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Arif Zakaria
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Arif Zakaria
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-11-11,Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.548

Earth
1998-09-16

My Name Is Khan

8.031

My Name Is Khan
2010-02-10

6.5

420 IPC
2021-12-17

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

7.3

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
2005-05-15

5.478

Agent Vinod
2012-03-23

4.125

Jism 2
2012-08-03

Kaun Pravin Tambe?

7.375

Kaun Pravin Tambe?
2022-04-01

6.5

Banaras
2006-04-07

10

Mastaney
2023-08-25

5.66

Krrish 3
2013-11-01

7

Lootera
2013-04-04

Darr @ the Mall

3.688

Darr @ the Mall
2014-02-21

Mission Raniganj

6.455

Mission Raniganj
2023-10-06

Shootout at Wadala

5.442

Shootout at Wadala
2013-05-03

5.8

Haunted
2011-05-05

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

6

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home
2004-06-25

5

Asambhav
2004-07-22

Shirdi Sai Baba

9

Shirdi Sai Baba
2001-01-01

6.458

Poorna
2017-03-31

Bose: The Forgotten Hero

7.455

Bose: The Forgotten Hero
2005-05-13

7.2

Raazi
2018-05-10

Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare

5

Rahenge Sadaa Gardish Mein Taare
2017-04-25

5

Anna
2016-10-14

3.333

Rokkk
2010-03-05

5.375

Footpath
2003-08-15

Nanak Shah Fakir

8

Nanak Shah Fakir
2014-05-14

4.286

Home Delivery
2005-12-02

6.771

War
2019-10-02

Darmiyaan: In Between

9

Darmiyaan: In Between
1997-01-01

6.182

Jannat 2
2012-05-04

0

Gul Makai
2020-01-31

Dance Like a Man

9

Dance Like a Man
2004-05-01

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

6.417

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019-11-15

6

Ahaan
2021-03-19

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

6.887

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2018-05-09

Kahaani Gudiya Ki

7

Kahaani Gudiya Ki
2008-04-11

5.447

Refugee
2000-06-30

0

Heer Sara
2026-06-12

6.4

Leila
2019-06-14

8

Qubool Hai 2.0
2021-03-12

0

Cutting Pyaar
2019-06-20

Freedom at Midnight

8.2

Freedom at Midnight
2024-11-15

5

Spotlight
2017-12-08

Avrodh: The Siege Within

7

Avrodh: The Siege Within
2020-07-31

8.3

Special Ops
2020-03-17

Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha

0

Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha

0

Kaptaan
2026-04-03