ] | |
Nominated | [ citation needed ] | ||||
2023 | Iconic Gold Awards | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Nominated | [9] |
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