Salim Ghouse

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Salim Ahmad Ghouse
Born
Madras, India
Occupation
  • Actor
  • theater director
  • martial artist
Spouse(s)Anita Salim

Salim Ahmad Ghouse is an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist.[1][2] He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films.

Early life[edit]

Salim Ghouse was born in Chennai. He studied at the Christchurch School and the Presidency College in Chennai.[3] He is also a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Career[edit]

Salim Ghouse became popular due to the TV series Subah.

He is also known for playing Rama, Krishna, Tipu Sultan in Shyam Benegal's TV Series Bharat Ek Khoj. He has also worked in TV serial Wagle Ki Duniya.

In 1989, he made portrayed as the villain in the Tamil film, Vetri Vizha, directed by Prathap Pothan as the rival to Kamal Haasan. He starred alongside Mohanlal in the classic Malayalam movie, Thazhvaram, directed by Bharathan. In 1993 he did a villain role in Mani Ratnam's film, Thiruda Thiruda, and also acted alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in the 1997 film, Koyla, then in 2009 he acted in Vettaikaran. He acted well in Hindi movies such as Maharaja, Soldier etc. He lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Language Notes
1978 Swarg Narak Student Hindi
1981 Chakra Raghu
1984 Saaransh Gajanan Chitre's henchman
1984 Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! Promoter 2
1985 Trikal
1986 Amma Revolutionary Freedom Fighter (Uncredited Role)
1988 The Deceivers Piroo English
1988 The Perfect Murder Caste-Marks Goonda
1989 Vetri Vizha Zinda Tamil
1989 Mujrim Africa assassinator Hindi
1989 Suryaa: An Awakening Ramu Gulzar Hindi
1990 Thazhvaram Raju / Raghavan Malayalam
1992 Antham Inspector Kannabiran Telugu Bilingual film
Drohi Hindi
1992 Chinna Gounder Sakkarai Gounder Tamil
1992 Magudam Thillainathan Tamil
1992 Senthamizh Paattu Rajarathnam Tamil
1993 Aakanksha Arjun Singh Hindi
1993 Rakshana Chinna Telugu
1993 Dharma Seelan Pradeep Chakravarthi Tamil
1993 Thiruda Thiruda T. T. Vikram Tamil
1994 Mugguru Monagallu Telugu
1994 Seeman Masanam Tamil
1996 Sardari Begum Sen Urdu/Hindi
1997 Koyla Brijwa Hindi
1997 Shapath Lankeshwar Hindi
1998 Maharaja Ranvir Singh Hindi
1998 Soldier Jaswant Dalal / DK Hindi
2000 Badal Rajbeer Hindi
2001 Aks Blind Guru Hindi
2001 Indian Francis Hindi
2002 Red Cheeni Tamil
2005 Udayon Perumal Malayalam
2005 Daas Vappa Tamil
2005 Missed Call Arindam Kumar Sengputa Hindi
2005 Chanakya Police commissioner Tamil
2009 Vettaikaaran Vedhanayagam Tamil
2010 Well Done Abba Janarthan Reddy Hindi
2020 Kaa Tamil

Television[edit]

Year Series Channel Role Language Notes
1984 Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi DD National Venkat Hindi
1987 Subah DD National Bharat Hindi
1988 Bharat Ek Khoj DD National Rama Raya Hindi
1998 X Zone Zee TV TIPU SULTAN Hindi
2014 Samvidhaan Rajya Sabha TV V. I. Munswamy Pillay Hindi/English

Dubbing roles[edit]

Year Film title Character Dub Language Notes
1995 The Lion King Scar Hindi Dubbed version

References[edit]

  1. "Martial Arts – MASTER OF THE MOMENT". Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
  2. "High voltage performance". The Hindu. 12 December 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  3. The Hindu: Talent at play

External links[edit]


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