Arif Zakaria

Arif Zakaria

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 such as Mardana and the controversial Nanak Shah Fakir. 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. Zakaria married Namrata Sharma, a Fashion Writer, in 2002. The couple divorced in 2010. 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). 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. He also appeared in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Deewaar and the Shah Rukh Khan film My Name is Khan. 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 suffering from down syndrome. 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. Source: Article "Arif Zakaria" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

2024

Freedom at Midnight
Freedom at Midnight
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
TV - Released: 11/15/2024

2023

Mastaney
Mastaney
as Wazir
Movie - Released: 8/25/2023
Mission Raniganj
Mission Raniganj
as DG Om Chakravarti
Movie - Released: 10/6/2023

2022

Kaun Pravin Tambe?
Kaun Pravin Tambe?
as Jamil Jalali
Movie - Released: 4/1/2022

2021

420 IPC
420 IPC
as Sinha
Movie - Released: 12/17/2021
Ahaan
Ahaan
as Ozzy
Movie - Released: 3/19/2021
Qubool Hai 2.0
Qubool Hai 2.0
as General Bakhtiyar Farouqi
TV - Released: 3/12/2021

2020

Gul Makai
Gul Makai
as Sufi Mohammed
Movie - Released: 1/31/2020
Avrodh: The Siege Within
Avrodh: The Siege Within
as Ali Raza Khan
TV - Released: 7/31/2020

2019

War
War
as Utpal Bisbas
Movie - Released: 10/2/2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Gaus Khan
Movie - Released: 11/15/2019
Leila
Leila
as Dr. Iyer
TV - Released: 6/14/2019
TV
Cutting Pyaar
TV - Released: 6/20/2019

2018

Raazi
Raazi
as Abdul
Movie - Released: 5/10/2018
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
as Deva (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/9/2018

2017

Poorna
Poorna
as Col. Khan
Movie - Released: 3/31/2017
Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare
Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare
as Dev Dutt
Movie - Released: 4/25/2017
Spotlight
Spotlight
as Devv Benerjee
TV - Released: 12/8/2017

2016

Anna
Anna
as Master
Movie - Released: 10/14/2016

2014

Darr @ the Mall
Darr @ the Mall
as Manchanda
Movie - Released: 2/21/2014
Nanak Shah Fakir
Nanak Shah Fakir
as Bhai Mardana
Movie - Released: 5/14/2014

2013

Krrish 3
Krrish 3
as Dr. Varun Shetty
Movie - Released: 11/1/2013
Lootera
Lootera
as Bajpai
Movie - Released: 4/4/2013
Shootout at Wadala
Shootout at Wadala
as Sadiq
Movie - Released: 5/3/2013

2012

Agent Vinod
Agent Vinod
as Suicide bomber
Movie - Released: 3/23/2012
Jism 2
Jism 2
as Guru Saldanah
Movie - Released: 8/3/2012
Jannat 2
Jannat 2
as Police Chief
Movie - Released: 5/4/2012

2011

Haunted-3D
Haunted-3D
as Professor Iyer
Movie - Released: 5/5/2011

2010

My Name Is Khan
My Name Is Khan
as Faisal Rahman
Movie - Released: 2/10/2010
Rokkk
Rokkk
as Healer
Movie - Released: 3/5/2010

2008

Kahaani Gudiya Ki
Kahaani Gudiya Ki
as Aslam
Movie - Released: 4/11/2008

2006

Banaras
Banaras
as Inspector Satpal Shukla
Movie - Released: 4/7/2006

2005

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
as Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Movie - Released: 5/13/2005
Home Delivery
Home Delivery
as P3P
Movie - Released: 12/2/2005

2004

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home
as Rajan
Movie - Released: 6/25/2004
Asambhav
Asambhav
as Dabral
Movie - Released: 7/22/2004
Dance Like a Man
Dance Like a Man
as Jairaj Parekh
Movie - Released: 5/1/2004

2003

A Thousand Desires Like These
A Thousand Desires Like These
as Daryll
Movie - Released: 12/22/2003
Footpath
Footpath
as Shyam
Movie - Released: 8/15/2003

2001

Movie
Shirdi Sai Baba
as Young Sai Baba
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

1998

Earth
Earth
as Rustom Sethna
Movie - Released: 9/16/1998

1997

Darmiyaan: In Between
Darmiyaan: In Between
as Immi / Mazhudin Khan / Sitara
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997