The Show Man: Adil Hussain


Assam is definitely the birth place of some of the most talented people in the film industry today. Though the total number working is handful, but the ones working have made their own unique mark and has been amongst the most successful ones, though least talked about. One such name the popped out all of a sudden amongst the people is, Adil Hussain.

Hussain came into lime light with his role in Agent Vinod, where he shared the screen alongside some of the big names of the industry, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. However, his latest achievement is “The Life of a Pi”, which has been listed the best movie of the year so far by almost all of the film critiques around the globe. Indeed a proud moment for the people of Assam.
Adil actually is not new with the industry nor is his achievement list so short. It’s just that he is very less talked about. An acting graduate from the National School of Drama, New Delhi, he completed his further training at Drama Studio London. Trained under the accomplished and well known hands of Khalid Tyabji and Shaupon Boshu, Hussian came to be better known as a Stage Actor in India when he was internationally acclaimed for his performance as Othello in Roysten Abel's production of 'Othello- A play in Black and White' which was awarded a Fringe First in 1999.
It is also interesting to note that he played some key roles in some TV soaps, once of such was “Jaasos Vijay”, which telecasted by DD National. He made an entry into Bollywood through  'Ishqiya' and then in 'Agent Vinod'. His recent flick alongside Sridevi in her comeback, ‘English Vinglish’ has also been critically acclaimed and liked.
Here is his Imdb record as an actor:
Actor (17 titles)
2014Sunrise (pre-production)
Joshi
2012Life of Pi
Santosh Patel
2012English Vinglish
Satish Godbole
2012The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mustafa Fazil
2012Agent Vinod
Colonel
2010Tequila Nights (TV movie)
2010Gangor
Upin
2010Ishqiya
Vidyadhar Verma
2009For Real
Ravi Shukla
2009Kaminey: The Scoundrels
Flight Purser
2004Iti Srikanta
Srikanta (as Adil)
2003Jasoos Vijay (TV series)
Jasoos Vijay (2003)
2003In Othello
Adil / Othello
2003/IButterfly (short)
Aadam
2003Rasikan Re (short)

Currently based in Delhi, Adil has showed what a small town boy can do with his will power. Born in the small town of Goalpara in Lower Assam, Adil has surely made the whole Assam and Assamese Proud.

(Source: IMDb)

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