Arif Zakaria

Arif Zakaria

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1966-11-11 (57 years old)

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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

all 43

Movies 37

TV Shows 6

Director 1

Voice 1

DG Om Chakravarti
Mission Raniganj

Mission Raniganj (2023)

Movie
Wazir
Mastaney

Mastaney (2023)

Movie
Faiz Khan
Shoorveer

Shoorveer (2022)

TV
Jamil Jalali - Managing Director: Orient Shipping
Kaun Pravin Tambe?

Kaun Pravin Tambe? (2022)

Movie
Sinha
420 IPC

420 IPC (2021)

Movie
Ozzy
Ahaan

Ahaan (2021)

Movie
General Bakhtiyar Farouqi
Qubool Hai 2.0

Qubool Hai 2.0 (2021)

TV
2
Ali Raza Khan
Avrodh: The Siege Within

Avrodh: The Siege Within (2020)

TV
Sufi Mohammed
Gul Makai

Gul Makai (2020)

Movie
Gaus Khan
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019)

Movie
Utpal Bisbas
War

War (2019)

Movie
7.5
Dr. Iyer
Leila

Leila (2019)

TV
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Hutatma

Hutatma (2019)

TV
Abdul
Raazi

Raazi (2018)

Movie
6.75
Deva (voice)
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)

Movie
Devv Benerjee
Spotlight

Spotlight (2017)

TV
Dev Dutt
Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare

Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare (2017)

Movie
Mathews
Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains (2017)

Movie
Major khan
Poorna

Poorna (2017)

Movie
Master
Anna

Anna (2016)

Movie
Bhai Mardana
Nanak Shah Fakir

Nanak Shah Fakir (2014)

Movie
Manchanda
Darr @ the Mall

Darr @ the Mall (2014)

Movie
Dr. Varun Shetty
Krrish 3

Krrish 3 (2013)

Movie
5.5
Sadiq
Shootout at Wadala

Shootout at Wadala (2013)

Movie
Bajpai
Lootera

Lootera (2013)

Movie
Guru Saldanah
Jism 2

Jism 2 (2012)

Movie
Police Chief
Jannat 2

Jannat 2 (2012)

Movie
Suicide bomber
Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod (2012)

Movie
1
Professor Iyer
Haunted-3D

Haunted-3D (2011)

Movie
Healer
Rokkk

Rokkk (2010)

Movie
Faisal Rahman
My Name Is Khan

My Name Is Khan (2010)

Movie
Inspector Satpal Shukla
Banaras

Banaras (2006)

Movie
P3P
Home Delivery

Home Delivery (2005)

Movie
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)

Movie
4.5
Dabral
Asambhav

Asambhav (2004)

Movie
Rajan
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004)

Movie
Jairaj Parekh
Dance Like a Man

Dance Like a Man (2004)

Movie
Daryll
A Thousand Desires Like These

A Thousand Desires Like These (2003)

Movie
Shyam
Footpath

Footpath (2003)

Movie
Pahelwaan
Mitti

Mitti (2001)

Movie
Young Sai Baba
Shirdi Sai Baba

Shirdi Sai Baba (2001)

Movie
Rustom Sethna
Earth

Earth (1998)

Movie
4
Immi / Mazhudin Khan / Sitara
Darmiyaan: In Between

Darmiyaan: In Between (1997)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1966-11-11 (57 years old)

Birth Place
Mumbai, India

Religion
Islam

Siblings
Asif Zakaria

Relatives
Fareed Zakaria

Citizenships
India


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