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| known_for          = ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'', ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]''
| known_for          = ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'', ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]''
| alma mater        = [[National School of Drama]]<br/> [[Drama Studio London]]<br/> [[B. Borooah College]]
| alma mater        = [[B. Borooah College]]<br/> [[National School of Drama]]<br/> [[Drama Studio London]]
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'''Adil Hussain''' ({{IPA-all|ʕaːdɪl ħuˈseːn|pron}}) is an Indian actor who has worked in [[Indian cinema]], including [[Parallel cinema|art house cinema]] and mainstream [[Bollywood]], as well as international cinema, in films such as ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'' and ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' (both 2012). He received [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Awards (Special Jury)]] at the 2017 [[National Film Awards]] for ''[[Hotel Salvation]]'' and ''[[Maj Rati Keteki]]''. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/adil-hussain-on-national-award-win-it-s-dangerous-to-get-an-award-like-this/story-P0IpffNan59l8qjfvGNnAP.html |title=Adil Hussain on National Award win: It's dangerous to get an award like this &#124; bollywood |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611160412/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/adil-hussain-on-national-award-win-it-s-dangerous-to-get-an-award-like-this/story-P0IpffNan59l8qjfvGNnAP.html |archive-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Life of Pi – a fascinating story: movie review |url=http://www.efi-news.com/2012/11/life-of-pi-fascinating-story-movie.html |publisher=[[Eastern Fare|EF News International]] |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101005406/http://www.efi-news.com/2012/11/life-of-pi-fascinating-story-movie.html |archive-date=1 November 2013 }}</ref>
'''Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain'''<ref name="TOI_Sobraj"/> {{IPA|as|adil ɦusɛin|pron}} (born 5 October 1963) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several Indian independent and mainstream film productions, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'' and ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' (both 2012).
He received [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Awards (Special Jury)]] at the [[64th National Film Awards]] for ''[[Hotel Salvation]]'' and ''[[Maj Rati Keteki]]''.
 
He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/adil-hussain-on-national-award-win-it-s-dangerous-to-get-an-award-like-this/story-P0IpffNan59l8qjfvGNnAP.html |title=Adil Hussain on National Award win: It's dangerous to get an award like this &#124; bollywood |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611160412/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/adil-hussain-on-national-award-win-it-s-dangerous-to-get-an-award-like-this/story-P0IpffNan59l8qjfvGNnAP.html |archive-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Life of Pi – a fascinating story: movie review |url=http://www.efi-news.com/2012/11/life-of-pi-fascinating-story-movie.html |publisher=[[Eastern Fare|EF News International]] |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101005406/http://www.efi-news.com/2012/11/life-of-pi-fascinating-story-movie.html |archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Born in an [[Islam in Assam|Assamese Muslim]] family in [[Goalpara]], [[Assam]] in 1963,<ref name="Birth">{{cite news |last1=Barman |first1=Rini |title=Adil maange more |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/adil-maange-more/article9978081.ece |access-date=15 February 2021 |work=@businessline |date=1 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> where his father was a teacher, Hussain was the youngest of seven children.<ref name="TOI_Sobraj"/><ref name=marTOI2012/><ref name=today12>{{cite web |title=Grey Matter |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/adil-hussain-is-bollywood-life-of-pi-english-vinglish-ishqiya/1/239865.html |date=28 December 2012 |publisher=India Today |access-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218180014/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/adil-hussain-is-bollywood-life-of-pi-english-vinglish-ishqiya/1/239865.html |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam epitome of Hindu-Muslim unity, says CM Sonowal on new book tracing state's syncretic traditions - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/assam-epitome-of-hindu-muslim-unity-says-cm-sonowal-on-new-book-tracing-states-syncretic-traditions/articleshow/79717504.cms |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=14 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Hussain acted in school plays.<ref>{{cite web |title=Psychologies: 'English Should Not Diminish Respect For All Languages' |url=http://tehelka.com/psychologies-english-should-not-diminish-respect-for-all-languages/ |date=2 March 2013 |publisher=Tehelka |access-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103094827/http://www.tehelka.com/psychologies-english-should-not-diminish-respect-for-all-languages/ |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left home at age 18<ref name=hin12/> to study philosophy at [[B. Borooah College]], [[Guwahati]],<ref name=today12/> he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian. He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the ''Bhaya Mama Group''. He worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and also did some local cinema,<ref name=hin12>{{cite news |title=Steamed to perfection |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/steamed-to-perfection/article3961330.ece |work=The Hindu |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316194752/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/steamed-to-perfection/article3961330.ece |archive-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=tout/> before moving to Delhi, where he studied at [[National School of Drama]] (1990–1993). He also studied at the [[Drama Studio London]] on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.<ref name=hin10/><ref name=marTOI2012>{{cite news |title=Goalpara boy hits the big time |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/guwahati/31229682_1_adil-hussain-ang-lee-bollywood |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103100519/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/guwahati/31229682_1_adil-hussain-ang-lee-bollywood |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date=23 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name=toicrest>{{cite web |title=Adil Hussain: Destiny's child |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/adil-hussain-destinys-child-4672 |publisher=The Times of India, Crest Edition |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016211933/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/adil-hussain-destinys-child-4672 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Born in an [[Islam in Assam|Assamese Muslim]] family in [[Goalpara]], [[Assam]] on 5 October 1963,<ref name="marTOI2012" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Suri |first1=Rishab |title=Adil Hussain recalls first meeting with Sridevi for English Vinglish: She had tears in her eyes... |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/adil-hussain-recalls-first-meeting-with-sridevi-for-english-vinglish-she-had-tears-in-her-eyes-101664977532130.html |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Birth">{{cite news |last1=Barman |first1=Rini |title=Adil maange more |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/adil-maange-more/article9978081.ece |access-date=15 February 2021 |work=@businessline |date=1 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children.<ref name="TOI_Sobraj"/><ref name=marTOI2012/><ref name=today12>{{cite web |title=Grey Matter |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20130107-adil-hussain-is-bollywood-life-of-pi-english-vinglish-ishqiya-761263-1999-11-29 |date=28 December 2012 |publisher=India Today |access-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218180014/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/adil-hussain-is-bollywood-life-of-pi-english-vinglish-ishqiya/1/239865.html |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam epitome of Hindu-Muslim unity, says CM Sonowal on new book tracing state's syncretic traditions |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/assam-epitome-of-hindu-muslim-unity-says-cm-sonowal-on-new-book-tracing-states-syncretic-traditions/articleshow/79717504.cms |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=14 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> His ancestors had traditionally been appointed as private tutors, known as [[Khondakar|''Khandkar'']], to the [[Mughal Emperors]].<ref name="TOI_Sobraj"/> In an interview he described his [[Multiculturalism|multiethnic]] background, as his maternal grandfather was [[Iraqis|Iraqi]] while his maternal grandmother had [[Assamese people|Assamese]], [[English people|English]] and [[Italians|Italian]] roots.<ref name="TOI_Sobraj"/>
 
Hussain acted in school plays.<ref>{{cite web |title=Psychologies: 'English Should Not Diminish Respect For All Languages' |url=http://tehelka.com/psychologies-english-should-not-diminish-respect-for-all-languages/ |date=2 March 2013 |publisher=Tehelka |access-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103094827/http://www.tehelka.com/psychologies-english-should-not-diminish-respect-for-all-languages/ |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He left home at age 18<ref name="hin12" /> to study philosophy at [[B. Borooah College]], [[Guwahati]],<ref name="today12" /> he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian.
 
He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the ''Bhaya Mama Group''. He worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and also did some local cinema,<ref name="hin12">{{cite news |title=Steamed to perfection |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/steamed-to-perfection/article3961330.ece |work=The Hindu |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316194752/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/steamed-to-perfection/article3961330.ece |archive-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="tout" /> before moving to Delhi, where he studied at [[National School of Drama]] (1990–1993).
 
He also studied at the [[Drama Studio London]] on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.<ref name="hin10" /><ref name="marTOI2012">{{cite news |title=Goalpara boy hits the big time |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Goalpara-boy-hits-the-big-time/articleshow/12374764.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103100519/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/guwahati/31229682_1_adil-hussain-ang-lee-bollywood |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date=23 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name="toicrest">{{cite web |title=Adil Hussain: Destiny's child |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/adil-hussain-destinys-child-4672 |publisher=The Times of India, Crest Edition |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016211933/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/adil-hussain-destinys-child-4672 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
After his return to India in 1994, Hussain joined with the mobile 'Hengul Theater' in Assam, here he worked for three years, before moving to Delhi.<ref name=today12/> He started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji. After Tyabji he trained with Swapan Bose at [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]], Puducherry, before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi.<ref name=today12/> As an actor, he first received acclaim in ''Othello: A Play in Black and White'' (1999), which was awarded the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] First,<ref name=hin10>{{cite news |title=Role call |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article621922.ece |work=The Hindu |date=9 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924175321/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article621922.ece |archive-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and later ''Goodbye Desdemona'' also directed by [[Roysten Abel]]. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in [[Hampi]] from 2004 to 2007,<ref name=tout/> and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, [[The Hague]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm Sridevi's husband: Adil Hussain |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-Sridevi-s-husband-Adil-Hussain/Article1-833360.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103065533/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-Sridevi-s-husband-Adil-Hussain/Article1-833360.aspx |archive-date=3 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adil Hussain creates space in the world stage|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/social/4519.html |work=Assam Times|date=8 November 2010 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204071258/http://www.assamtimes.org/social/4519.html |archive-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.<ref name=tout/><ref name=toicrest/>
After his return to India in 1994, Hussain joined the mobile 'Hengul Theater' in Assam, where he worked for three years, before moving to Delhi.<ref name=today12/> He started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji. After Tyabji he trained with Swapan Bose at [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]], [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]], before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi.<ref name=today12/>


In 2004, he made his Bengali film debut along with [[Soha Ali Khan]] in the period drama ''[[Iti Srikanta]]'', where he played the lead role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adil is back |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28080926_1_adil-hussain-irrfan-nsd |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103114424/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28080926_1_adil-hussain-irrfan-nsd |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref> On television, he appeared in the lead role, in the detective series ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]'' (2002–2003), produced by [[BBC World Service Trust]]. Though he had appeared in a few [[Assamese film]]s,<ref name=toicrest/> did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwaj's ''[[Kaminey]]'' and Sona Jain's ''For Real'', it was his role in [[Abhishek Chaubey]]'s ''[[Ishqiya]]'' (2010) that got him attention in Bollywood,<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm paid well now: Adil Hussainref |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-16/news-interviews/28217312_1_saif-ali-khan-kareena-omkara |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822113341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-16/news-interviews/28217312_1_saif-ali-khan-kareena-omkara |archive-date=22 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> though his first major role was in [[Saif Ali Khan]]-[[Kareena Kapoor Khan]] starrer ''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]'' released in early 2012. In the same year, he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'', and [[Ang Lee]]'s ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''.<ref name=marTOI2012/>
As an actor, he first received acclaim in ''Othello: A Play in Black and White'' (1999), which was awarded the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] First,<ref name="hin10">{{cite news |title=Role call |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article621922.ece |work=The Hindu |date=9 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924175321/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article621922.ece |archive-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and later ''Goodbye Desdemona'' also directed by [[Roysten Abel]]. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in [[Hampi]] from 2004 to 2007,<ref name="tout" /> and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, [[The Hague]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm Sridevi's husband: Adil Hussain |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-Sridevi-s-husband-Adil-Hussain/Article1-833360.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103065533/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-Sridevi-s-husband-Adil-Hussain/Article1-833360.aspx |archive-date=3 November 2012 }}</ref> He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.<ref name="tout" /><ref name="toicrest" />


He next appeared alongside [[Sridevi]] in the comedy drama ''[[English Vinglish]]'' (2012), and also received critical acclaim for his role in ''[[Lessons in Forgetting]]'' at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest.<ref>{{cite news |title='English Vinglish' star Adil Hussain wins best actor award at US fest |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/english-vinglish-star-adil-hussain-wins-best-actor-award-at-us-fest/300039-8-66.html |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015021038/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/english-vinglish-star-adil-hussain-wins-best-actor-award-at-us-fest/300039-8-66.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After these he acted in [[Aditya Bhattacharya]]'s ''Bombay Most Wanted'' and [[Partho Sen-Gupta]]'s ''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]''.<ref name=tout>{{cite web|title=A new thinking woman's pin-up is born |url=http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/look-who%E2%80%99s-talking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511034541/http://timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/look-who%E2%80%99s-talking |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2012 |date=27 April 2012 |publisher=Time Out, Mumbai |access-date=6 October 2013 }}</ref>
In 2004, he made his Bengali film debut along with [[Soha Ali Khan]] in the period drama ''[[Iti Srikanta]]'', where he played the lead role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adil is back |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Adil-is-back/articleshow/5215892.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103114424/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28080926_1_adil-hussain-irrfan-nsd |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
His next role as Inspector K. N. Singh was in the [[Ranveer Singh]]-[[Sonakshi Sinha]] ''Lootera'' under [[Vikramaditya Motwane]]'s direction. This followed with Amit Vats' comedy ''[[Boyss Toh Boyss Hain]]'', the story of four young men with similar problems in life, who eventually find their way to true love.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
 
On television, he appeared in the lead role, in the detective series ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]'' (2002–2003), produced by [[BBC World Service Trust]].
 
Though he had appeared in a few [[Assamese film]]s,<ref name="toicrest" /> did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwaj's ''[[Kaminey]]'' and Sona Jain's ''For Real'', it was his role in [[Abhishek Chaubey]]'s ''[[Ishqiya]]'' (2010) that got him attention in Bollywood,<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm paid well now: Adil Hussainref |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Im-paid-well-now-Adil-Hussain/articleshow/6560019.cms |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822113341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-16/news-interviews/28217312_1_saif-ali-khan-kareena-omkara |archive-date=22 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live }}</ref> though his first major role was in [[Saif Ali Khan]]-[[Kareena Kapoor Khan]] starrer ''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]'' released in early 2012. In the same year, he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinelli's ''Gangor'', [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'', and [[Ang Lee]]'s ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''.<ref name="marTOI2012" />
 
He next appeared alongside [[Sridevi]] in the comedy drama ''[[English Vinglish]]'' (2012), and also received critical acclaim for his role in ''[[Lessons in Forgetting]]'' at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest.<ref>{{cite news |title='English Vinglish' star Adil Hussain wins best actor award at US fest |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/english-vinglish-star-adil-hussain-wins-best-actor-award-at-us-fest/300039-8-66.html |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015021038/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/english-vinglish-star-adil-hussain-wins-best-actor-award-at-us-fest/300039-8-66.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After these he acted in [[Aditya Bhattacharya]]'s ''Bombay Most Wanted'' and [[Partho Sen-Gupta]]'s ''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]''.<ref name="tout">{{cite web|title=A new thinking woman's pin-up is born |url=http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/look-who%E2%80%99s-talking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511034541/http://timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/look-who%E2%80%99s-talking |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2012 |date=27 April 2012 |publisher=Time Out, Mumbai |access-date=6 October 2013 }}</ref>
 
His next role as Inspector K. N. Singh was in the [[Ranveer Singh]]-[[Sonakshi Sinha]] ''Lootera'' under [[Vikramaditya Motwane]]'s direction. This followed with Amit Vats' comedy ''[[Boyss Toh Boyss Hain]]'', the story of four young men with similar problems in life, who eventually find their way to true love.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maniar |first=Parag |date=7 July 2013 |title=Boyss Toh Boyss Hain - a hilarious yet thought-provoking tale |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/boyss-toh-boyss-hain-a-hilarious-yet-thought-provoking-tale/articleshow/20942059.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>


Hussain opened 2014 with the Assamese film ''[[Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' playing Iqbal, which marked his first Assamese film in a lead role. ''[[Sringkhal]]'' and ''[[Rodor Sithi]]'' were his other Assamese releases in the year. He was also seen in Hindi films like ''[[Kaanchi: The Unbreakable]]'' as a CBI officer, ''[[The Xposé]]'' as Rajan starring [[Himesh Reshammiya]] in the lead, and ''Tigers'' as Bilal starring [[Emraan Hashmi]]. ''Tigers'', based on a real-life story about a salesman, was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. His first lead role in a Hindi film came with the drama ''[[Zed Plus]]'' as Aslam Puncturewala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Was-surprised-to-be-cast-as-lead-in-Zed-Plus/articleshow/45268749.cms |title=Adil Hussain: Was surprised to be cast as lead in 'Zed Plus' |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521182630/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Was-surprised-to-be-cast-as-lead-in-Zed-Plus/articleshow/45268749.cms |archive-date=21 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Hussain opened 2014 with the Assamese film ''[[Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' playing Iqbal, which marked his first Assamese film in a lead role. ''[[Sringkhal]]'' and ''[[Rodor Sithi]]'' were his other Assamese releases in the year. He was also seen in Hindi films like ''[[Kaanchi: The Unbreakable]]'' as a CBI officer, ''[[The Xposé]]'' as Rajan starring [[Himesh Reshammiya]] in the lead, and ''Tigers'' as Bilal starring [[Emraan Hashmi]]. ''Tigers'', based on a real-life story about a salesman, was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. His first lead role in a Hindi film came with the drama ''[[Zed Plus]]'' as Aslam Puncturewala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Was-surprised-to-be-cast-as-lead-in-Zed-Plus/articleshow/45268749.cms |title=Adil Hussain: Was surprised to be cast as lead in 'Zed Plus' |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521182630/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Was-surprised-to-be-cast-as-lead-in-Zed-Plus/articleshow/45268749.cms |archive-date=21 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Hussain had his maximum number of film appearances in 2015 as he had releases in English, Hindi, Bengali and his first Tamil and Marathi movies. His Hindi movies include ''[[Main Aur Charles]]'' as Amod Kant,<ref name="TOI_Sobraj">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Charles-Sobhraj-like-Hitler-believed-that-what-he-did-was-correct/articleshow/49581575.cms |title=Adil Hussain: Charles Sobhraj like Hitler believed that what he did was correct |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713141534/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Adil-Hussain-Charles-Sobhraj-like-Hitler-believed-that-what-he-did-was-correct/articleshow/49581575.cms |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Jai Ho Democracy'' as Major Baruah, and ''Angry Indian Goddesses'' as a police superintendent. He debuted in Tamil cinema with ''Yatchan'' portraying a significant role of Selvam/Vetri, He also worked in his first Marathi movie ''Sunrise'' as Joshi. His Bengali film of the year was [[Arindam Sil]]'s mystery thriller ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]'' as Zamindar Deepnarayan Singh.
Hussain had his maximum number of film appearances in 2015 as he had releases in English, Hindi, Bengali and his first Tamil and Marathi movies. His Hindi movies include ''[[Main Aur Charles]]'' as Amod Kant,<ref name="TOI_Sobraj">{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Priya |date=30 October 2015 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/adil-hussain-charles-sobhraj-like-hitler-believed-that-what-he-did-was-correct/articleshow/49581575.cms |title=Adil Hussain: Charles Sobhraj like Hitler believed that what he did was correct |work=The Times of India |access-date=1 June 2023 }}</ref> ''[[Jai Ho Democracy]]'' as Major Baruah, and ''Angry Indian Goddesses'' as a police superintendent. He debuted in Tamil cinema with ''Yatchan'' portraying the significant role of Selvam/Vetri, He also worked in his first Marathi movie ''Sunrise'' as Joshi. His Bengali film of the year was [[Arindam Sil]]'s mystery thriller ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]'' as Zamindar Deepnarayan Singh.


His 2016 projects include the drama film ''Parched'' directed by [[Leena Yadav]], which premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It is about four women who lead a tightly controlled-by-traditions life in a village of Rajasthan. His other project in the year is the action thriller ''[[Force 2]]'' directed by [[Abhinay Deo]] featuring [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]] in the lead. His Assamese film in 2016 is ''[[Kothanodi]]''. Adil Hussain's 2017 releases include ''[[Commando 2: The Black Money Trail]]'', ''[[Love Sonia]]'', ''[[Mantra (2017 film)|Mantra]]'', ''[[Mukti Bhawan]]'', ''[[Dobaara: See Your Evil]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hussein|first1=Adil|title=I'd Love To See A Film Made On Indian Horror Concepts: Adil Hussain|url=https://saamri.com/2017/05/20/bollywood-horrorid-love-to-see-a-film-made-on-the-indian-horror-concepts-adil-hussain/|website=Saamri|date=20 May 2017|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008022905/https://saamri.com/2017/05/20/bollywood-horrorid-love-to-see-a-film-made-on-the-indian-horror-concepts-adil-hussain/|archive-date=8 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Kabuliwala'', and ''Naval Enna Jewel''.
His 2016 projects include the drama film ''Parched'' directed by [[Leena Yadav]], which premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It is about four women who lead a tightly controlled-by-traditions life in a village in Rajasthan. His other project in the year is the action thriller ''[[Force 2]]'' directed by [[Abhinay Deo]] featuring [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]] in the lead. His Assamese film in 2016 is ''[[Kothanodi]]''. Adil Hussain's 2017 releases include ''[[Commando 2: The Black Money Trail]]'', ''[[Love Sonia]]'', ''[[Mantra (2017 film)|Mantra]]'', ''[[Mukti Bhawan]]'', ''[[Dobaara: See Your Evil]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hussein|first1=Adil|title=I'd Love To See A Film Made On Indian Horror Concepts: Adil Hussain|url=https://saamri.com/2017/05/20/bollywood-horrorid-love-to-see-a-film-made-on-the-indian-horror-concepts-adil-hussain/|website=Saamri|date=20 May 2017|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008022905/https://saamri.com/2017/05/20/bollywood-horrorid-love-to-see-a-film-made-on-the-indian-horror-concepts-adil-hussain/|archive-date=8 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Kabuliwala'', and ''Naval Enna Jewel''.


In 2018, he acted in [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''<ref name="firstpost1">{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/adil-hussain-films-like-force-2-and-commando-2-subsidise-my-involvement-in-indie-cinema-3374512.html |title=Adil Hussain: Films like Force 2 and Commando 2 subsidise my involvement in indie cinema |website=Firstpost.com |date= 8 April 2017|access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611113000/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/adil-hussain-films-like-force-2-and-commando-2-subsidise-my-involvement-in-indie-cinema-3374512.html |archive-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as in ''[[Aiyaary]]'' and ''[[Bioscopewala]]''.
In 2018, he acted in [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''<ref name="firstpost1">{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/adil-hussain-films-like-force-2-and-commando-2-subsidise-my-involvement-in-indie-cinema-3374512.html |title=Adil Hussain: Films like Force 2 and Commando 2 subsidise my involvement in indie cinema |website=Firstpost.com |date= 8 April 2017|access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611113000/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/adil-hussain-films-like-force-2-and-commando-2-subsidise-my-involvement-in-indie-cinema-3374512.html |archive-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as in ''[[Aiyaary]]'' and ''[[Bioscopewala]]''. In 2022, Hussain became the first-ever personality to hoist the Indian National Flag in the Metaverse at the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' Metaverse event organised by Piro Space.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Millions Witnessed First Ever Independence Day Celebrations in Metaverse |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/business/millions-witnessed-first-ever-independence-day-celebrations-in-metaverse-news-216987 |magazine=Outlook |date=17 August 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref>


==Life membership==
==Life membership==
In 2013, after having conducted a film workshop at University Film Club, [[Aligarh Muslim University]], Hussain was granted a lifetime membership in the university's film club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/acting-it-right/article4470436.ece |title=Acting it right - Ongole |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925221829/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/acting-it-right/article4470436.ece |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2013, after having conducted a film workshop at University Film Club, [[Aligarh Muslim University]], Hussain was granted a lifetime membership in the university's film club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/acting-it-right/article4470436.ece |title=Acting it right - Ongole |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925221829/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/acting-it-right/article4470436.ece |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Hussain has been honoured by [[Sandeep Marwah]] with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of [[Asian Academy of Film & Television]] at [[Noida Film City]].
Hussain has been honoured by Sandeep Marwah with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television at [[Noida Film City]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
 
==Personal life==
During the 1999 Edinburgh Film Festival, Hussain, cast as [[Othello (character)|Othello]], fell in love with Kristen Jain, who was playing [[Desdemona]]. He ended up tightly hugging her, much to her and the audience's shock, instead of "killing" her as per the script, thus forcing the curtains to be brought down immediately. They eventually got married eight years later, in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bollywood's anti-hero |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/bollywood-rsquo-s-anti-hero/cid/1319613 |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=the Telegraph |date=14 June 2015 |language=en}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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!Year  
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! class="unsortable" |Notes
!Title  
!Role  
!Language  
!class="unsortable" |Notes
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1986 || ''Xongkolpo'' || Pulak || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || Film was based on "Assam Movement(1979-85)" 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986 || ''Xongkolpo'' || Pulak || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] ||
|-  
|-  
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987 || ''Sutrapaat'' || || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || Scenario of "Assam Movement" was shown in the film
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987 || ''Sutrapaat'' || || Assamese ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1988 || ''Pita Putra'' || || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || 2nd film directed by [[Munin Barua]]
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1989 || ''Bhai Bhai'' || dancing in the song "uduli muduli gao milijuli" || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || directed by Superstar [[Biju Phukan]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1988 || ''Pita Putra'' || || Assamese ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2002-2003 || ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]'' || Vijay || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || TV Series, Season 1 and 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989 || ''Bhai Bhai'' || || Assamese ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || ''In Othello'' || Adil/[[Othello]] || English ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || ''In Othello'' || Adil / [[Othello]] || English ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2004 || ''[[Iti Srikanta]]'' || Srikanta || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004 || ''[[Iti Srikanta]]'' || Srikanta || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||
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| ''[[For Real (film)|For Real]]'' || Ravi Shukla || English ||
| ''[[For Real (film)|For Real]]'' || Ravi Shukla || English ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2010 || ''[[Ishqiya]]'' || Vidyadhar Verma/Shyam Prasad Kulshreshtha || Hindi ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2010 || ''[[Ishqiya]]'' || Vidyadhar Verma / Shyam Prasad Kulshreshtha || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Gangor (film)|Gangor]]'' || Upin ||[[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||
| ''[[Gangor (film)|Gangor]]'' || Upin ||[[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||
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| ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'' || Mustafa Fazil || English ||
| ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'' || Mustafa Fazil || English ||
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| ''[[English Vinglish]]'' || Satish Godbole || Hindi|| This film was partially re-shot in Tamil-language in the same title
| ''[[English Vinglish]]'' || Satish Godbole || Hindi||
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| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' || Santosh Patel || English ||
| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' || Santosh Patel || English ||
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| ''[[Lessons in Forgetting]]'' || J.A. Krishnamoorthy || English ||
| ''[[Lessons in Forgetting]]'' || J. A. Krishnamoorthy || English ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2013 || ''[[Lootera]]'' || Inspector K.N. Singh || Hindi ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2013 || ''[[Lootera]]'' || Inspector K. N. Singh || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Boyss Toh Boyss Hain]]'' || || Hindi ||
| ''[[Boyss Toh Boyss Hain]]'' || || Hindi ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| 2014 || ''[[Raag (2014 film)|Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' || Iqbal || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || First Assamese film in a lead role
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| 2014 || ''[[Raag (2014 film)|Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' || Iqbal || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] ||
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| ''[[Kaanchi: The Unbreakable]]'' || CBI officer || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Kaanchi: The Unbreakable]]'' || CBI officer || Hindi ||  
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| ''[[The Xposé]]'' || Rajan || Hindi ||
| ''[[The Xposé]]'' || Rajan || Hindi ||
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|-''[[Mukhbir]]'' || Adil Hussain || Hindi ||
| ''[[Sringkhal]]''<ref name="Sringkhal">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/guwahati/35333241_1_assamese-assam-state-film-bollywood-actor-jaya | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131205155905/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/guwahati/35333241_1_assamese-assam-state-film-bollywood-actor-jaya | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 December 2013 | title=Adil Hussain to act in Assamese film | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=24 November 2012 | agency=TNN | access-date=5 December 2013 | location=Guwahati}}</ref> || Kalidas || Assamese ||
| ''[[Sringkhal]]''<ref name="Sringkhal">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Adil-Hussain-to-act-in-Assamese-film/articleshow/17345989.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131205155905/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/guwahati/35333241_1_assamese-assam-state-film-bollywood-actor-jaya | url-status=live | archive-date=5 December 2013 | title=Adil Hussain to act in Assamese film | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=24 November 2012 | agency=TNN | access-date=5 December 2013 | location=Guwahati}}</ref> || Kalidas || Assamese ||
|-
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| ''[[Rodor Sithi]]''<ref name="RC">{{cite news | url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday1.php?sec=16&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2013-09-29 | title=Rodor Sithi progressing well | work=[[The Sentinel (Gauhati)|The Sentinel]] | date=29 September 2013 | access-date=5 December 2013 | author=Deka, Prantik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212163807/http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday1.php?sec=16&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2013-09-29 | archive-date=12 December 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> || || Assamese ||
| ''[[Rodor Sithi]]''<ref name="RC">{{cite news | url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday1.php?sec=16&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2013-09-29 | title=Rodor Sithi progressing well | work=[[The Sentinel (Gauhati)|The Sentinel]] | date=29 September 2013 | access-date=5 December 2013 | author=Deka, Prantik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212163807/http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday1.php?sec=16&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2013-09-29 | archive-date=12 December 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> || || Assamese ||
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| ''[[Zed Plus]]'' || Aslam Puncturewala || Hindi || First Hindi film in a lead role
| ''[[Zed Plus]]'' || Aslam Puncturewala || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Tigers (2014 film)|Tigers]] / [[White Lies (2013 Indian film)|White Lies]]'' || Bilal || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Tigers (2014 film)|Tigers]] / [[White Lies (2013 Indian film)|White Lies]]'' || Bilal || Hindi ||  
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| ''Feast of Varanasi'' || Arjun || English || British film
| ''Feast of Varanasi'' || Arjun || English || British film
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| ''[[Yatchan]]'' || Selvam/Vetri || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || First Tamil film
| ''[[Yatchan]]'' || Selvam/Vetri || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
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| ''[[Ahaan]]'' || || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Ahaan]]'' || || Hindi ||  
|-
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| ''[[Nanak Shah Fakir]]'' ||Rai Bullar || English ||  
| ''[[Nanak Shah Fakir]]'' || Rai Bullar || English ||  
|-
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| ''Arunoday''-''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]'' || Joshi || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || First [[Marathi cinema|Marathi Film]]
| ''Arunoday''-''[[Sunrise (2014 film)|Sunrise]]'' || Joshi || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] ||
|-  
|-  
| ''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3368222/|title=Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621224554/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3368222/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ||Police Superintendent || Hindi ||
| ''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]'' ||Police Superintendent || Hindi ||{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
|-  
|-  
| ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]'' || Deepnarayan Singh || Bengali ||  
| ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]'' || Deepnarayan Singh || Bengali ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Umrika]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614722/|title=Umrika (2015)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617235819/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614722/|archive-date=17 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> || Patel || Hindi ||
| ''[[Umrika]]'' || Patel || Hindi ||{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| 2016 || ''The Violin Player''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643520/|title=The Violin Player (2016)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912161230/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643520/|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> || || Hindi ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| 2016 || ''The Violin Player'' || || Hindi ||{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
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| ''[[Crash test Aglaé]]'' || || Hindi || French Film
| ''[[Crash test Aglaé]]'' || || Hindi ||
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| ''Bombairiya'' || || Hindi ||  
| ''Bombairiya'' || || Hindi ||  
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| ''[[Kothanodi]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4577388/|title=Kothanodi (2015)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213004218/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4577388/|archive-date=13 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> || Devinath || Assamese ||
| ''[[Kothanodi]]'' || Devinath || Assamese ||{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}
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| ''Leena's Beauty Parlour'' || || Assamese || Guest role
| ''Leena's Beauty Parlour'' || || Assamese || Guest appearance
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| ''[[Chakra (2016 film)|Chakra]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Zubeen-Garg-to-film-Hindi-directorial-Chakra-next-year/articleshow/47107207.cms|title=Zubeen Garg to film Hindi directorial 'Chakra' next year|date=30 April 2015|work=Times Of India|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102004100/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Zubeen-Garg-to-film-Hindi-directorial-Chakra-next-year/articleshow/47107207.cms|archive-date=2 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> || || Hindi ||  
| ''[[Chakra (2016 film)|Chakra]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Zubeen-Garg-to-film-Hindi-directorial-Chakra-next-year/articleshow/47107207.cms|title=Zubeen Garg to film Hindi directorial 'Chakra' next year|date=30 April 2015|work=Times Of India|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102004100/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Zubeen-Garg-to-film-Hindi-directorial-Chakra-next-year/articleshow/47107207.cms|archive-date=2 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> || || Hindi ||  
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| ''[[Mantra (2017 film)|Mantra]]'' ||Man from Jharkhand
| ''[[Mantra (2017 film)|Mantra]]'' ||Man from Jharkhand
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| ''[[Hotel Salvation]]'' ||Rajiv
| ''[[Hotel Salvation]]'' ||Rajiv
| Hindi /English||
| Hindi / English||
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| ''[[Dobaara: See Your Evil]]'' ||Alex Merchant
| ''[[Dobaara: See Your Evil]]'' ||Alex Merchant
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| ''[[What Will People Say]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=323647 |title=Iram Haq making a film about how she was kidnapped by her own parents |website=Cineuropa.org |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084013/http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=323647 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ||Mirza
| ''[[What Will People Say]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=323647 |title=Iram Haq making a film about how she was kidnapped by her own parents |newspaper=Cineuropa - the Best of European Cinema |date=21 February 2017 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084013/http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=323647 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ||Mirza
|[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ||
|[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ||
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| ''[[Maj Rati Keteki]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/people-will-go-to-theatres-if-quality-of-films-improve-adil-115121700705_1.html | title=People will go to theatres if quality of films improve: Adil | work=Business Standard | date=17 December 2015 | agency=Press Trust of India | access-date=4 January 2016 | location=[[Guwahati]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305172348/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/people-will-go-to-theatres-if-quality-of-films-improve-adil-115121700705_1.html | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> || Priyendu Hazarika || Assamese ||  
| ''[[Maj Rati Keteki]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/people-will-go-to-theatres-if-quality-of-films-improve-adil-115121700705_1.html | title=People will go to theatres if quality of films improve: Adil | work=Business Standard | date=17 December 2015 | agency=Press Trust of India | access-date=4 January 2016 | location=[[Guwahati]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305172348/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/people-will-go-to-theatres-if-quality-of-films-improve-adil-115121700705_1.html | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> || Priyendu Hazarika || Assamese ||  
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| ''[[Naval Enna Jewel]]'' || Intelligence police officer || [[Malayalam]] || First [[Malayalam]] [[Film]]
| ''[[Naval Enna Jewel]]'' || Intelligence police officer || [[Malayalam]] || [[Malayalam]] film
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||''The Illegal'' || Papa || English<ref>{{cite news |title=Looking forward to start 'The Illegal' shoot: Adil Hussain |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/jun/30/looking-forward-to-start-the-illegal-shoot-adil-hussain-1622594.html |access-date=9 February 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |date=30 June 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716061233/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/jun/30/looking-forward-to-start-the-illegal-shoot-adil-hussain-1622594.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ||  
||''The Illegal'' || Papa || English<ref>{{cite news |title=Looking forward to start 'The Illegal' shoot: Adil Hussain |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/jun/30/looking-forward-to-start-the-illegal-shoot-adil-hussain-1622594.html |access-date=9 February 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |date=30 June 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716061233/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/jun/30/looking-forward-to-start-the-illegal-shoot-adil-hussain-1622594.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ||  
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| ''[[Aiyaary]]'' || Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor ||Hindi ||
| ''[[Aiyaary]]'' || Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Bioscopewala]]'' || Robi Basu || Hindi ||
| ''[[Bioscopewala]]'' || Robi Basu || Hindi ||
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| ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]'' <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Adil-Hussain-has-a-role-in-2-0/articleshow/52054145.cms |title=Adil Hussain has a role in 2.0 |newspaper=[[Times of India]] |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223202435/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Adil-Hussain-has-a-role-in-2-0/articleshow/52054145.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>||Minister S. Vijay Kumar
| ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]'' <ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Adil-Hussain-has-a-role-in-2-0/articleshow/52054145.cms |title=Adil Hussain has a role in 2.0 |newspaper=[[Times of India]] |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223202435/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Adil-Hussain-has-a-role-in-2-0/articleshow/52054145.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>||Minister S. Vijay Kumar
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|''Nine Hours In Mumbai'' || Veer ||Hindi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/nine-hours-in-mumbai/movieshow/61934638.cms|title=Nine Hours In Mumbai Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520081353/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/nine-hours-in-mumbai/movieshow/61934638.cms|archive-date=20 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ||
|''Nine Hours In Mumbai'' || Veer ||Hindi<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/nine-hours-in-mumbai/movieshow/61934638.cms|title=Nine Hours In Mumbai Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520081353/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/nine-hours-in-mumbai/movieshow/61934638.cms|archive-date=20 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ||
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|''[[Rajma Chawal]]'' || || Hindi ||
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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2019 || ''[[Bombairiya]]'' ||Pandya
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2019 || ''[[Bombairiya]]'' ||Pandya
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| ''[[Delhi Crime]]'' ||Kumar Vijay || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' ||Dean of the college || Hindi ||
| ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' ||Dean of the college || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Good Newwz]]'' || Dr. Anand Joshi || Hindi ||
| ''[[Good Newwz]]'' || Dr. Anand Joshi || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Raahgir - The Wayfarers]]'' || Lakhua || Hindi ||
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| ''[[Pareeksha (2019 film)|Pareeksha]]'' || Bucchi || Hindi || Movie on [[ZEE5]]  
| ''[[Pareeksha (2019 film)|Pareeksha]]'' || Bucchi || Hindi || [[ZEE5]] film
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| 2020 || ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' || Aditya Sahil || English || 2 episodes
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|''[[Abyakto]]''|| Rudra || Bengali ||
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| 2021 || ''[[Bell Bottom (2021 film)]]'' || Santook ||Hindi||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || ''[[Bell Bottom (2021 film)|Bell Bottom]]'' || Santook || Hindi ||
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| 2021 || ''[[Ram (film)|Ram]]'' || ||[[Malayalam]]||
| ''[[India Sweets and Spices]]'' || Ranjit || English ||
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|| ''[[Ram (film)|Ram]]'' || ||Malayalam||
|''[[Bheeshma Parvam]]''
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|Malayalam
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|''[[Sergeant (Indian film)|Sergeant]]'' ||Inspector Haider Ali || Hindi || [[JioCinema]] film
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| ''[[Otta (film)|Otta]]'' || || Malayalam ||<ref>{{Cite news |title=Otta trailer: Resul Pookutty's star-studded directorial debut promises some intense drama |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/oct/20/otta-trailer-resul-pookuttys-star-studded-directorial-debut-promises-some-intense-drama-48804.html |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=[[Cinema Express]] |date=20 October 2023}}</ref>
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|rowspan="2" |2024 || ''[[Ulajh]]'' || Dhanraj Bhatia || Hindi ||
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|''Sikaar'' || || English, Assamese || Indo-British film
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| rowspan="4" |2025 || ''[[The Storyteller (2025 film)|The Storyteller]]'' || Ratan Garodia || Hindi || [[Disney+ Hotstar|Disney+Hotstar]] film
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| ''Rudra'' || || Assamese ||<ref>{{cite news |title=ৰুদ্ৰখন হৈছে আমাৰ অসমীয়া থলুৱা চিনেমা: ৰূপক গগৈ - Assamese Film Rudra |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/as/!entertainment/exclusive-interview-with-upcoming-assamese-film-director-rupak-gogoi-ass24071004014 |work=ETV Bharat News |language=as |date=10 July 2024 |access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref>
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|''The Confession''
|Krishna Swamy
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|''Secret of a Mountain Serpent''
|Manik Guho
|Hindi
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|2026
|''Murders Too Close, Love Too Far''
|Shubhash
|Hindi
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2026 |title=‘Murders Too Close – Love Too Far’ |url=https://indigenousherald.com/News/murders-too-close-love-too-far-24464.html/ |access-date=9 March 2026 |website=Indigenous Herald}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2002-2003 || ''[[Jasoos Vijay]]'' || Vijay || [[Hindi]] ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || ''[[Delhi Crime]]'' ||Kumar Vijay || Hindi ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' || Aditya Sahil || English || 2 episodes
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2022 || ''[[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy]]'' || Ramkishore Negi || Hindi ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2023 || ''[[Tooth Pari: When Love Bites]]'' || Adi Deb || Hindi ||
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=One Last Question|url=https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/one-last-question/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224850/https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/one-last-question/|archive-date=8 May 2014|access-date=8 May 2014}}</ref>
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| 2021 || ''Tea and a Rose'' || Hindi<br />English
| Released as a part of the [[Voot|Voot Select]] anthology film ''[[Love in the Times of Corona]]''
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Adil Hussain
Hussain at Life of Pi press meet
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 62)
Goalpara, Assam, India
Alma materB. Borooah College
National School of Drama
Drama Studio London
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Known forLife of Pi, Jasoos Vijay

Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain[1] as (born 5 October 1963) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several Indian independent and mainstream film productions, as well as international cinema, in films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 64th National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki.

He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.[2][3]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Born in an Assamese Muslim family in Goalpara, Assam on 5 October 1963,[4][5][6] where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children.[1][4][7][8] His ancestors had traditionally been appointed as private tutors, known as Khandkar, to the Mughal Emperors.[1] In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots.[1]

Hussain acted in school plays.[9] He left home at age 18[10] to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati,[7] he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian.

He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the Bhaya Mama Group. He worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and also did some local cinema,[10][11] before moving to Delhi, where he studied at National School of Drama (1990–1993).

He also studied at the Drama Studio London on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.[12][4][13]

Career[edit | edit source]

After his return to India in 1994, Hussain joined the mobile 'Hengul Theater' in Assam, where he worked for three years, before moving to Delhi.[7] He started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji. After Tyabji he trained with Swapan Bose at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi.[7]

As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First,[12] and later Goodbye Desdemona also directed by Roysten Abel. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in Hampi from 2004 to 2007,[11] and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague.[14] He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.[11][13]

In 2004, he made his Bengali film debut along with Soha Ali Khan in the period drama Iti Srikanta, where he played the lead role.[15]

On television, he appeared in the lead role, in the detective series Jasoos Vijay (2002–2003), produced by BBC World Service Trust.

Though he had appeared in a few Assamese films,[13] did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey and Sona Jain's For Real, it was his role in Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya (2010) that got him attention in Bollywood,[16] though his first major role was in Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Agent Vinod released in early 2012. In the same year, he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinelli's Gangor, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Ang Lee's Life of Pi.[4]

He next appeared alongside Sridevi in the comedy drama English Vinglish (2012), and also received critical acclaim for his role in Lessons in Forgetting at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest.[17] After these he acted in Aditya Bhattacharya's Bombay Most Wanted and Partho Sen-Gupta's Sunrise.[11]

His next role as Inspector K. N. Singh was in the Ranveer Singh-Sonakshi Sinha Lootera under Vikramaditya Motwane's direction. This followed with Amit Vats' comedy Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, the story of four young men with similar problems in life, who eventually find their way to true love.[18]

Hussain opened 2014 with the Assamese film Raag: The Rhythm of Love playing Iqbal, which marked his first Assamese film in a lead role. Sringkhal and Rodor Sithi were his other Assamese releases in the year. He was also seen in Hindi films like Kaanchi: The Unbreakable as a CBI officer, The Xposé as Rajan starring Himesh Reshammiya in the lead, and Tigers as Bilal starring Emraan Hashmi. Tigers, based on a real-life story about a salesman, was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. His first lead role in a Hindi film came with the drama Zed Plus as Aslam Puncturewala.[19]

Hussain had his maximum number of film appearances in 2015 as he had releases in English, Hindi, Bengali and his first Tamil and Marathi movies. His Hindi movies include Main Aur Charles as Amod Kant,[1] Jai Ho Democracy as Major Baruah, and Angry Indian Goddesses as a police superintendent. He debuted in Tamil cinema with Yatchan portraying the significant role of Selvam/Vetri, He also worked in his first Marathi movie Sunrise as Joshi. His Bengali film of the year was Arindam Sil's mystery thriller Har Har Byomkesh as Zamindar Deepnarayan Singh.

His 2016 projects include the drama film Parched directed by Leena Yadav, which premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It is about four women who lead a tightly controlled-by-traditions life in a village in Rajasthan. His other project in the year is the action thriller Force 2 directed by Abhinay Deo featuring John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead. His Assamese film in 2016 is Kothanodi. Adil Hussain's 2017 releases include Commando 2: The Black Money Trail, Love Sonia, Mantra, Mukti Bhawan, Dobaara: See Your Evil,[20] Kabuliwala, and Naval Enna Jewel.

In 2018, he acted in S. Shankar's 2.0[21] as well as in Aiyaary and Bioscopewala. In 2022, Hussain became the first-ever personality to hoist the Indian National Flag in the Metaverse at the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' Metaverse event organised by Piro Space.[22]

Life membership[edit | edit source]

In 2013, after having conducted a film workshop at University Film Club, Aligarh Muslim University, Hussain was granted a lifetime membership in the university's film club.[23]

Hussain has been honoured by Sandeep Marwah with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television at Noida Film City.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

During the 1999 Edinburgh Film Festival, Hussain, cast as Othello, fell in love with Kristen Jain, who was playing Desdemona. He ended up tightly hugging her, much to her and the audience's shock, instead of "killing" her as per the script, thus forcing the curtains to be brought down immediately. They eventually got married eight years later, in 2007.[24]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Language Notes
1986 Xongkolpo Pulak Assamese
1987 Sutrapaat Assamese
1988 Pita Putra Assamese
1989 Bhai Bhai Assamese
2003 In Othello Adil / Othello English
2004 Iti Srikanta Srikanta Bengali
2009 Kaminey Flight Purser Hindi
For Real Ravi Shukla English
2010 Ishqiya Vidyadhar Verma / Shyam Prasad Kulshreshtha Hindi
Gangor Upin Bengali
2012 Agent Vinod Colonel Hindi
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mustafa Fazil English
English Vinglish Satish Godbole Hindi
Life of Pi Santosh Patel English
Lessons in Forgetting J. A. Krishnamoorthy English
2013 Lootera Inspector K. N. Singh Hindi
Boyss Toh Boyss Hain Hindi
2014 Raag: The Rhythm of Love Iqbal Assamese
Kaanchi: The Unbreakable CBI officer Hindi
The Xposé Rajan Hindi
Sringkhal[25] Kalidas Assamese
Rodor Sithi[26] Assamese
Zed Plus Aslam Puncturewala Hindi
Tigers / White Lies Bilal Hindi
2015 Main Aur Charles Amod Kant Hindi
Jai Ho Democracy Major Baruah Hindi
Unfreedom / Blemished Light Devraj English/Hindi
Parched Mystic lover Hindi
Feast of Varanasi Arjun English British film
Yatchan Selvam/Vetri Tamil
Ahaan Hindi
Nanak Shah Fakir Rai Bullar English
Arunoday-Sunrise Joshi Marathi
Angry Indian Goddesses Police Superintendent Hindi [citation needed]
Har Har Byomkesh Deepnarayan Singh Bengali
Umrika Patel Hindi [citation needed]
2016 The Violin Player Hindi [citation needed]
Crash test Aglaé Hindi
Bombairiya Hindi
Force 2 HRD Minister Brijesh Verma Hindi
Kothanodi Devinath Assamese [citation needed]
Leena's Beauty Parlour Assamese Guest appearance
Chakra[27] Hindi
2017 Commando 2 Karan's Boss Hindi
Love Sonia Shiva Hindi /English
Mantra Man from Jharkhand English/Hindi
Hotel Salvation Rajiv Hindi / English
Dobaara: See Your Evil Alex Merchant Hindi
What Will People Say[28] Mirza Norwegian
Maj Rati Keteki[29] Priyendu Hazarika Assamese
Naval Enna Jewel Intelligence police officer Malayalam Malayalam film
The Illegal Papa English[30]
2018 At Large English
Maati Jamil Bengali
Ahare Mon Purnendu Pahari Bengali
Aiyaary Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor Hindi
Bioscopewala Robi Basu Hindi
2.0 [31] Minister S. Vijay Kumar Tamil
Nine Hours In Mumbai Veer Hindi[32]
Rajma Chawal Hindi
2019 Bombairiya Pandya Hindi
Kabir Singh Dean of the college Hindi
Good Newwz Dr. Anand Joshi Hindi
Nirvana Inn Hindi
Raahgir - The Wayfarers Lakhua Hindi
Pareeksha Bucchi Hindi ZEE5 film
2020 Abyakto Rudra Bengali
2021 Bell Bottom Santook Hindi
India Sweets and Spices Ranjit English
Ram Malayalam
2023 Dr. Bezbaruah 2 Dr. Bezbaruah Assamese
Sergeant Inspector Haider Ali Hindi JioCinema film
Otta Malayalam [33]
2024 Ulajh Dhanraj Bhatia Hindi
Sikaar English, Assamese Indo-British film
2025 The Storyteller Ratan Garodia Hindi Disney+Hotstar film
Rudra Assamese [34]
The Confession Krishna Swamy English
Secret of a Mountain Serpent Manik Guho Hindi
2026 Murders Too Close, Love Too Far Shubhash Hindi [35]

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Language Notes
2002-2003 Jasoos Vijay Vijay Hindi
2019 Delhi Crime Kumar Vijay Hindi
2020 Star Trek: Discovery Aditya Sahil English 2 episodes
2022 Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy Ramkishore Negi Hindi
2023 Tooth Pari: When Love Bites Adi Deb Hindi

Short films[edit | edit source]

Year Title Language Notes
2003 Rasikan Re Hindi
Butterfly Hindi
2010 Doctor, Nurse and Patient Hindi
Tequila Nights (TV movie) Hindi
2012 Infected English
2013 Muniya Hindi
2014 Dwaraka Hindi
One Last Question Hindi [36]
2016 Azaad Hindi
Bandhi Hindi
Chutney Hindi
2021 Tea and a Rose Hindi
English 		Released as a part of the Voot Select anthology film Love in the Times of Corona

National film awards[edit | edit source]

Year Category Film Result
2017 National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) Mukti Bhawan Won
2017 National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) Maj Rati Keteki Won
2018 Amanda Award for Best Actor What Will People Say Won

Other awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Year Category Film Result
2012 Best Actor - New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest Lessons in Forgetting Won
2014 Best Actor-Prag Cine Awards Raag: The Rhythm of Love Won
2015 Best Actor In A Supporting Role-Stardust Awards Main Aur Charles Nominated
2018 IIFA Award for Best Actor Mukti Bhawan Nominated

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gupta, Priya (30 October 2015). "Adil Hussain: Charles Sobhraj like Hitler believed that what he did was correct". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Adil Hussain on National Award win: It's dangerous to get an award like this | bollywood". Hindustan Times. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Life of Pi – a fascinating story: movie review". EF News International. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Goalpara boy hits the big time". The Times of India. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Suri, Rishab (5 October 2022). "Adil Hussain recalls first meeting with Sridevi for English Vinglish: She had tears in her eyes..." Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Barman, Rini (1 December 2016). "Adil maange more". @businessline. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Grey Matter". India Today. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Assam epitome of Hindu-Muslim unity, says CM Sonowal on new book tracing state's syncretic traditions". The Times of India. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Steamed to perfection". The Hindu. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "A new thinking woman's pin-up is born". Time Out, Mumbai. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Role call". The Hindu. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Adil Hussain: Destiny's child". The Times of India, Crest Edition. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "I'm Sridevi's husband: Adil Hussain". Hindustan Times. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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  17. ↑ "'English Vinglish' star Adil Hussain wins best actor award at US fest". CNN-IBN. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  18. ↑ Maniar, Parag (7 July 2013). "Boyss Toh Boyss Hain - a hilarious yet thought-provoking tale". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "Adil Hussain: Was surprised to be cast as lead in 'Zed Plus'". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  20. ↑ Hussein, Adil (20 May 2017). "I'd Love To See A Film Made On Indian Horror Concepts: Adil Hussain". Saamri. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "Adil Hussain: Films like Force 2 and Commando 2 subsidise my involvement in indie cinema". Firstpost.com. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Millions Witnessed First Ever Independence Day Celebrations in Metaverse". Outlook. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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  25. ↑ "Adil Hussain to act in Assamese film". The Times of India. Guwahati. TNN. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  26. ↑ Deka, Prantik (29 September 2013). "Rodor Sithi progressing well". The Sentinel. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  27. ↑ "Zubeen Garg to film Hindi directorial 'Chakra' next year". Times Of India. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "Iram Haq making a film about how she was kidnapped by her own parents". Cineuropa - the Best of European Cinema. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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  30. ↑ "Looking forward to start 'The Illegal' shoot: Adil Hussain". The New Indian Express. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  31. ↑ "Adil Hussain has a role in 2.0". Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  32. ↑ "Nine Hours In Mumbai Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  33. ↑ "Otta trailer: Resul Pookutty's star-studded directorial debut promises some intense drama". Cinema Express. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  34. ↑ "ৰুদ্ৰখন হৈছে আমাৰ অসমীয়া থলুৱা চিনেমা: ৰূপক গগৈ - Assamese Film Rudra". ETV Bharat News (in অসমীয়া). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  35. ↑ "'Murders Too Close – Love Too Far'". Indigenous Herald. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  36. ↑ "One Last Question". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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