Muzammil Ibrahim

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Muzammil Ibrahim is an Indian actor and model who works in Hindi films. [1] [2]

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Muzammil Ibrahim
Born (1986-08-25) August 25, 1986 (age 39)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2003–present

Early and personal life

Muzammil Ibrahim was born on 25 August 1986 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. [1] [3] His father was an army contractor and he got his early education in English in Lal Chowk's Tyndale Biscoe School, a missionary school. [3] In 2003, his family moved to Mumbai, following the Kashmir insurgency. [3]

In 1994, while Ibrahim was eight years old, he had received the Jeevan Raksha Padak for saving his schoolmate from drowning. [4] Similarly, in 2008 he received the Godfrey Philips Bravery Award for saving a British woman from drowning in the Arabian Sea in Goa. [5]

Ibrahim was in a two-year relationship with Deepika Padukone, when the actress first moved to Mumbai. [6] [7]

Career

Model

In 2003, Ibrahim won the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest whilst pursuing mechanical engineering from the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. [3] He received several major Indian modeling awards, including Best Male Model from The Times of India and The Hindustan Times for three consecutive years (2004–2006). He also won Zoom’s Most Glamorous Male Model award in 2005 and the Apex Award for Most Stylish Male Model the same year. [4] He has featured in various music videos, most notably "Pardesiya" alongside Rakhi Sawant and "Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai" by Lucky Ali. [1]

Actor

Ibrahim has stated that he has been interested in acting since childhood, his early exposure to acting having come through his mother’s uncle, a regional playwright and poet in Kashmir, who involved him in theatrical productions from a young age. He recalls performing for up to ten hours a day, moving from one school to another during his childhood. [8]

In 2007, Ibrahim made his acting debut as the lead in Dhokha , an action thriller film directed by Pooja Bhatt. [9] [10] Khalid Mohamed of the Hindustan Times called him "promising... [with] strong screen presence". [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Dhokha ACP Zaid Ahmed Khan
2009 Horn 'Ok' Pleassss Ajay
2012 Will You Marry Me? Nikhil Ahuja [12]
2020-present Special Ops AvinashTelevision series
2026Love & WarTBAFilming

Music videos

YearTitleAlbumArtistRef.
2004"Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai""Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai" Lucky Ali

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Who is Muzammil Ibrahim? Meet the actor who dated Deepika Padukone, co-starred with Rakhi Sawant and Pooja Bhatt". The Times of India. 6 June 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. "Who is Muzammil Ibrahim? Meet model-turned-actor who made controversial statements on dating Deepika Padukone and more". PINKVILLA. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Brothers in arms". Telegraph India . 30 July 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Shams Irfan (17 May 2010). "Acclaimed act". Kashmir Life. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025.
  5. Mukherjee, Shreya (1 February 2021). "Muzamil Ibrahim: I feel everybody is getting intolerant about everything these days". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. "Muzammil Ibrahim Says He Dated Deepika Padukone For 2 Years: "She Asked Me Out, I Broke Up With Her"". NDTV. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  7. "Muzammil Ibrahim spills the beans on dating Deepika Padukone for 2 years: Rickshaw rides to favourite songs". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2025. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  8. "Muzamil Ibrahim says 'Special Ops' has been a turning point for him". The Statesman . 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025.
  9. Subhash K Jha (22 August 2007). "Pooja, Muzamil face-off on Dhokha sets". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  10. "Muzammil Ibrahim: "Pooja Bhatt Was Extremely Abusive, Working With Her Pushed Me Into Depression"". NDTV. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  11. Mohamed, Khalid (6 September 2007). "Review: Pooja Bhatt's Dhokha". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  12. "Will You Marry Me? - Movie Review". Times of India. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2025.