Sal Yusuf

Sal Yusuf
Sal Yusuf
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Occupation	Actor; Stand-up comedian;
Years active	1995–present

Sal Yusuf is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian who works in Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi-language films.

Career[edit]

Sal Yusuf moved from London to Banglore, where he became a stand-up comedian and is also a part of the comedy group, The Improv.^[1]^[2] He was one of the first stand-up comedians in Bangalore.^[1] After appearing in several commercials, theatre productions, and playing supporting roles in several Malayalam films, Sal Yusuf made his Hindi film debut with Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) portraying one of the antagonists.^[3] He made his Kannada lead debut with French Biriyani along with Danish Sait, who is also a part of The Improv.^[4]^[5] In the film, he plays a French emigrant who comes to Bangalore.^[4]^[6]^[7]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Sorry About Last Night	Arabian student	English	Uncredited
2012	Ustad Hotel	Chef	Malayalam	voice role
2013	Kili Poyi	Drug addict
2014	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Harrison
2015	Dheepan	Barbecue guest	French	Uncredited
2017	Take Off	Tareek	Malayalam
	Comrade in America	Karl Marx	Malayalam
	Tiger Zinda Hai	Al Amir Bagdawi	Hindi
	CandyFlip	Cokeman	English / Hindi
2020	India vs England	John	Kannada
	Trance	Foreign pastor	Malayalam
	French Biriyani	Simon	Kannada

Web series[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2021	Sunflower	Chairman of Sonu Singh's Company	ZEE5

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Revanna, Ananya (21 September 2015). "From darkness to light". Deccan Herald.
↑ Prasad, A. Harini (10 August 2018). "Black Dog Easy Evenings' India tour brings Papa CJ, Danish Sait and Cyrus Sahukar to Hyderabad". Indian Express.
↑ Bhatnagar, Rohit (21 January 2018). "Casting call from YRF felt like prank call to me, says TZH fame Sal Yusuf". Deccan Chronicle.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sara Anien, Tini (12 April 2019). "Danish Sait in Pannaga's next film, a comedy". Deccan Herald.
↑ Agarwal, Stuti (1 March 2017). "Bengaluru comedy groups go global". The Times of India.
↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (10 June 2020). "French Biryani trailer to be released on Thursday". Gulf News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (22 July 2020). "British actor Sal Yusuf gets a taste of 'French Biriyani' in India". Gulf News.

External links[edit]

TED Talk
Sal Yusuf on IMDb

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[A-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Revanna, Ananya (21 September 2015). "From darkness to light". Deccan Herald.

[2] Prasad, A. Harini (10 August 2018). "Black Dog Easy Evenings' India tour brings Papa CJ, Danish Sait and Cyrus Sahukar to Hyderabad". Indian Express.

[3] Bhatnagar, Rohit (21 January 2018). "Casting call from YRF felt like prank call to me, says TZH fame Sal Yusuf". Deccan Chronicle.

[B-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sara Anien, Tini (12 April 2019). "Danish Sait in Pannaga's next film, a comedy". Deccan Herald.

[5] Agarwal, Stuti (1 March 2017). "Bengaluru comedy groups go global". The Times of India.

[6] Ramachandran, Mythily (10 June 2020). "French Biryani trailer to be released on Thursday". Gulf News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[7] Ramachandran, Mythily (22 July 2020). "British actor Sal Yusuf gets a taste of 'French Biriyani' in India". Gulf News.

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